89 Heartfelt Father’s Day Quotes and Messages to Celebrate Dad
Father’s Day is the perfect time to tell Dad just how much he means to you. To help you find the right words, we’ve gathered a wonderful collection of Father’s Day quotes.
Whether you’re crafting a card, posting online, or just want to share a special sentiment, these quotes will help you express your love and gratitude.
Dive in and find the perfect message to make his day!
Short Father’s Day quotes
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano
“An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom.” – C.S. Lewis
“The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” – Antoine François Prévost
“Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.” – Wade Boggs
“The best fathers have the softest, sweetest hearts. In other words, great dads are real marshmallows.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
“Daddies don’t just love their children every now and then, it’s a love without end.” – George Strait
“My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do. You never know what you can accomplish until you try.” – Michael Jordan
“I only hope when I have my own family that every day I see a little more of my father in me.” – Keith Urban
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” – Umberto Eco
“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” – George Herbert
“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.” – William Shakespeare
“You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s. He’s more particular.” – Robert Frost
“It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” – Johann Schiller
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” – William Shakespeare
“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” – Charles Wadsworth
“Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds.” – Terri Guillemets
“A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.” – Frank A. Clark
“The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.” – Tim Russert
“My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.” – Beau Bridges
“Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.” – Reed Markham
“A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.” – Unknown
“I’m a father; that’s what matters most. Nothing matters more.” – Gordon Brown
“Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.” – Anne Geddes
“Fatherhood is a marathon, not a sprint.” – Paul L. Lewis
“Lately all my friends are worried they’re turning into their fathers. I’m worried I’m not.” – Dan Zevin
“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.” – Steve Martin
“Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows.” – Al Unser
“Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.” – Jon Stewart
“My father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.” – Spike Milligan
“A father is a banker provided by nature.” – French proverb (author unknown)
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain
“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.” – Harper Lee
“To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy.” – Nelson Mandela
“The love of being a father was not something I had to work on…It was physical, it was emotional, spiritual, you know. The attachment to my children I felt entirely and completely.” – Barack Obama
“Fatherhood is the best thing I ever did. It changes your perspective.” – Brad Pitt
“Some people don’t believe in heroes, but they haven’t met my dad.” – Unknown
“This little soul that you’re feeding and you’re changing and you’re bathing and you’re telling bedtime stories to is a blank canvas. All it needs is love and nurturing. It’s the most wonderful feeling.” – Sir Elton John
“In my career there’s many things I’ve won, and many things I’ve achieved, but for me my greatest achievement is my children and my family.” – David Beckham
“Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.” – Frank Pittman
“My father raised us to step toward trouble rather than to step away from it.” – Justin Trudeau
“Of all the titles I’ve been privileged to have, ‘Dad’ has always been the best.” – Ken Norton
“My father taught me a good lesson: Don’t get too low when things go wrong. And don’t get too high when things are good.” – Robert Parish
“Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.” – Barack Obama
“Becoming a dad is one thing-being a dad is many things.” – Steve Chapman
“A daughter needs a dad to be the standard against which she will judge all men.” – Gregory E. Lang
“I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.” – Hedy Lamarr
“The greatest tribute a boy can give to his father is to say, ‘When I grow up, I want to be just like my dad.’” – Billy Graham
“I think my mum put it best. She said, ‘Little girls soften their daddy’s hearts.’” – Paul Walker
“I’ve said it before, but it’s absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.” – Liza Minnelli
“Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” – Ruth E. Renkel
“No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.” – Abraham Lincoln
“It doesn’t matter what time of the night it is or how tired you are, they make you smile, they make you happy.” – David Beckham
“By profession, I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact, but I am also prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a father.” – General Douglas MacArthur
“What I’ve learned as a father is that the most important thing in the world is listening. It’s not about trying to be right.” – Kevin Hart
“A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.” – Unknown
“Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you’re 12, but every single day.” – Mike Myers
“I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” – Harry S. Truman
“Sometimes I’m amazed that my wife and I created two human beings from scratch yet struggle to assemble the most basic of IKEA cabinets.” – John Kinnear
“It’s all about you not trying to decide what your daughter or son should be or what you want them to be, it’s all about loving them no matter who they are or what they decide to do.” – Magic Johnson
“I am a father, I am very aware of the things that I’m putting out in the world knowing that one day my children will watch the work that I’ve done.” – David Oyelowo
“I love the ceremony of waking (my kids) up in the morning, picking them up when they fall, and walking them through the complexities of their day.” – Nate Berkus
“When you’re a dad, there’s no one above you. If I don’t do something that has to be done, who is going to do it?” – Jonathan Safran Foer
“My father was a lesson. He had his own bakery, and it was closed one day a week, but he would go anyway. He did it because he really loved his bakery.” – Christopher Walken
“Fatherhood is the greatest thing that could ever happen. You can’t explain it until it happens.” – Michael Bublé
“In my career, there’s many things I’ve won and many things I’ve achieved, but for me, my greatest achievement is my children and my family.” – David Beckham
“He adopted a role called being a father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a protector.” – Tom Wolfe
“The strongest, toughest men all have compassion. They’re not heartless and cold.” – Denzel Washington
“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song.” – Pam Brown
“The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.” – John Green
Funny Father’s Day Quotes
“Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.” — Jon Stewart
“Having a 2-year-old is like having a blender without a lid.” — Jerry Seinfeld
“Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.” — Jim Gaffigan
“When you’re young, you think your dad is Superman. Then you grow up, and you realize he’s just a regular guy who wears a cape.” — Dave Attell
“I gave my father $100 and said, ‘Buy yourself something that will make your life easier.’ So he went out and bought a present for my mother.” — Rita Rudner
“Sometimes I am amazed that my wife and I created two human beings from scratch yet struggle to assemble the most basic IKEA cabinets.” — Greg Kinnear
“I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day…” — Will Arnett
“Buying your kid a goldfish is a great way to teach them about responsibility for 24–36 hours.” — Conan O’Brien
“Dad: A son’s first hero and a daughter’s first love… until she starts dating!” — Unknown
“You can tell what was the best year of your father’s life, because they seem to freeze that clothing style…” — Jerry Seinfeld
“Just once on Father’s Day I wish my kids would give me a #1 Dad mug instead of one with my actual ranking.” — Andy Borowitz
“Even though I’m proud my Dad invented the rear-view mirror, we’re not as close as we appear.” — Stewart Francis
“Father’s Day: when you get that lethal combination of alcohol and new power tools.” — David Letterman
“Eat your vegetables, and we’ll talk about that later, kiddo.” — Unknown
“Parenthood is the only job where going to the bathroom alone feels like a luxury vacation.” — Unknown
“I’m not loving anybody that I’m not legally required to.” — Red Forman (That 70’s Show)
“Dad… you were like a father to me.” — Ethan Tremblay (Due Date)
“Dad, you’ve done a lot of great things, but you’re a very old man, and old people are useless.” — Homer Simpson
“Marriage is like a coffin, and each kid is another nail.” — Homer Simpson
“We wondered why when a child laughed, he belonged to Daddy…” — Erma Bombeck
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