Welcome to our collection of heartwarming and humorous Dad Quotes! Fathers hold a special place in our hearts, often providing us with wisdom, support, and, of course, a healthy dose of dad jokes. Whether you’re a dad yourself, a proud child, or simply appreciate the unique humor and guidance that fathers bring into our lives, you’re in for a treat. Our curated selection of dad quotes celebrates the love, laughter, and life lessons that dads impart. Feel free to browse through these quotes, use them to create beautiful images, or add your own stylish fonts to enhance the presentation. These dad quotes are sure to bring a smile to your face and warm your heart.
Now, without further ado, let’s dive into our collection of Dad Quotes, where you’ll find a wealth of inspiration, nostalgia, and relatable moments that capture the essence of fatherhood.
It is much easier to become a father than to be one. Kent Nerburn
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. Aldous Huxley
So my father was a person who never lied to me. If I had a question, he answered it. I knew a lot of things at a young age because I was intrigued. Nick Cannon
What harsh judges fathers are to all young men! Terence
Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them. Angela Carter
I just wish I could understand my father. Michael Jackson
My mum and dad got divorced when I was nine and my brother was seven, and all they strived to do was to make sure we weren’t affected. Michelle Keegan
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. Bertrand Russell
I’m a father. It isn’t just my life any more. I don’t want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed. Billie Joe Armstrong
Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope. John Ciardi
Rich men’s sons are seldom rich men’s fathers. Herbert Kaufman
I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him. Halle Berry
One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that. Mo Rocca
Fathers in today’s modern families can be so many things. Oliver Hudson
I’ve had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father – he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know? Kiefer Sutherland
My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem. Gwyneth Paltrow
My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him. Eminem
Babies don’t need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of. Amy Heckerling
Feels good to try, but playing a father, I’m getting a little older. I see now that I’m taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle. Adam Sandler
My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother. Broderick Crawford
If my father had hugged me even once, I’d be an accountant right now. Ray Romano
When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn’t be playing football. Joe Biden
I pressed my father’s hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land. Chief Joseph
I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father’s lifestyle. Tatum O’Neal
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. David Rockefeller
I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic. Diane Lane
I never had a speech from my father ‘this is what you must do or shouldn’t do’ but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn’t perfect. Adam Sandler
My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker. Anthony Hopkins
Politics is dirty. Politics is exciting. Politics is often very, very difficult and disappointing. And I really would rather the world would be a little more like it was when my dad was young, where you knew pretty much where people stood on the great moral issues. James Dobson
Playing rugby made my dad proud. Being in the theater made my mom proud. So if I could play to both sides of how I was raised, then how could I lose? And that sounds like a hindsight thing, but I knew it at the time. Jacob Elordi
My father was something of a rainbow-chaser. Marc Davis
My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic. Spike Milligan
Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. Friedrich Nietzsche
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. Frank A. Clark
It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life. Dawn French
When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he’d learned in three years. Frank Butler
My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can’t be. Robert Mapplethorpe
No, I never thought about my father’s money as my money. Christie Hefner
I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out. Jay London
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war. E. B. White
I would never have done what I’d done if I’d considered my father as somebody I wanted to please. Robert Mapplethorpe
I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship. Harrison Ford
I love my dad, although I’m definitely critical of him sometimes, like when his pants are too tight. But I love him so much and I try to be really supportive of him. Liv Tyler
Thirteen, 13 children, and I love – I love them all. And I think I’ve been a good father to all of them. Anthony Quinn
My father loved people, children and pets. Tony Visconti
My dad taught me true words you have to use in every relationship. Yes, baby. Star Jones
The reason I made my stage name Kali Uchis is because it’s still me in the sense that, my dad called me ‘Kali Uchis’ my whole life. It’s still something I’ve been called since I was a baby. It’s still me. Kali Uchis
My father-in-law gets up at 5 o’clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don’t know why there’s this big rush to do this. Jeff Foxworthy
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? Dick Clark
My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes of their parents. I spent the school year with my mother, and the summers with my dad. Patricia Polacco
The most important influence in my childhood was my father. DeForest Kelley
The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, ‘Don’t spend anything unless you have to.’ Dinah Shore
I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern. Anais Nin
When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that’s happened that day just melts away. Hugh Jackman
When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. Robert Bly
A father’s disappointment can be a very powerful tool. Michael Bergin
Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business. Tom Bosley
As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation. Gloria Swanson
Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career. Sam Ewing
My father taught me how to substitute realities. Mira Sorvino
I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn’t. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You’re looking at a real daddy. Barry White
Father or stepfather – those are just titles to me. They don’t mean anything. Oliver Hudson
My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad. Beau Bridges
My parents are both English. My dad is a plastic surgeon – his name’s Norman Waterhouse, but we call him Normy. And my mom’s a nurse, which is how they met – in a hospital, over decaying bone. Suki Waterhouse
Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes. Prince Charles
There’s sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him. Dean Koontz
There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing. Gertrude Stein
I’m more comfortable with whatever’s wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn’t measure up to the standard he set. John Malkovich
One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad. Jim DeMint
But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I’m a husband and a father. Herbie Hancock
Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It’s either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it’s Colin. Tim Vine
I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father. Annette Funicello
My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more. Pete Rose
My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States. Harry S Truman
I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back. Imelda Marcos
When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that. Bill Gates
The child is father of the man. William Wordsworth
The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. Bertrand Russell
I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries. Charley Pride
A working definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave in ways that lead to the child’s becoming a secure child in full, thus increasing his or her chances of being happy and fruitful as a young adult. Clyde Edgerton
Fereydun, that’s my dad’s name. My grandmother, my dad’s mom, when she was pregnant, she was dating a man from Persia, a Persian gentleman. It wasn’t his child, but he was still very supportive and said, ‘Hey, this is a great name,’ and so it stuck. So that’s what she named him. Fred Armisen
My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it. Victor Borge
My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him. Amy Sedaris
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. Joseph Joubert
An angry father is most cruel towards himself. Publilius Syrus
I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do. Miguel Indurain
My father was never anti-anything in our house. Errol Flynn
One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other. Camryn Manheim
Child-rearing is my main interest now. I’m a hands-on father. Sean Penn
That is the thankless position of the father in the family – the provider for all, and the enemy of all. August Strindberg
Whenever I fail as a father or husband… a toy and a diamond always works. Shah Rukh Khan
When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed. Lou Brock
My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men. Simon Newcomb
But the love of adventure was in father’s blood. Buffalo Bill
My father… had sharper eyes than the rest of our people. Chief Joseph
As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me. Christine Keeler
It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father. Jean de La Fontaine
Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table. James Levine
I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn’t want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office. Harrison Ford
My dad always said, ‘Don’t worry what people think, because you can’t change it.’ Daisy Donovan
