350 of the Most Outstanding Father-Daughter Quotes Ever
“Most Outstanding Father-Daughter Quotes”
A little girl’s first hero will be her dad, and no matter how grown she becomes, a darling daughter will forever be her father’s princess. Whether you are a father looking for a special message about your daughter, or a daughter seeking to share some lovely words to let your dad know how much he means to you, there are plenty of daddy-daughter quotes that you can choose from to express your love.
So if you are looking to share something about your little girl on your socials, write a sweet message to your dad in a card to go with his birthday present, or just want to send a text message, these quotes about fathers and daughters will give you plenty of options to pick from!
Father’s Quotes From Daughter
1. “I may find my prince, but my dad will always be my king.” — Unknown
2. “Being a daddy’s girl is like having permanent armor for the rest of your life.” — Marinela Reka
3. “Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song.” —Unknown
4. Instead, he picks you up, brushes you off, and lets you try again.” —Unknown
5. “A father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.” —Unknown
6. “When you’re young, you think your dad is Superman. Then you grow up, and you realize he’s just a regular guy who wears a cape.” – Dave Attell
7. “There are two things I know for sure: She was sent here from heaven, and she’s daddy’s little girl.” – Bob Carlisle
8. “A father is someone you never outgrow your needs for.”
9. “They don’t make men like my daddy anymore.” – Loretta Lynn
10. “Some superheroes don’t wear capes. They are called Dad.” – Unknown
11. “It was my father who taught me to value myself.” – Dawn French
12. “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.” – Wade Boggs
13. “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” – Antoine Francois Prevost
14. “I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” – Sigmund Freud
15. “A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman, he turns her back again.” – Enid Bagnold
16. “When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” – Linda Poindexter
17. “My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.” – Clarence Budington Kelland
18. “A girl’s first true love is her father.” – Marisol Santiago
19. “Dad is and always will be my living, breathing superhero.” – Bindi Irwin
20. “Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.” – Gloria Naylor
21. “A girl’s father is the first man in her life, probably the most influential.” – David Jeremiah
22. “My father has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch.” – Chelsea Clinton
23. “I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because my father is a king.” – Unknown
24. “My father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.” – Liza Minnelli
25. “My dad taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not being able to fix it.” – Hope Jahren
Father-Daughter Bond Quotes
26. “A father’s job is not to teach his daughter how to be a lady. It’s to teach her how a lady should be treated.” — Unknown
27. “A little girl giggles when her mother denies her an ice cream. She knows daddy will get her some later.” — Unknown
28. “To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.” — Euripides
29. “Little daughters are the only people able to soften the hearts of strong men.” — Unknown
30. “She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father.” — Harper Lee
31. “A father holds his daughter’s hand for a short while, but he holds her heart forever.” — Unknown
32. “A daughter needs a dad to be the standard against she will judge all men.” — Gregory E. Lang
33. “No one can make the female a queen except her father.” — Arab Proverb
34. “He gives her the best gift a woman can get in this world: protection.” — Adriana Trigiani
35. “They say that from the instant he lays eyes on her, a father adores his daughter. Whoever she grows up to be, she is always to him that little girl in pigtails.” — Unknown
36. “Fathers and daughters have a special bond. She is always daddy’s little girl.” ― Richard L. Ratliff
37. “A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely.” —Émile Gaboriau
38. “A good father will leave his imprint on his daughter for the rest of her life.” – Dr James Dobson
39. “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
40. “Your father knows what you need before you ask him” – Matthew 8:6
41. “Life doesn’t come with instructions, but it does come with a dad who always answers my calls.” – Unknown
42. “For a father, his daughter always stays the moon amongst the stars” – Rahul Kaushik
43. “When I am at my best, I am my father’s daughter.”
