Be it Valentine's Day, Father's Day or Mother's Day, I feel all days are reminders of some feelings. February 14 doesn't hold any special relevance for me.
My father, Phillip Gilmore, was very talented. He was getting seriously into dancing. He was on 'Soul Train' and won $2,500. But the Bay Area was too small for him. I don't think he had the space to do what he needed to do.
My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.
I know I haven't always done things the right way. I'm just trying to reflect on how to make myself better, how to become a better man, a better father, a better person, a better artist.
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.
At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child.
It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.
To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.
What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.
The fundamental defect with fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
An angry father is most cruel toward himself.
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
Until you have a son of your own... you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.
Becoming a father increases your capacity for love and your level of patience. It opens up another door in a person - a door which you may not even have known was there. That's what I feel with my son. There's suddenly another level of love that expands. My son is my greatest joy, out of everything in my life.
My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.
My father wasn't perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there.
I am blessed to be a proud father of a daughter.
I've only just arrived, Kate. It may surprise you to learn that you were my top priority.
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