Quotes about Grandfather

I heard my grandfathers voice. What do they think-- the storms will never come? You build a house on the sand, the sand shifts eventually... Remember that.

A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.

I confess that as a young boy, Sunday was not my favorite day. Grandfather shut down the action. We didn't have any transportation. We couldn't drive the car. He wouldn't even let us start the motor. We couldn't ride the horses, or the steers, or the sheep.

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.

My grandfather, a devout Christian, had the gift of healing.

People all over town had listened for my grandfather's cries, but there were none. Only silence.

My grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they ought to have been sung in the congregation. In that volume, he promised a second if the first should prove acceptable. We forgive him the first collection because he did not inflict another.