44. “He who has daughters is always a shepherd.” — Thomas Jefferson
45. “Loving dads raise confident women.” – Unknown
46. “A father is a man who will always believe and support you. Your daughter is a woman who will always follow your advice.” – Unknown
47. “A son is a son till he gets a wife; a daughter is a daughter for the rest of her life.” – Irish Saying
48. “The power of a dad in a daughter’s life is unmatched.” – Justin Ricklefs
49. “Daddy and daughter, not always eye to eye, but always heart to heart.”
50. “A father will be there for his daughter when it matters the most.”
Father-Daughter Love Quotes
51. “The smile of a daughter is the secret purpose of every father.” — Unknown
52. “Fathers, be your daughter’s first love, and she’ll never settle for anything less.” — Unknown
53. “The most admirable thing ever has to be a father protecting his daughter.” — Unknown
54. “No one in this world can love a girl more than her father.” — Michael Ratnadeepak
55. “For father, his daughter is no less than a breath.” — Sachin Ramdas Bharatiya
56. “To her, the name of father was another name for love.” — Fanny Fern
57. “A man’s daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world.” — Mat Johnson
58. “Dads immediately fall in love with their little girls and will let them get away with everything.” — Jimmy Fallon
59. “Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter.” — Joseph Addison
60. “Lucky are the girls born to caring and loving dads.” — Unknown
61. “A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remain as a pillar of strength throughout our lives.” – Ama H. Vanniarachchy
62. “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person; he believed in me.” — Jim Valvano
63. “Behind every great daughter is a truly amazing dad.” – Unknown
64. “This relationship has something special about it that makes every father and every daughter in the world speak warmly about it.” – Unknown
65. “In the darkest days, when I feel inadequate, unloved and unworthy, I remember whose daughter I am and straighten my crown.”
66. “The love between a father and daughter is forever.” – Unknown
67. “My fingers may be small, but I’ve got my daddy wrapped around them.” – Anonymous
68. “Rocks nor sand, nor wind or rain, can keep me separated from a father’s love.”
69. “I love being a girl because I’m my Daddy’s little girl and that rocks!”
70. “A daughter may outgrow your lap but never outgrow your heart.”
71. “A daughter is a little girl who grows up to be a friend.”
72. “Not only a father is an example for a daughter, but a daughter is a great inspiration for a father.”
73. “The daughter’s laugh is a father’s favorite symphony.”
74. “You’ve been a blessing from the start . . . I love you, Dad, with all my heart.”
75. “The mark of a wonderful father is the one whose children run into his arms when his arms are empty.”
Happy Father’s Day Quotes From Daughter
76. “I love my father as the stars—he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.” — Terri Guillemets
77. “There will always be a few people who dare to love what is untamed inside us. One of those men is my father.” — Alison Lohman
78. “Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.” — Unknown
79. “No matter how many boys come into my life, Daddy, you will always be the first man I have ever loved. I love you so much. Happy Father’s Day! — Unknown
80. “To my dad on Father’s Day: You are my keeper of secrets, slayer of closet-dwelling monsters, tear dabber, boo-boo kisser, and all-around hero. I love you.”
81. “You have seen me at my worst, yet you think I am the best. I love you, Dad.” – Unknown
82. “Life is more beautiful when you make me company and tell me I’m the reason you never wish to leave this world. I love you and wish you a happy Father’s Day.”
83. “It’s every girl’s dream to be treated like a princess. You make that dream come true for me, Dad. Every time I’m with you, I feel like royalty.”
84. “The distance between us is only as far as we make it, Dad. You are with me in spirit wherever I am.”
85. “May the love and gratitude we feel for you compensate for the stress and worry we caused you.” — Unknown
86. “To my dearest Dad: You are my compass and my guide. Thanks for always showing me the right path and pointing me in the right direction.”
87. “Happy Father’s Day to the dad who has shown me that love, kindness, and empathy can change the world.”
88. “Life is full of challenges, but with a heroic father, I have nothing to worry about.”
89. “Your presence in my life is like an umbrella which protects me from all the difficulties in life.”
