Father's Day Quotes and Sayings
Meaningful Ways to Say I Love You to Dad
Looking for some thoughtful words to say "Happy Father's Day" on a card, in a poem, or on some artwork? Here's a fantastic collection of dad day quotations.
Father’s Day is a special time where kids of all ages remember and honor their dads. Whether they consider their father to have been an outstanding father or a less-than-desirable one, there is a bond between father and child that has rarely been captured in words. If you are looking for ways to express gratitude to the father in your life, here’s a collection of some meaningful, thought-provoking quotations.
Historical Father’s Day Quotes
Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young, Who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, And joined in thy innocent glee.
-Margaret Courtney
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. -Mark Twain, "Old Times on the Mississippi" Atlantic Monthly, 1874
It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home—it's only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love. -Margaret Truman
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. -Sigmund Freud
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! -Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
Modern Father’s Day Quotes
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
-Henry Ward Beecher
Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad. -Anne Geddes
Father Quotes By Unknown Authors
A man's children and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding done during the growing season. –Unknown
The greatest gift I ever had
Came from God; I call him Dad! -Unknown
A father carries pictures where his money used to be. – Unknown
Small boy's definition of Father's Day: It's just like Mother's Day only you don't spend so much. -Unknown
Other Thoughtful Dad Quotes
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
My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budington Kelland
It is much easier to become a father than to be one. -Kent Nerburn
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong. -Charles Wadsworth
Enjoy a Happy Father’s Day!
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