Father’s Day: 15 Quotes about dads and fatherhood

Father’s Day is upon us and we sometimes find ourselves at a loss for words to aptly relate our love and appreciation for our fathers, who are like our silent angels. So here are some words of wisdom about fathers, to remind you how amazing he is, and how dutifully and proudly he has always done his job of filling that space in your heart as the best man in your life. You could add a quote or two to that Father’s Day card too.

“The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.”
― Antoine François Prévost, Manon Lescaut

“There is nothing that moves a loving father’s soul quite like his child’s cry.”
― Joni Eareckson Tada

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

“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

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

“Fishing is much less about the fishing, and much more about the time alone with your kid, away from the hustle and bustle of the everyday.”
― Dan Pearce

“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.”
― Billy Graham

“You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You’re her oracle. You’re her hero.”
– Stanley T. Banks, Father of the Bride

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
“A father is a man who expects his children to be as good as he meant to be.”
― Carol Coats
“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

“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.”
― Enid Bagnold
“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 Kill a Mockingbird
“Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world.”
― John Mayor

“A father is someone that
holds your hand at the fair
makes sure you do what your mother says
holds back your hair when you are sick
brushes that hair when it is tangled because mother is too busy
lets you eat ice cream for breakfast
but only when mother is away
he walks you down the aisle
and tells you everything is gonna be ok”
― Unknown

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Diya-Maya Tsering Bhalla