90. “You’ve been there through my highs and lows but always made me feel like I could soar!”
91. “Nothing makes me feel stronger than knowing I have a dad who has my back. I love you.” – Unknown
92. “A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.” – Unknown
93. “Daddy, thanks for being my hero, chauffeur, financial support, listener, life mentor, friend, guardian, and` simply being there every time, I need a hug.”
94. “You brought me every toy I wanted when I was young. I hope to return the favor when I grow up by achieving every goal you always wanted me to. I love you.” – Unknown
95. “They say the love between a dad and his daughter is unbreakable. And I couldn’t agree more.”
96. “Dad, words are insufficient to express how grateful I am to be your daughter! Happy Father’s Day!”
97. “Dad, thanks for saying “yes” whenever Mom said “no.”
98. “I smile because you’re my father. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.”
99. “My life feels incomplete, my emotions depleted, and my heart skips a beat when I don’t hug my father, who is so sweet. I love you.”
100. “Some people don’t believe in heroes but haven’t met my dad!”
101. “My dad is my most precious gem – #MyDadMyGem.
102. “A girl’s first true love is her father.” – Marisol Santiago
103. “Dad is and always will be my living, breathing superhero.” – Bindi Irwin
104. “The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.”—David Duchovny
105. “It was my father who taught me to value myself.” – Dawn French
Daddy-Daughter Quotes For an Unbreakable Bond
106. “A daughter needs a dad to be the standard against which she will judge all men.” – Gregory E. Lang
107. “When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” – Linda Poindexter
108. “To her the name of father was another name for love.” – Fanny Fern
109. “My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived, and let me watch him do it.” – Clarence Budington Kelland
110. “He who has daughters is always a shepherd.” — Thomas Jefferson
111. “I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” –Sigmund Freud
112. “Being a daddy’s girl is like having permanent armor for the rest of your life.” – Marinela RekaThe greatest thing a father can do for his daughter is to love her mother.” – Elaine S. Dalton
113. “To a father growing old nothing
114. “is dearer than a daughter.” – Euripides
115. “A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness.” – Ben Sirach
116. “I remember daddy’s hands how they held my mama tight and patted my back for something done right” — Holly Dunn
117. “Fathers and daughters have a special bond. She is always daddy’s little girl.” – Richard L. Ratliff
118. “Because death is the only thing that could have ever kept him from you.”― Ally Carter
119. “It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.” – Jean de La Fontaine
120. “Rocks nor sand, nor wind or rain, can keep me separated from a daughter love.” – Byron Pulsifer
121. “Sweet sixteen today. She’s looking like her momma a little more every day.” – Bob Carlisle
Lovely Daddy-Daughter Quotes
122. “No one in this world can love a girl more than her father.” – Michael Ratnadeepak
123. “Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.” –Gloria Naylor
124. “No one is able to make the female a queen except her father…” — Arab Proverb
125. “A good father will leave his imprint on his daughter for the rest of her life.” – Dr. James Dobson
126. “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
127. “It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.” – Anne Sexton
128. “I love being a girl because I’m my Daddy’s little girl and that rocks!”
129. “A man’s daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world.” – Mat Johnson
130. “I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because my father is a king.” – Unknown
131. “A father’s job is not to teach his daughter how to be a lady. It’s to teach her how a lady should be treated.” – Unknown
132. “The love between father and daughter knows no distance.”
133. “Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter.”—Joseph Addison
134. “The reason why daughters love their dad the most is…that there is at least one man in the world who will never hurt her.”
Inspiring Father-Daughter Quotes
135. “I love my daddy. My daddy’s everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.” – Lady Gaga
136. “A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.”
