“In my early years, my father was away as a soldier in the war. When he came back, work was very difficult to come by. Even though he was a highly skilled man, a maker of furniture, the payment for that work was very poor.” MenYearsWarFatherDifficultPoorSoldierMakersFurniturePayment Author:Trevor Nunn
“The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me being the eldest son, I had to take over his shop, his profession and so on and so on. I tried to escape by going to art school and then going on to industrial design and then interior design.” YearsFirstsArtRunningSchoolFatherWonderfulDesignSonProfessionShopsMakersRunning AwayInteriorsCabinetsInterior DesignArt SchoolProfessional LifeEldestIndustrial DesignEldest Son Author:Peter Zumthor
“The color of the prisoner's skin, and the form of his features, are not impressed upon the spiritual immortal mind which works beneath. In spite of human pride, he is still your brother, and mine, in form and color accepted and approved by his Father, and yours, and mine, and bears equally with us the proudest inheritance of our race - the image of our Maker. Hold him then to be a Man.” MenMindHumansStillsSpiritualFormFatherRaceMinesColorBrotherPrideBearsSkinsAcceptedFeaturesSpiteImmortalMakersPrisonerImpressedInheritanceBe A ManApprovedYour BrotherNot Impressed Author:William H. Seward
“Herodotus is not more indisputably the father of history than is Sir Boyle Roche the father of Bulls. No doubt there were makers of bulls before his day, even as brave men lived before Agamemnon; but they are not remembered, and if their bulls have survived them they are credited to Sir Boyle by a posterity generously forgiving and forgetful of his famous indictment.” IfsMenFatherDoubtForgivingBraveRememberedNo DoubtMakersSurvivedBullsPosterityBrave ManForgetfulIndictmentAgamemnon Author:Boyle Roche
“My father would sit and design furniture and cabinets - he was a carpenter and cabinet maker - and I would ask for my own piece of paper and pencil. And when I would say, 'What should I draw?' he would push a cartoon under my nose and say, 'Here, draw this.' So the cartoon became a kind of focus of attention.” ShouldKindAsksFatherMy OwnAttentionFocusPiecesDesignPaperDrawsDrawingNosesMakersShould ICartoonPencilsFurnitureCabinetsCarpenterPaper And Pencil Author:Burne Hogarth
“The loving and much loved wife is satisfied with the love of her husband; his smile is her joy, she cares little for any other. So, if you have come to Christ, thy Maker is thine husband - His free love to you is all you need, and all you can care for - there is no cloud between you and God - there is no veil between you and the Father; you have access to Him who is the fountain of happiness - what have you to do any more with idols? Oh! If your heart swims in the rays of God's love, like a little mote swimming in the sunbeam, you will have no room in your heart for idols.” IfsNeedsHeartLittlesCareJoyFatherChristRoomsWifeHusbandCloudsAccessSatisfiedSwimMakersSwimmingRaysIdolsFountainVeilsGod's LoveFree LoveSunbeamsHis Smile Author:Robert E. Murray
“To live as God's child is to know that you are loved by your Maker not because you try to please him and succeed, or fail to please him and apologize, but because he wants to be your Father. Nothing more.” KnowsWantTryingChildrenFatherFailingPleaseSucceedMakersApologizing Book:Wild Grace: What Happens When Grace Happens Source: Wild Grace: What Happens When Grace Happens
“Imagine if you would, what would happen to your sorrows and fears if God Himself, the maker of heaven and earth, the Father of our Lord, the sovereign One, were to come to you, wrap you in His almighty arms and say to you, 'I love you with a perfect love, exactly as I love My Son. I will never stop loving you, no matter what. I am completely, utterly for you. I promise, on My own life, that I will do you good every day of your life. And because I control all things, that means My good is all you will ever experience from this time forward.'” IfsMeanMatterHappensEarthFatherHeavenMy OwnPerfectLordImagineLove YouSonArmsSorrowPromiseAll ThingsNo Matter WhatMy SonMakersAlmightySovereignWrapsOur LordI PromiseMy Own LifeLoving YouHeaven And EarthPerfect LoveStop Loving YouNever Stop LovingLove My SonI Love My SonNever Stop Loving You Author:R. C. Sproul, Jr.