Life Celebration Quotes
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Alex Pettyfer
My dad's one of my biggest heroes. I also think Paul Newman's an inspiration. I know a lot of people say that, but I love that he's a great role model and a humanitarian. I admire people who don't necessarily want to change the world, but try to make it a better environment.
Andre Dubus III
One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I've had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and I've brought readers to my dad's work. I can't tell you the joy that gives me. Because my father's work was masterful.
Caitlyn Jenner
If I were to compare the Olympic decathlon to fatherhood, I would say fatherhood is a lot tougher.
David Alan Grier
When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.
David Boreanaz
Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.
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David Rudisha
I realised I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it then maybe I could also run.
Dean Norris
My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.
Erika Cosby
Fathers just have a way of putting everything together.
Habeeb Akande
Behind every great man is a man greater, his father.
Harry Connick, Jr.
My Dad is my hero.
John L. Phillips
My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.
Johnny Vegas
I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.
Kate Baer
What kind of man does not give up his time, his many pleasures, but hands them over without a sound. What kind of man bends to hold them in their suffering, in their questions, in their garbled turns of phrase. What kind of man admits his failures, turns over his heavy stones, stands at the feet of grief and wanting does not turn away. What kind of man becomes a father. A lasting place. A steady ship inside a tireless storm.
Leona Lewis
My dad is such a good man. You know how when you are a child you think your dad is invincible? Well, I still think that - he is so wise and everything I do I ask my dad's advice about first.
Michael Bassey Johnson
Fathers are the pillars of the home. Without them, the citadel of confidence crumbles. Without them, the tendrils of hope withers. Without them, sweet and great dreams turn to nightmares.
Pam Brown
Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventures, story-tellers, and singers of songs.
Patrick Swayze
I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors sittin' on my shoulder including my dad.
Seann William Scott
My role model is my dad.
Unknown
Dad: A son’s first hero, a daughter’s first love.