137. “My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught me many lessons and showed me many things as we went together along the country by-ways.” – Sarah Orne Jewett
138. “Daddy, thanks for being my hero, chauffeur, financial support, listener, life mentor, friend, guardian and simply being there every time I need a hug.” ~ Agatha Stephanie Lin
139. “I hope that my daughter grows up empowered and doesn’t define herself by the way she looks but by qualities that make her an intelligent, strong and responsible woman.” — Isaiah Mustafa
140. “When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that are out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.” — Nas
141. “On behalf of every man looking out for every girl, you are the God and weight of her world.” – John Mayer
142. “It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his daughter shopping.” – John Sinor
143. “I was raised by a strong woman, and that DNA is in my daughter and wife.” — Dwayne Johnson
144. “My Daddy was my hero. He was always there for me when I needed him. He listened to me and taught me so many things. But most of all he was fun. —Bindi Irwin
145. “A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remain as a pillar of strength throughout our lives.” – Ama H. Vanniarachchy
146. “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano
147. “Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million-dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.” – Jim Bishop
148. “I may find my prince but my dad will always be my king.”
149. “My father died many years ago, and yet when something special happens to me, I talk to him secretly not really knowing whether he hears, but it makes me feel better to half believe it.” – Natasha Josefowitz
150. “A daughter is a little girl who grows up to be a friend.”
151. “We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.” — Henry Ward Beecher
152. “I smile because you’re my father. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.”
153. “Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son.” – Russian Proverb
154. “A little girl giggles when she is denied an ice cream by her mother. She knows daddy will get her some later.”
155. “Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half — especially if he has a teenage daughter.” – Guy Lombardo
156. “I think my mom put it best. She said, ‘Little girls soften their daddy’s hearts.’” – Paul Walker
157. “Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world.” – Robert Orben
158. “Fathers are the most ordinary men who are turned by love into the biggest hero, adventurer, storyteller, and singer of songs.”
159. “A son is a son till he gets a wife; a daughter is a daughter for the rest of her life.” – Irish Saying
160. “A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.”
161. “I took my daughter to the father-daughter dance and I cried like a little baby. She’s 11 years old, so seeing her get dressed up and pretty made me cry.” – Kevin Hart
162. “My fingers may be small but I’ve got my daddy wrapped around them.”
163. “My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.” – Denise Van Outen
164. “My life feels incomplete, my emotions deplete and my heart skips a beat when I don’t hug my daughter who is so sweet. I love you.”
Touching Father-Daughter Quotes
165. “Behind every great daughter is a truly amazing dad.”
166. “Hopefully we were all daddy’s little girl. He was and hopefully still is wrapped around our little finger. Not to take advantage of more just for the comfort of knowing he is there.” – Violette DeSantis
167. “Every father decides what man his daughter marries: not ordering, but showing an example.”
168. “Not only a father is an example for a daughter, but a daughter is a great inspiration for a father.”
169. “I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.” – Imelda Marcos
170. “There is this girl who stole my heart and she calls me Daddy.”
171. “When my daughter says ‘Daddy I need you!’ I wonder if she has any idea that I need her a billion times more.” – Stanley Behrman
172. “The smile of a daughter is the secret purpose of every father.”
173“Dear Daddy, you taught me everything I know. I’m grateful to God for being your daughter.”
174. “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
175. “Little daughters are the only people able to soften the hearts of strong men.”
176. “Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11.30 tonight. He can make no such prediction about his teenage daughter.” – James T. Adams
177. “A good father is always standing behind his daughter’s back.”
178. “When fathers struggle with being authentic, they leave muddy footprints on little girls’ hearts.” – Tina Samples
179“If you don’t want your daughter to settle for less, be not only an ideal father but also an ideal husband.”
180. “A wedding is for daughters and fathers. The mothers all dress up, trying to look like young women. But a wedding is for a father and daughter. They stop being married to each other on that day.” – Sarah Ruhl
181. “All fathers are teachers of life: they teach their daughters what they can expect from men.”
182. “The laugh of a daughter is the favorite symphony of a father.”
183. “It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we’d read about it in a manual, translated from another language, and we’re doing our best with what we could understand.” – Aimee Bender
184. “A father is a model for a small daughter. When she grows up, she looks for a boyfriend similar to her father.”
