“When my father bid $5,000 for the 1962 Championship Game, that was a huge amount. It was double the bid the year before. Pete Rozelle was flabbergasted. Who was this guy who was willing to spend so much money on what seemed like relatively worthless rights to the NFL Championship Game?” YearsGuyFatherGamesRightsWillingHugeAmountNflChampionshipWorthlessThis GuyChampionship Games Author:Steve Sabol
“My definition of good is that you understand that this is a question of power. That you be willing to give up some power. That you be willing to give up some resources. That you be willing to pay Black people reparations for our years and years of service in this country. That you be willing to go home and tell your white mother and father about white racism and how it affects and kills Black people in our communities. That's my definition of good white people, and I haven't met any like that.” PeopleGivingYearsCountryHomeMotherFatherBlackCommunityWhitePayHavensWillingMetsGiving UpRacismResourcesDefinitionsBlack PeopleOur CommunityMother And FatherReparationsWhite RacismYears Of Service Author:Sister Souljah
“If you feel sincerely sorry on account of your sins, and believe that Christ is able and willing to forgive you, the work is done. You may trust with all the confidence of a child who confesses his fault, and casts himself into his father's arms. This is faith; a simple trust in the power and willingness of the Father to forgive, for the sake of what Christ the Son has done.” IfsFeelsBelieveMayChildrenDoneAbleFatherChristSinSimpleWillingSonArmsAccountsForgivingFaultsSorrySakeCastsWillingnessSincerely Author:Samuel I. Prime
“Ron Reagan amazingly qualifies as an honest broker. I asked him if he was a mamas boy and he said no, more of a papas boy. At the same time he was willing to say that his father had many shortcomings and needed to be held accountable.” IfsSaidFatherBoysHonestWillingNeededMamaShortcomingsPapaBrokers Author:Eugene Jarecki
“We perversely see mother love as the problem--when it is all we have to sustain us--rather than blaming the fathers who have run out on our mothers and on us. We seem willing to forgive fathers for loving too little even as we still shrink in terror from mothers who love too much.” LittlesStillsProblemSeemsRunningMotherFatherToo MuchWillingBlameForgivingTerrorShrinksMother Love Author:Frank Pittman
“Our country was born out of a desire to be free. And every day since, it's been protected by our men and women in uniform - people who believed so deeply in America, they were willing to give their lives for it.” PeopleMenGivingCountryAmericaDesireFatherBornCommunityLeadershipHistoryDemocracyGenerationsWillingMen And WomenConstitutionHuman RightsOur CountryIdeologyProtectedFree SpeechUniforms Author:Barack Obama
“When I was 7, I wanted to be a jockey. My father told me women weren't allowed. I couldn't believe it. I was perfectly willing to fail on my own merits, but to be flunked at birth?” BelieveWantedFatherMy OwnFailingWillingBirthMeritJockeys Author:Mavis Leno
“Compulsory obedience to a master is a state of slavery, willing obedience to one's father is the glory of son ship.” StatesFatherWillingSonMastersGlorySlaveryShipsObedienceCompulsory Book:The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation Source: The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation
“I've had a very interesting life. There are ways of handling the complexities. I'm willing to take on the responsibilities as a father, as a producer, as an actor; and I enjoy that. I've always been changing and evolving and growing. There's no pinnacle of power where you can sit back and relax.” WayActorsFatherEnjoyInterestingResponsibilityGrowingWillingProducersEvolveComplexityRelaxVery InterestingPinnacleInteresting Life Author:Tom Cruise
“My father always told me that to be successful at anything, whether it was baseball or tiddlywinks, you have to be willing to pay the price. You have to be willing to do more than the kid down the street if you want to be better than he is.” IfsWantKidsFatherPaySuccessfulStreetsWillingBaseballBeing SuccessfulPay The Price Author:Lance Berkman
“My father offered his life so our democracy could live. My mother devoted her life to nurturing that democracy. I will dedicate my life to making our democracy reach its fullest potential: that of ensuring equality for all. My family has sacrificed much and I am willing to do this again if necessary.” IfsMotherFatherDemocracyWillingMy FamilyDevotedNurturingEquality For All Author:Benigno Aquino III
“I believe that there is one only living and true God, existing in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. . . . that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are a revelation from God. . . . that God did send His own Son to become man, die in the room and stead of sinners, and thus to lay a foundation for the offer of pardon and salvation to all mankind so as all may be saved who are willing to accept the Gospel offer.” MenBelieveMayPersonsDiesThreeFatherI BelieveRoomsAcceptingMankindWillingSonHolyOffersFoundationSalvationLaysSavedScriptureGhostRevelationsSinnerTestamentPardonNew TestamentHoly GhostGod ExistsTrue GodOld And New Author:Roger Sherman
“I've always been willing to take challenges, I grew up taking challenges: being an only child, having a mother, no father, I've always been one who has always done things the way I thought they should be done and not, and not having to answer to anybody for it and I've always taken my own chances and I've always followed by instincts according, mother would follow, follow wit, instincts, wisdom, whatever, always followed that.” WayShouldChildrenDoneMotherFatherChallengesChanceMy OwnAnswersTakenWillingGrewGrew UpInstinctWitOnly Child Author:Teddy Pendergrass
“I was terrified that the wild boar might be attacking my father, and so I prayed to God - if he existed - to protect him and to direct the boar against my uncle instead, who believed in heaven, and therefore was more willing to die.” IfsMightDiesFatherHeavenWillingProtectDirectTerrifiedUnclesAttackingWilling To DieBoars Author:Marcel Pagnol
“It's sad that as crushed Millennials we live in the shadow of our parents, our fathers. We aren't willing to murder our government. It's like, come on, why is this scary? Jesus, every generation before you was willing to kick ass.” GovernmentFatherJesusParentGenerationsWillingShadowMurderScaryAssKicksOur FatherCrushedMillennialsKick Ass Author:Cody Wilson
“Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His. We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait patiently for God's purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His timetable.” IfsKnowsDoeGodPurposeFaithFatherGrowsWaitingOur LivesWillingPatiencePatternsHeavenlyTrust In GodTiedImpatientImpatienceHeavenly FatherConfidence In GodSuggestingLdsMormonismGod Works In Mysterious WaysTimetablesOnly God KnowsWilling To Wait Author:Neal A. Maxwell