Family: Father Quotes

Explore a thoughtful collection of quotes honoring fathers and father figures. These lines reflect guidance, steady support, and the everyday acts that build trust and resilience. Discover perspectives that recognize both strength and tenderness, celebrating the quiet leadership that shapes families and nurtures growth. Use these words to spark gratitude, share encouragement, or reflect on the lessons passed between generations. From playful moments to steadfast mentorship, the quotes invite appreciation for the roles fathers hold across cultures and seasons of life.

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"My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening"

Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Author

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

"Safe, for a child, is his father's hand, holding him tight"

Marion C. Garretty, Poet

Marion C. Garretty

"No, I never thought about my father's money as my money"

Christie Hefner, Businessman

"Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems"

Tony Dungy, Coach

Tony Dungy

"I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that"

Adam Sandler, Actor

Adam Sandler

"It is a wise father that knows his own child"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was"

Anne Sexton, Poet

Anne Sexton

"I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day"

Alan Ladd, Actor

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother"

Theodore Hesburgh, Clergyman

"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters"

George Herbert, Poet

George Herbert

"It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job"

Tony Dungy, Coach

Tony Dungy

"But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives"

Tony Dungy, Coach

Tony Dungy

"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, Novelist

Harper Lee

"My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection"

Sigmund Freud, Psychologist

Sigmund Freud

"I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week"

Mario Cuomo, Politician

Mario Cuomo

"If a dad does his job, we don't need prisons, we don't need jails. That's what I saw growing up"

Mike Singletary, Athlete

"My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He was almost a 100 years old. And, you know, he had a very good life. He came to America and he had a good life"

Christopher Walken, Actor

"My father was very much a handy person round the house, and I learnt a lot of carpentry from him"

John Henry Carver, Physicist

"How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted"

Voltaire, Writer

Voltaire

"One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father"

George Herbert, Poet

George Herbert

"My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but growing up surrounded by paintings, paints, easels and art books does have an effect"

John Dyer, Artist

John Dyer

"Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents"

Margaret Mead, Scientist

Margaret Mead

"Well, I am a lot like my dad, and the character of Ted is based on my dad"

Max Cannon, Artist

Max Cannon

"I've got high standards when it comes to boys. As my dad says, all girls should! I'm from the South - Tennessee, to be exact - and down there, we're all about southern hospitality. I know that if I like a guy, he better be nice, and above all, my dad has to approve of him!"

Miley Cyrus, Musician

Miley Cyrus

"At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training"

Charles Eastman, Author

Charles Eastman

"There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth"

Richie Sambora, Musician

"I love being a dad. I'd have more kids if I could. I'd take a couple more, one or two more before I croak"

Richie Sambora, Musician

"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, Actor

Adam Sandler

"For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers"

Homer, Poet

Homer

"That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all"

August Strindberg, Dramatist

"For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad"

Jeff Bridges, Actor

"I'll meet the raging of the skies, but not an angry father"

Thomas Campbell, Poet

"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. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right"

Wade Boggs, Athlete

"And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts"

Cornelia Funke, Author

"My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago"

Donald Johanson, Scientist

Donald Johanson

"When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'"

Rip Torn, Actor

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