185. “You’ll not know how your daughter can love you until you demonstrate how you love her.”
186. “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
187. “The mark of a wonderful father is the one whose children run into his arms when his arms are empty.”
188. “One of the greatest things about daughters is how they adored you when they were little; how they rushed into your arms with electric delight and demanded that you watch everything they do and listen to everything they say.” – Michael Josephson
189. “All my life’s problems have just one simple solution – a hug from my daughter.”
Heartwarming Father-Daughter Quotes
190. “He was a father. That’s what a father does. Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves from painful last images that might endure for a lifetime.” – George Saunders
191. “I’ve had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started.” – Bartrand Hubbard
192. “You’ve had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born.” – Tim McGraw, My Little Girl
193. “My life is a fairy tale because it revolves around a princess – my beautiful daughter. I love you.”
194. “A Father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.”
195. “On the day my daughter was born, I realized that the sparkle in her eyes was my guiding light and her smile, my life’s purpose. I love you.”
196. “He sweeps her hair back from her ears and he swings her above his head. He says she is his émerveillement, he says he will never leave her, not in a million years.” – Anthony Doerr
197. “When Charles first saw our child, Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing and blurted, ‘She’s more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge.’” – Helen Hayes
198. “Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. This is my only girl. So I don’t care what it takes to protect her. You can call it what you want to call it. As long as you treat her the same way I treat her, like my princess, I don’t mind.” – Tracy Morgan
199. “A daughter is a bundle of firsts that excite and delight, giggles that come from deep inside and are always contagious, everything wonderful and precious, and your love for her knows no bounds.” – Barbara Cage
200. “She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father.” – Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman
201. “Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.”
202. “Our dearest daughter, you are the wheel that keeps our lives spinning and you are the reason why we are always smiling. We love you.”
203. “In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters, there is something which there are no words to express.” – Joseph Addison
204. “It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us father and daughter.”
205. “They say that from the instant he lays eyes on her, a father adores his daughter. Whoever she grows up to be, she is always to him that little girl in pigtails.”
206. “You have to be a reliable and predictable, loving and available father for your daughter if you want your daughter to have a happy childhood.”
207. “Dads have the unique opportunity to influence, guide, and encourage their daughters to grow into godly and gracious young ladies.” – Karol Ladd
208. “The laugh of a daughter is a favorite symphony of a father.”
209. “My wife has brought great beauty into my life. And my daughter has brought me nothing but joy.” – Christopher Meloni
210. “A good father will really go mad without his little girl.”
211. “I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he’s genuinely interested in what she’s going through.” – Harry Connick, Jr.
212. “When a daughter is born, an ordinary life of a man turns into an extraordinary life of a father.”
213. “Every dad wants his daughter to grow up with dignity, self-respect, grace, humility, virtue, and significance.” – Darrel Billups
214. “I love being a girl because I’m my Daddy’s little girl and that rocks.”
Father-Daughter Quotes That Will Make Your Day
215. “There may come a day that I won’t be able to help you. But the day will never come that I won’t try.”
216. “The example of the father weathering his own emotional seasons can help the daughter whether her own.”―Victoria Secunda
217. “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
218. “A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.”—Enid Bagnold
219. “Big fathers, complementing their tiny daughters, are so beautiful.”
220. “All father`s problems have a very simple solution: it’s the happiness of his daughter.”
221. “When daughters have engaged dads, they benefit from that relationship for a lifetime.” – Kevin Leman
222. “If you want your daughter to have only the best, you have to become the best father in the world.”
223. “Always your little girl.” – Daughter
224. “I may seem quiet and reserved but if you mess with my daughter I will break out a level of crazy that will make your nightmares seem like a happy place.”
225. “A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us to our destination. He is a guiding light to help lead the way for us.”
