“I loved my father, but I was not like him. I never needed to believe the best of people. I took them as they were: two-faced, desperate, kind - perhaps all at once. But to Pa, they were all children of god, poor troubled sheep, who only needed love and an even break. He needed the world to back up what his religion told him about people. And when it came down to a choice between reason and faith, he let go of reason.” PeopleWorldBelieveKindChildrenTwoReasonChoicesFatherPoorBreakNeededLetting GoDesperateSheepChild Of GodNeeded Love Book:Far North Source: Far North
“Sleep, baby, sleep. Thy father's watching the sheep. Thy mother's shaking the dreamland tree, and down drops a little dream for thee.” LittlesDreamMotherFatherSleepTreeBabyTheeSheepShakingDreamlandSleeping Baby Author:Elizabeth Prentiss
“My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.” MenFatherDealsStonesFarmsSheepQuarry Author:PJ Harvey
“None are drawn to Christ by their calling, nor come to him by believing, but only his sheep, those whom the Father has given him,. Effectual calling runs parallel with eternal election.” BelieveRunningFatherGivenChristCallingEternalElectionSheepParallels Book:A Sure Guide to Heaven Source: A Sure Guide to Heaven
“Growing up in eastern Turkey, I was not really involved with the family business - sheep and cow farming, yogurt and cheese making. But I think I learned from my father the unspoken business language or instincts that go back thousands of years.” ThinkingYearsFatherLanguageGrowing UpGrowingInvolvedInstinctCowsSheepCheeseEasternTurkeysFarmingUnspokenYogurt Author:Hamdi Ulukaya
“I once complained to my father that I didn't seem to be able to do things the same way other people did. Dad's advice? 'Margo, don't be a sheep.People hate sheep. They eat sheep.'” PeopleWaySeemsAbleHateFatherAdviceDadBehaviorSheepComplaintsPositive Behavior Author:Margo Kaufman