Top 125 Best Fatherhood Quotes & Sayings 2023

Fatherhood Quotes

“You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes.” –Walter M. Schirra, Sr.

“Some dads liken the impending birth of a child to the beginning of a great journey.” –Marcus Jacob Goldman

“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” –George Herbert

“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.” –John Green

“One of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” –Howard W. Hunter

“To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.” –Euripides

“If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don’t ever die.” –Leo Buscaglia

“That is the thankless position of the father in the family—the provider for all, and the enemy of all.” –J. August Strindberg

“Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.” –Charles Kettering

“Son, there are times a man has to do things he doesn’t like to, in order to protect his family.” –Ralph Moody

 Fatherhood Quotes and Sayings

He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

Clarence Budington Kelland

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.

Unknown Author

The father who would taste the essence of his fatherhood must turn back from the plane of his experience, take with him the fruits of his journey and begin again beside his child, marching step by step over the same old road.

Angelo Patri

It is much easier to become a father than to be one.

Kent Nerburn

I love my father as the stars – he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.

Terri Guillemets

You will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway.

Robert Brault

Why are men reluctant to become fathers? They aren’t through being children.

Cindy Garner

Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.

Reed Markham

Be a dad. Don’t be ‘Mom’s Assistant’…. Be a man…. Fathers have skills that they never use at home. You run a landscaping business and you can’t dress and feed a four-year-old? Take it on. Spend time with your kids…. It won’t take away your manhood, it will give it to you.

Louis CK

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is “soap-on-a-rope.”

Bill Cosby

 Funny fatherhood Quotes

“I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day. If it was socially acceptable I’d be the first one to have my kid in a full helmet and like a cage across his face mask.” — Will Arnett

“Having children is like living in a frat house — nobody sleeps, everything’s broken, and there’s a lot of throwing up.” — Ray Romano

“My daughter got me a ‘World’s Best Dad’ mug. So we know she’s sarcastic.” — Bob Odenkirk

“Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.” — Jon Stewart

“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.” — Jerry Seinfeld

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” — Mark Twain

“Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.” — Jack Handey

“I’ve been to war. I’ve raised twins. If I had a choice, I’d rather go to war.” — George W. Bush

“Remember: What dad really wants is a nap. Really.” — Dave Barry

“Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.” — Jim Gaffigan

 Loving Quotes about Fatherhood

“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.” ―Enid Bagnold

“Every dad, if he takes time out of his busy life to reflect upon his fatherhood, can learn ways to become an even better dad.” —Jack Baker

“Of all the titles I’ve been privileged to have, ‘Dad’ has always been the best.” ―Ken Norton

“Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.” ―Charles Kettering

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” ―Jim Valvano

“My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.” ―Clarence Budington Kelland

“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

“The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family.” ―Reed Markham

“He adopted a role called being a father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a protector.” ―Tom Wolfe

“Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it.” ―Mike Myers

Fatherhood For Your father’s day Quotes

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us.”

“Perhaps that is what it means to be a father—to teach your child to live without you.”

“One way or another he’ll always be your daddy, not even all-powerful death was going to change that.“

“There’s no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.“

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’”

“Fathers should make you feel safe.”

“Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.”

“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.”

“Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.”

“Being a role model is the most powerful form of education. Too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.”

 Inspirational Quotes About Fatherhood

“Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.” William Hurt

“I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.” Hedy Lamarr

“I would define a leader as a person who puts the welfare of the group above himself. It’s the same thing with fathers.” Etan Thomas, Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge

“Recently I noticed my father’s watch in a dark corner of my safety deposit box. Its presence there exemplified the great value I had assigned it. As I turned the watch in my hand, I remembered my father’s commitment to being on time … always … if not early.” Harold Ivan Smith, On Grieving the Death of a Father

“Part of the reason that Lombardi’s players were willing to work with him was that he nurtured and cared for them like a father. When Lombardi succeeded, so did they.” Donald T. Phillips, Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership

“To be a father requires patience, love and giving up the ‘all about me’ attitude.” Catherine Pulsifer

“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

“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

“The most important influence in my childhood was my father.” DeForest Kelley

“I encourage all fathers to focus on the intangibles, because those are the gifts that make the difference.” Asha Patrick, introduction to the book, Fatherhood