226. “The power of a dad in a daughter’s life is unmatched.” – Justin Ricklefs
227. “Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.” – Louisa May Alcott
228. “The reason I am bad at cooking is my father always appreciated the dish I prepared, and I believed him.” – Alia Bhat
229. “I love my father as the stars – he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.” – Terri Guillemets
230. “Because you loved me I overcame, and I’m so proud of what you’ve become. You’ve given me such security. No matter what mistakes I make you’re there for me.” — Beyoncé
231. “My daughter got me a “World’s Best Dad” mug. So we know she is sarcastic.” – Bob Odenkirk
232. “My dearest Daughter just watching you makes me realize how beautiful my life is. I love you.”
233. “Daddy and daughter, not always eye to eye, but always heart to heart.”
234. “My Daughter you are the answer to every time I look up at the sky asking for a miracle.”
235. “You’ve been a blessing from the start . . . I love you daughter with all my heart.”
Father-Daughter Quotes and Sayings
236. “Do you want all problems to melt away? Look at your daughter, hug her, and kiss her!”
237. “Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” – Elizabeth Stone
238. “Some people don’t believe in heroes but they haven’t met my dad!”
239. “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, and 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
240. “A father is someone you never outgrow your needs for.”
241. “A father will be there for his daughter when it matters the most.”
242. “Fathers, be your daughter’s 1st love and she’ll never settle for anything less.”
243. “A good father will not allow any man to come into his daughter’s life and ruin it.”
244. “He opened the jar of pickles when no one else could, and also he was the only one in the house who wasn’t afraid to go into the basement by himself and cut himself shaving, but no one kissed it or got excited about it.” – Erma Bombeck
245. “A good dad will teach his daughter how to be independent and strong without being a man-hater.”
246. “My daughter, you are worthy of being loved because you are so precious to me that I died for you.”
247. “A daughter can lead to baldness, but the remainder of the road is just as smooth.” – Byron Pulsifer
248. “He taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not being able to fix it.” – Hope Jahren
249. “Your daughter wants your guidance and support; she wants and needs a strong bond with you. And, as all successful fathers know, you need a strong bond with her.” – Meg Meeker
250. “Dear Daughter, If I could give you one thing in life, I would give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes.”
251. “Because my instincts have been shaped by a man who knew that family was everything. And my family will always be where I strive most for success.” – Gwyneth Paltrow, My Father’s Daughter
252. “A daughter needs her father to be involved in her life at every stage including father-daughter bonding in shopping malls.”
253. “If Dad is a loving, steady, balanced man in his approach with his daughter, she will have a sense of security, love, and trust in her relationships with men.” – Kevin Leman
254. “There is no place higher than on Daddy’s shoulders.”
255. “A good father-daughter relationship … can empower daughters to believe in themselves and to prosecute a case with conviction and confidence. It can bestow upon a girl a sense of belonging, a self-efficacy, and resilience for life.” – Madonna King, Fathers and Daughters
Father-Daughter Quotes About Their Love
256. “You might never know a man’s vulnerable place until you see him with his daughter, because with her, he seems capable of more human emotions than he will ever share with anyone else.”
257. “If you ever want to torture my dad, tie him up and right in front of him, refold a map incorrectly.” – Cathy Ladman
258. “One of the first duties of a father is to protect his daughter from crying or else make those who make her cry to pay for their crimes.”
259. “Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.” —Frank Pittman
260. “As a father, you are going to be the first person to experience all the complexities of your daughter and you must tolerate them enough to guide her.”
261. “Dad, I just needed to let you know, To me you will always be, Dad—you are a hero, You mean the world to me.” – Amanda Suddeth
262. “One of the greatest moments between father and daughter is that walk down the aisle, then you see your little baby girl become a woman right before your eyes.”
266. “It is much easier to become a father than to be one.” — Kent Nerburn
267. “You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You’re her oracle. You’re her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you’re in a constant state of panic.” – Stanley T. Banks
268. “A girl might learn an ocean of wisdom from her mother but having her father’s presence is one part of the equation that should never be compromised.”
