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Top 100 Happy Heartfelt Fathers Day Quotes

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October 13, 2022

To celebrate the loving and caring men in your life Father’s Day is the perfect time of year, so with the very best fathers day quotes and sayings about fatherhood we’re prepared to help you. You want to make sure you express your love and gratitude for him on that third Sunday in June whether it’s your dad, uncle, brother, grandpa — anyone who has been a father figure to you. With a special message for dad, a personalized card will let him know how much you appreciate all of his priceless advice and unconditional support.

These fathers day quotes and messages really drive home the importance of fatherhood if you’d like some heartfelt ideas for what to write in a Father’s Day card. You can include a customized Father’s Day gift from Shutterfly’s Father’s Day gift guide alongside your personalized Father’s Day cards.

“Dad: A son’s first hero, a daughter’s first love.” — Unknown

“Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.” — Unknown

“The power of a dad in a child’s life is unmatched.” — Justin Ricklefs

“[My father] has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch.” — Chelsea Clinton
“She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father.” — Harper Lee

“A father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.” — Unknown

“A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely. In the hour of need, when all else fails, we remember him upon whose knees we sat when children, and who soothed our sorrows; and even though he may be unable to assist us, his mere presence serves to comfort and strengthen us.” — Émile Gaboriau

“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” — William Shakespeare

“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” — George Herbert

“An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom.” — C.S. Lewis

“To the world, you are a dad. But to our family, you are the world.” — Unknown

“I’ve jumped out of helicopters and done some daring and played baseball in a professional stadium, but none of it means anything compared to being somebody’s daddy.” — Chris Pratt

“A girl’s first true love is her father.” — Marisol Santiago

“A father’s smile has been known to light up a child’s entire day.” — Susan Gale

“The strongest, toughest men all have compassion. They’re not heartless and cold. You have to be man enough to have compassion – to care about people and about your children.” — Denzel Wash

“A father doesn’t tell you that he loves you. He shows you.” — Dimitri the Stoneheart

“When you need real understanding, when you need someone to care, when you need someone to guide you … A father’s always there.” — Thomas J. Langley

“What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.” — Jean Paul

“My dad’s my best mate, and he always will be.” — Cher Lloyd

“There will always be a few people who have the courage to love what is untamed inside us. One of those men is my father.” — Alison Lohman

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Best Father’s Day Quotes & Messages

It can be tricky to get the right words to wish your father this day, which is why we thought that you could use some help. To wish your dad a Happy Father’s Day we bring you some inspirational quotes and messages that you can use! Have a look at some great Father’s Day wishes and greetings!

“I learn things from my kids constantly. Most of their knowledge comes from Snapple caps.” — Jimmy Kimmel

“Being a dad isn’t just about eating a huge bag of gummy bears as your wife gives birth. It means being comfortable with the word hero.” — Ryan Reynolds

“Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds.” — Terri Guillemets

“He adopted a role called being a father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector.” — Tom Wolfe

“Fathers just have a way of putting everything together.” — Erika Cosby

“Behind every great daughter is a truly amazing father.” — Unknown

“To her, the name of father was another name for love.” — Fanny Fern

“The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.” — Tim Russert

“Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, nit his advice.” — Charles Kettering

“No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word―father.” — Lydia Maria Child

“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.” — Steve Martin

“When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” — Linda Poindexter

“A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.” — Unknown

“The greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking.” — Dan Pearce

“Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world.” — John Mayer

“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers and singers of song.” — Pam Brown
“A dad is someone who wants to catch you when you fall. Instead he picks you up, brushes you off and lets you try again.” — Unknown
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” — Sigmund Freud
“Lately all my friends are worried they’re turning into their fathers. I’m worried I’m not.” — Dan Zevin
“My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, ‘You never know what you can accomplish until you try.’” — Michael Jordan

Happy Fathers Day Quotes For All Dads

Your dad too has so much influence over your life just like your mom. In shaping the life of a child, The contribution of a father is not negligible at all. Just make sure their kids and families stay well and happy Fathers are the ones who put their lives on the line.

Father’s Day offers you a chance to acknowledge all the sacrifices and compromises. This is why on Father’s day they must be shown some love and appreciation! They deserve and want to know how much they mean to the family. You can use it to greet your father or anyone whom you want to say happy fathers day here are some fathers day wishes and messages!

