50 Inspirational Father's Day Quotes to Celebrate Dad's Love and Wisdom

"He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it."

- Clarence Budington Kelland

"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."

- JIM VALVANO

"My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it."

- Clarence Budington Kelland

"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me."

- Jim Valvano

"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

"Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song."

- Pam Brown

"The power of a dad in a child’s life is unmatched."

- Justin Ricklefs

"It is a wise father that knows his own child."

- William Shakespeare

"A father doesn’t tell you that he loves you. He shows you."

- Dimitri the Stoneheart

"To her, the name of father was another name for love."

- Fanny Fern

"When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back."

- Linda Poindexter

"The greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking."

- Dan Pearce

"No one in this world can love a girl more than her father."

- Michael Ratnadeepak

"My father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future."

- Liza Minnelli

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

- Max Lucado

"[My father] has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch."

- Chelsea Clinton

"Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad."

- Anne Geddes

"I love my father as the stars—he's a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart."

- Terri Guillemets

"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

"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

"The reward of child rearing is spending the rest of your life proudly knowing this person you helped guide."

- Mike Sager

"A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child."

- Knights of Pythagoras

"Great fathers don’t find fault. Great fathers find solutions."

- Reed Markham

"There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years, it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself."

- John Gregory Brown

"The imprint of a father remains forever on the life of the child."

- Roy Lessin

"It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father."

- Barack Obama

"The nature of fatherhood is that you’re doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified when you do it."

- John Green

"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

"Fatherhood is the best thing I ever did. It changes your perspective. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is really the most extraordinary thing I have taken on."

- Brad Pitt

"Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars."

- Victor Hugo

"Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life."

- Hugh Jackman

"Fatherhood is a marathon, not a sprint."

- Paul L. Lewis

"Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person."

- Naveen Jain

"Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you’re twelve, but every day."

- Mike Meyers

"Father!—to God himself we cannot give a holier name!"

- William Wordsworth

"When my father didn’t have my hand… he had my back."

- Linda Poindexter

"A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely."

- Emile Gaboriau

"Average fathers have patience. Good fathers have more patience. Great fathers have an ocean of patience."

- 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

"Father! — to God himself we cannot give a holier name."

- William Wordsworth

"Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you're twelve, but every day."

- Mike Meyers

"Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow."

- Reed Markham

"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

"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

"[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

"The greatest thing a father can do for his children is love their mother."

- Anjaneth Garcia Untalan

"The thrill of being a great father is not seeing your children go on to become successful adults. The thrill of a great father is the journey, experiencing your child’s successes along the pathway to their greatness."

- Reed Markham

"A man’s worth is measured by how he parents his children. What he gives them, what he keeps away from them, the lessons he teaches and the lessons he allows them to learn on their own."

- Lisa Rogers

"Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father."

- Frank Abagnale

"Happy Father’s Day to the world’s greatest father, husband, guardian, and companion."

- Danielle Carson

"You are my rock, my sounding board, the love of my life, but most importantly you are the greatest father to our children."

- Danielle Carson

"You brighten my life, and you make our kids smile. You’re the best thing that has ever happened to us. Happy Father’s Day, my love."

- Danielle Carson

"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

"Watching you become the father I always knew you would be has been one of the greatest joys of my life."

- Danielle Carson

"A good father is one whose only reason for putting down a laughing baby is to pick up a crying one."

- Linda Poindexter

"Your patience and tenderness with our children are unmatched. Witnessing your love for them is something that I could’ve only dreamed of. We’re blessed that you're ours."

- Good Housekeeping

"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

"Our children are blessed beyond measure that they can call you “dad.” You’re the best father to them and for that I’m forever grateful."

- Good Housekeeping

"Nothing brings me greater joy than watching you show our child how to be a caring and compassionate human. You make my heart smile."

- Good Housekeeping

"A father’s words are like a thermostat that sets the temperature in the house."

- Paul Lewis

"Watching you with our children is one of my greatest joys. Your caring nature makes me fall in love with you more and more each day."

- Good Housekeeping

"Waking up next to you brings me unimaginable peace. Knowing that the children and I are always safe with you is the type of comfort most people wish they had — and I don’t take it for granted."

- Good Housekeeping

"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

"A girl’s first true love is her father."

- Marisol Santiago

"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."

- Hillary Lytle

"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection."

- Sigmund Freud

"A father's smile has been known to light up a child's entire day."

- Susan Gale

"No man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much."

- Hedy Lamarr

"Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world."

- John Mayor

"No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word―father."

- Lydia Maria Child

"Fathers just have a way of putting everything together."

- Erika Cosby

"It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was."

- Anne Sexton

"The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature."

- Antoine Francois Prevost

"Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows."

- Al Unser

"A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be."

- Frank A. Clark

"Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds."

- Terri Guillemets

"What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity."

- Jean Paul

"A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father."

- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

"A father carries pictures where his money used to be."

- Steve Martin

"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters."

- George Herbert

"The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get."

- Tim Russert

"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

"To the world, you may be one person, but to me, you are the world."

"A father's love is eternal, patient, and unconditional."

"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

"Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever."

"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."

"A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society."

"Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers and singers of song."

- Unknown

"Behind every great daughter is a truly amazing father."

- Unknown

"A father is someone you look up to, no matter how tall you grow."

"The greatest gift I ever had came from God; I call him Dad!"

"Behind every great daughter is a truly amazing dad."

- Unknown

"Fatherhood is the best adventure a man can have."

"Dad: A son's first hero, a daughter's first love."

"Dad: A son’s first hero, a daughter’s first love."

"A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty."

- Unknown

"My Father’s Day gift to you is letting you pretend to be in charge of the family for a day."

- Unknown