269. “Every little girl thinks her father is the smartest man in the world.” – Holly Robinson
270. “The first man in your daughter’s life is her father and she needs your trust more than anything, don’t deny her that.”
271. “Like countless other dads, I believe that my children are the best kids on the planet. Not a day goes by that I don’t thank God for placing them in my life.” – Charles Marshall
272. “There’s no perfect way to be a father but you can do your best, give your daughter the best of you, and protect her so she never doubts your love.”
273. “My Father, my friend, my mentor, to you I want the very best that Father’s Day has to offer. This special day reminds me of how often you’ve been there for me.” – Catherine Pulsifer
274. “After you see your little girl grow into a lady, you know your job as a father is done and that’s such a fulfilling thing to see.”
275. “Sorry, Dad, but sometimes your jokes just really aren’t all that funny. . .but we love you anyway.” – Amy Szarkows
276. “One of the greatest gifts I’ve ever gotten came from God. I call him Daddy.”
277. “My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.” – Gwyneth Paltrow
278. “The love between a father and daughter is forever.”
Father-Daughter Quotes That Will Lift Your Mood
279. “The most important influence in my childhood was my father.” – DeForest Kelley
280. “You tucked me in, turned out the lights, kept me safe and sound at night. Little girls depend on things like that.” — Miley Cyrus & Billy Ray Cyrus
281. “Fathers provide not only support but also encouragement.” – Catherine Pulsifer
282. “I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.” – Thomas Jefferson
283. “No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means until he has a child and loves it. And then the whole universe changes and nothing will ever again seem exactly as it seemed before.” – L. Hearn
284. “From a daughter, we are given happy and beautiful memories of days before, the melodies of the heart in those moments of the present, and the hopeful expectations of what will be in the future.” – Byron Pulsifer
285. “I’m convinced that a father’s role in child-raising should never be underestimated. underestimated. Fathers play a crucial role in their children’s emotional and physical well-being and in the choices they make about how to live their lives now and in the future.” – Nicoline Ambe
286. “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” – Antoine Francois Prevost
287. “To be a father requires patience, love, and giving up the ‘all about me’ attitude.” -Catherine Pulsifer
288. “When I’m at my best, I am my father’s daughter.”
289. “You may not have an earthly father that cares for you, but you have a heavenly one that does.” – Angelina Talpa
290. “Patience, my daughter, learn patience, and life will be easier.” – Catherine Pulsifer
291. “Regardless of the personal relationship you have with your own father, you have to aim to be better.” – Kirsten Watson
292. “My daughter, You’ve blessed my life greatly. I’m so glad we’re friends. . . The time we have together is the best that I spend.”
293. “You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together.” – Erika Cosby
294. “Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.” – Clementine Paddleford
295. “Studies show that when a baby, child, or teenager has a good father, that child will soar.” – Meg Meeker, MD
296. “Came into this world, Daddy’s little girl. Daddy made a soldier out of me” — Beyoncé
297. “That was when the world wasn’t so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero and not a human.” – Markus Zusak
298. “The greatest gift I ever had came from God; I call him Dad!”
299. “One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” – George Herbert
300. “There is no place higher than on Daddy’s shoulders.”
Father-Daughter Quotes That Will Make You Tear Up
301. “A father holds his daughter’s hand for a short while, but he holds her heart forever.”
302. “I have an excellent father, his strength is making me stronger.” – Taylor Swift
303. “When you’re young, you think your dad is Superman. Then you grow up, and you realize he’s just a regular guy who wears a cape.”
