93 Best Father's Day Quotes to Share with the Superhero Named Dad
Celebrate Dad—and all the awesome father figures you know—with emotional, meaningful, and funny quotes.
The third Sunday in June (June 18 this year!) is coming up quick, and it's time to start thinking about meaningful Father's Day messages to write in a card or, perhaps, to use as a heartstring-pulling Instagram caption to go with your favorite pic of you and your pops. One option: Say it with a quote, and we’ve gathered the best Father’s Day quotes to choose from.
From emotional words to funny one-liners, these short sayings about fathers and fatherhood from celebrities, authors, athletes, comedians, and historical figures make perfect Happy Father's Day quotes to share—not only with your father but also with all the dads in your life (think grandpas, a stepdad, your husband, brothers, uncles, and friends).
If you’re looking for something more specific, such as a Father's day quote from a daughter or son, check out of our collections of father-daughter quotes and father-son quotes too. Honoring a special guy who is known for his epic dad jokes? Make him smile with a Father’s Day pun.
Now that you’ve checked off “find the perfect Happy Father’s Day quote” on your to-do list, you can focus on more important things, like gift shopping (just kidding). But if you do want to pick him up a little something, we’ve got some excellent Father’s Day gift ideas, including last-minute options.
Unknown
“Dad, a son’s first hero and a daughter’s first love.”
Terri Guillemets
“I love my father as the stars—he's a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.”
John Legend
A father’s love: “It’s a different kind of love. It’s very pure. It’s unconditional.”
Jerry Seinfeld
“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.”
Komal Minhas
“Today we celebrate the fathers whose embrace is more than home. It’s the safest place we’ve ever known.”
Paul Walker
“I think my mom put it best. She said, ‘Little girls soften their daddy’s hearts.’”
Unknown
“Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, the not yet dads, the stepdads, the moms who are dad, the adoptive dads, the grandads, and the dads who are no longer with us.”
The Talmud
“When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.”
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Jimmy Fallon
“Father’s Day is important because, besides being the day on which we honor Dad, it’s the one day of the year that Brookstone does any business.”
Tim Russert
"The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get."
John Mark Green
“A father’s love still travels on after he’s gone. A treasure hidden in the hearts of his children.”
Denzel Washington
“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.”
Pam Brown
“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song.”
John Green
“The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.”
Jimmy Fallon
" 'Have fun' is my message. Be silly. You're allowed to be silly. There's nothing wrong with it."
Kevin Hart
“What I’ve learned as a father is that the most important thing in the world is listening. It’s not about trying to be right.”
Timothy Olyphant
“They’re good kids, and I think I’ve gotten used to them. I mean it’s pretty clear to me at this point we are keeping them.”
Fathima Arshard
“I know a man whose arms carried me high on days that I felt low. A man whose arms I’ll never outgrow.”
Ralphie, A Christmas Story
“Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man.”
Dan Zevin
"Lately all my friends are worried they're turning into their fathers. I'm worried I'm not."
Terri Robertson is the Senior Editor, Digital, at Country Living, where she shares her lifelong love of homes, gardens, down-home cooking, and antiques.
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