“And I only hope when I have my own family that every day I see a little more of my father in me.” — Keith Urban

“My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, ‘You’re tearing up the grass.’ We’re not raising grass, Dad would reply. ‘We’re raising boys.’” — Harmon Killebrew

“It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.” — Barack Obama

“I realized being a father is the greatest job I have ever had and the greatest job I will ever have.” — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

“No one in this world can love a girl more than her father.” — Michael Ratnadeepak

“It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.” — Anne Sexton

“What you teach your children, you also teach their children.” — Unknown

“My father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.” — Liza Minnelli

“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

“No man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.” — Hedy Lamarr

“It’s an ongoing joy being a dad.” — Liam Neeson

“It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” — Johann Friedrich von Schiller

“My father didn’t do anything unusual. He only did what dads are supposed to do—be there.” — Max Lucado

There should be a children’s song: ‘If you’re happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep.’ — Jim Gaffigan

“If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don’t ever die.” — Leo Buscaglia
“Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows.” — Al Unser

“To be as good as our fathers we must be better; imitation is not discipleship.” — Wendell Phillips

“You can tell what was the best year of your father’s life, because they seem to freeze that clothing style and ride it out.” — Jerry Seinfeld

“A father is a banker provided by nature.” — French proverb

“A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.” — Frank A. Clark

Fathers Day Quotes From Son

We’re reminded to make time to celebrate our dad when Father’s Day approaches. Of course, we shouldn’t wait for a holiday to tell him how we feel, but sometimes it’s hard to find the words. These father-son quotes are wonderful reminders of that special connection if you need some inspiration that exists between fathers and their sons.

Your father has been much more than just a “dad” throughout your life—he’s a role model, friend, and leader too. (And he tells the best dad jokes!) How thankful you are that he was truly able to do it all these funny and sentimental Father’s Day quotes perfectly show just. On his special day, your dad will be instantly moved once he reads these thoughtful sayings .

“A good father is one whose only reason for putting down a laughing baby is to pick up a crying one.” — Linda Poindexter

“A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.” — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s. He’s more particular.” — Robert Frost

“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” — Charles Wadworth

“Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.” — Reed Markham

“I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.” — Mario Cuomo

“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

“It’s only when you grow up and step back from him – or leave him for your own home – it’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it.” — Margaret Truman

“My father taught me to work hard, laugh often, and keep my word.” — Michelle Obama

“Dads are like chocolate chip cookies; they may have chips or be totally nutty, but they are sweet and make the world a better place, especially for their children.” — Hillary Lytle

“The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family.” — Reed Markham

” A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout our lives.” — Ama H.Vanniarachchy
“The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” — Antoine François Prévost
“A father’s words are like a thermostat that sets the temperature in the house.” — Paul Lewis
“[Fatherhood is] the greatest thing that could ever happen. You can’t explain it until it happens; it’s like telling somebody what water feels like before they’ve ever swam in it.” — Michael Bublé
“My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.” — Clarence Budington Kelland
“I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father’s life.” — Sidney Poitier
“My father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.” — Spike Milligan
“You gotta love dads. At my wedding, when I tripped on my wedding dress and fell flat on my face, Dad said, “Don’t worry, you’ll do better next time.”” — Melanie White
“One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather.” — Joy Hargrove

Fathers Day Quotes From Daughter

Just want to wow your dad? Make him a personalized, unique, personalized. To make a gift he’ll treasure forever add a monogram, his name, photos, or a heartfelt message to any of these items. And to find all the best gifts for your dad Father’s Day don’t miss our Father’s Day gift guide. For cute, funny, and inspirational messages for a father or daughter check out the quotes below.

“There is no teacher equal to mother and there’s nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father.” — Amit Ray
“Grandpas bring a little wisdom, happiness, warmth and love to every life they touch.” — Unknown
“To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.” — Euripides
“Confident women are raised by loving dads.” — Nitya Prakash
“Grandfathers are for loving and fixing things.” — Unknown
“A grandfather is someone with silver in his hair and gold in his heart.” — Unknown
“The best dads get promoted to grandpa.” — Unknown
“Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.” — Anne Geddes
“To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms, but absolutely terrified of the word boo.” — Robert Brault
“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.” — Henry Ward Beecher
“Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.” — Lydia Maria Child
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me.” — Jim Valvano
“When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.” — The Talmud
“Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” — Ruth E. Renkel
“There are three stages of a man’s life: he believes in Santa Claus, he doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus.” — Unknown
“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.” — Billy Graham
“There is nothing that moves a loving father’s soul quite like his child’s cry.” — Joni Eareckson Tada
“Just taught my kids about taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream.” — Conan O’Brien
“Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.” — Gloria Naylor