304. “I think as a father if we’re not changing and learning as much as our daughters, we’re doing it wrong.” – Tom Matthews
305. “But I can tell you that fathers change lives, as my father changed mine.” – Meg Meeker, Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
306. “Make sure you tell Daddy that I’m still his little girl.” – Carrie Underwood
307. “Of all the titles I’ve been privileged to have, ‘Dad’ has always been the best.” – Ken Norton
308. “The best fathers have the softest, sweetest hearts. In other words, great dads are real marshmallows.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
309. “One of the best things a father can do for his daughter is let her know that she has met his expectations. My father did that for me, and no amount of effort on my part can fully repay the debt.“ – Lisa Wingate
311. “Go on, take on this whole world/But to me you know you’ll always be/ My little girl.” – Tim McGraw
312. “No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.” —Brad Meltzer
313. “This relationship has something special about it, that makes every father and every daughter in the world speak warmly about it.”
314. “Dear Daddy, no matter where I go in life, you’ll always be my number one man.”
315. “You have seen me at my worst, yet you think that I am the best. I love you, Dad.”
316. “To the world, you are a dad. To our family, you are the world.”
317. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach
318. “My father is like no one else. He has always believed in me, protected me, strengthened me, and I know without a doubt that he loves me unconditionally.”
319. “Dad, even a fleeting memory of your loving smile is enough to light up my darkest days. I love you!”
320. “As a father, I want my daughter to know she is braver than she believes, stronger than she seems, smarter than she thinks, and loved more than she’ll ever know.”
Father-Quotes From Daughters
321. “They don’t make men like my daddy anymore.” – Loretta Lynn
322. “It’s only when you grow up and step back from him–or leave him for your own home–it’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it.” – Margaret Truman
323. “Thank heaven for the special relationship between fathers and daughters. It is blessed from above.”
324. “Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.” – Anne Geddes
325. “I’ve said it before, but it’s absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.” – Liza Minnelli
326. “My father is very handy with tools. He hands them to me when he wants me to get some work done.” – Melanie White
327. “My dad’s my best mate, and he always will be.” – Cher Lloyd
328. “I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.” – Ann Richards
329. “A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely.” – Emile Gaboriau
330. “No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her dad.” — Carole Singer
Funny Dad Quotes For New Dads
331. The older I get, the more my dad seems to learn.
332. Dad, I wish I’d inherited your ability to fall asleep anywhere anytime.
333. It’s great how we both know some things are true without even having to say it out loud – like that, I’m your favorite kid.
334. I’m smiling because I have you as a dad. I’m laughing because you can’t do anything about it.
335. Dad, thanks for saying ‘yes’ when Mom said ‘no.’
336. Dad, I have a secret. You’re the best parent. Please don’t tell Mom.
337. I wouldn’t trade my dad for anything. Then again, no one has offered me anything yet.
338. My dad taught me everything he knows. That’s why I know nothing.
339. Life doesn’t come with instructions, but it does come with a dad who always answers my calls.
340. Thanks again, Dad, for not really killing any of the guys/girls I dated.
341. Being a dad is about creating a human when you aren’t necessarily capable of putting together a bookcase without help.
342. Fathers need to tell little white lies right from the start. They hand you something that looks like a cross between Gollum and a ball of bread dough, and you look at your wife and tell her it’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen.
343. In the first years with your wife, staying up until dawn together is romantic. When you have kids, you will want to fight her to the death to avoid being the one who sees the sun come up.
344. Being a dad means learning how changing a mountain of diapers can change your whole life.
345. I leveled up from husband to father.
346. Given the choice between a nap and anything else in the world, a new dad will always choose a nap.
347. New dad advice: teach them to call you ‘your majesty.’
348. Pro tip: Learn how to ‘fix’ toys by removing the batteries.
349. Being a Dad means being the coach, chauffeur, and grill master, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
350. A good night’s sleep became a thing of dreams the moment I became a dad.
Conclusion
A father figure has a huge impact on the lives of their daughters in many ways. They help shape their daughters’ morale, introspection, conviction, and even their perspectives about men. How a father approaches life will serve as an example for his daughter to build on in her own life. Hopefully, these daddy-daughter quotes have helped foster a stronger and more positive father-daughter bond.
