Great Quotes About Fathers

Thoughts for Father's Day and Everyday Appreciation

These quotes about fathers range from humorous to contemplative to nostalgic to touching. They will inspire you to think about all of the various ways your father has influenced your life. Some of the quotes might make you laugh out loud, while others will make you want to shed a tear. This is the role that most of our fathers play in our lives. They are overprotective, loving, angry, fun, and wise at the same time. They have a lot to teach us, yet we'll probably never fully understand them. Our fathers play a very different role in our lives than our mothers, and it's time to show them our gratitude and appreciation. When is the last time you thanked him? Use one of these quotes to write a note to your father, a father figure, or send a card to another great dad you know today.

"The thing to remember about fathers is... they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon-seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock-full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat, like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle..." Phyllis McGinley

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." Mark Twain

"The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, 'Daddy, I need to ask you something,' he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan." Garrison Keillor

"My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it." Clarence Budington Kelland

"My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it." Abraham Lincoln

"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong." Author Unknown