As fathers, we know that our children need our love and need our guidance and need our faith in them. We know that our children need from us what only we as fathers can provide them. ― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.

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My pacifism came after I joined the army and was shipped over to Korea. There was a little one-room orphanage there called Song-do. There were 180 babies in there, and they were GI babies. The U.S. government would not acknowledge this, and the Korean government had nothing to do with them. They were living on a 100-pound bag of rice a month. Some of those kids, when they were old enough, would go out and shine shoes. They would show up at the gate of our compound to shine shoes, and you'd swear they were looking for their fathers.

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I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.

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If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs. ― Sarah Dessen

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God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.

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When my father spoke, it was to say something meaningful.

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Why should we not pray to our mother who are in heaven, as well as to our father?

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My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.

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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: He believed in me. — Jim Valvano

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