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This Father's Day, share a touching message with these 30 dad quotes
View Date:2024-12-23 20:18:47
No matter the date, it's important to express appreciation and gratitude toward loved ones. But sometimes, the calendar reminds us of an extra special day to honor certain people in our lives.
The third Sunday of June is when we celebrate dads and father figures. Father's Day dates back to 1910 and was created by Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, according to the History Channel. Today, the holiday continues Dodd's mission to honor the "loving service" of fathers.
So if you're looking for kind and thoughtful words to share, or write on a card, here are some for this Father's Day.
Father's Day, fatherhood quotes
- "When my father didn't have my hand, he had my back." – Linda Poindexter
- "My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future." – Liza Minnelli
- "Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that’s why I call you dad, because you are so special to me." – Wade Boggs
- "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 feel that the greatest gift that I can give my children is the freedom to be who they are." – Will Smith
- "To her, the name of father was another name for love." – Fanny Fern
- "My father was an amazing man. The older I got, the smarter he got." – Mark Twain
- "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, "Foucault’s Pendulum"
- "Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows." – Al Unser
- "My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it." – Clarence B. Kelland
- "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
- "Great fathers don't find fault. Great fathers find solutions." – Reed Markham
- "What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child - it's the courage to raise one." – President Barack Obama
- "The imprint of a father remains forever on the life of the child." – Roy Lessin
- "The power of dad in a child's life is unmatched." – Justin Ricklefs
- "Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man." – Frank Pittman
- "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
- "Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventures, story-tellers, and singers of songs." – Pam Brown
- "There's nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father." – Amit Ray, "World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird"
- "What makes a good father? A good father sets an example that his children want to follow. A good father provides for the needs of his children – both material and non-material. A good father demonstrates his love in both words and actions. A good father provides guidance in a positive fashion." – Rob Kozak, "Finding Fatherhood"
- "The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature." – Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles
- "Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow." – Reed B. Markham
- "My father had taught me – mostly by example – that if a man wanted to be in charge of his life, he had to be in charge of his problems." – Stephen King, "Joyland"
- "Life doesn't come with an instruction book; that's why we have fathers." – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- "A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely." – Émile Gaboriau
- "The best fathers have the softest, sweetest hearts. In other words, great dads are real marshmallows." – Richelle E. Goodrich, "Slaying Dragons"
- "There's something beautiful about a mothers embrace. And there's something magical about a fathers affirmations." – Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
- "My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me." – Jim Valvano
- "Lately all my friends are worried they're turning into their fathers. I'm worried I'm not." – Dan Zevin
- "Of all the titles that I've been privileged to have, the title of 'dad' has always been the best." – Ken Norton
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