Explore a collection of the most beloved and motivational quotes and sayings about Father. Share these powerful messages with your loved ones on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, or on your personal blog, and inspire the world with their wisdom. We've compiled the Top 100 Father Quotes and Sayings from 94 influential authors, including Amber Heard,Charles De Foucauld,Ama H. Vanniarachchy,Louise J. Kaplan,Jenny B. Jones, for you to enjoy and share.

I was raised by my father; I was daddy's girl. By Amber Heard Father Girl Raised Daddy

Father of mine, I abandon myself to you, make of me that which is pleasing to you. Whatever you might do to me, I thank you. By Charles De Foucauld Father Mine Make Abandon Pleasing

A father's tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout our lives. By Ama H. Vanniarachchy Unseen Unexpressed Lives Father Tears

Fathers have a special excitement about them that babies find intriguing. At this time in his life an infant counts on his motherfor rootedness and anchoring. He can count on his father to be just different enough from a mother. Fathers embody a delicious mixture of familiarity and novelty. They are novel without being strange or frightening. By Louise J. Kaplan Intriguing Special Excitement Babies Find

And now?" came my dad's voice. "Now who am I?" "The man who chose his girlfriend over his family." I turned and looked at my father. "Someone whose words I don't believe. By Jenny B. Jones Voice Dad Family Father Man

A father is not to act harshly in word or deed toward his children, goad them to frustration and anger, discourage or demean them, neglect them, or harm them in any way. He is instead to be a blessing from the Lord to his children by taking responsibility to raise them rather than leaving it to the mother and various institutions, such as schools, churches, foster care systems, adoption agencies, and prisons. In short, fathers are supposed to be Pastor Dad, actively involved in the development of every aspect of their children's growth with love, humility, and wisdom. By Mark Driscoll Children Goad Anger Discourage Neglect

When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and I'm proud of it. By Ziauddin Yousafzai Societies Sons Daughter Fathers Proud

A father is a thousand schoolmasters. By Louis Nizer Schoolmasters Father Thousand

Father, I want to know Thee, but my coward heart fears to give up its toys. By A.w. Tozer Father Thee Toys Coward Heart

I am what you made me, Father. By Jamie Ford Father Made

To you your father should be as a god. By William Shakespeare God Father

Fathers are teachers of the true and not-true, and no father ever knowingly teaches what is not true. In a cloud of unknowing, then, the father proceeds with his instruction. By Donald Barthelme True Nottrue Teachers Knowingly Teaches

Digging back through the events of the past, I found that there have been all sorts of people who had a greater effect on us than our own fathers. Perhaps an adult that we wanted to become like, or someone with such a strong presence that even now, they remain in our hearts - someone who might be referred to as a "father of choice." By Mamoru Hosoda Digging Past Back Events Found

Every father says the same thing: "Where's your mother?" By Bill Cosby Thing Mother Father

A righteous father protects his children with his time and presence. By Howard W. Hunter Presence Righteous Father Protects Children

You are the son of a kind, strong, and engaged Father, a Father wise enough to guide you in the Way, generous enough to provide for your journey, offering to walk with you every step. This is perhaps the hardest thing for us to believe - really believe, down deep in our hearts, so that it changes us forever, changes the way we approach each day. By John Eldredge Father Strong Kind Generous Journey

But most important...what kind of father can look his own son in the eyes...even after all these years...and not even recognize him! By Dan Brown Important Eyes Years Kind Father

Words There is no good father, that's the rule. Don't lay the blame on men but on the bond of paternity, which is rotten. To beget children, nothing better; to have them, what iniquity! By Jean-Paul Sartre Words Father Rule Good Paternity

father dochder/dochdern By Vannetta Chapman Dochdern Father Dochder

A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him. By Richelle E. Goodrich Great Father Children

We both know dad was my parental trash can, the fatherly receptacle on whom I dumped my emotions. By Anna Banks Emotions Dad Parental Trash Fatherly

Real Fathers are men of integrity & honour. Their word is their bond. By Fela Durotoye Honour Fathers Real Integrity Men

Yes, Dad. Dad is what I am. Dad is what I became. The father of Maya. Maya's dad. Dad. What a word. What a little big word. What a word and what a world! By Gabrielle Zevin Dad Word Maya Father World

given to me. Father, the only By Brennan Manning Father

Whatever else a father is in this life - cop, fireman, Indian chief - he provides for his family. He By Harlan Coben Cop Fireman Indian Life Chief

A family needs a father to anchor it. By L. Tom Perry Family Father Anchor

Well, in that case, no. I'm not your father. But if you go with another definition, meaning 'a man who wants to be in your life and help raise you,' then yes. I am. By Jenna Evans Welch Case Meaning Father Definition Man

Can't you see the Creator of the universe, who understands every secret, every mystery, sitting patiently and listening to a four-year-old talk to Him? That's a beautiful image of a father. By James Dobson Creator Universe Secret Mystery Sitting

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society. By Billy Graham Unpraised Unnoticed Unsung Society Good

What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father. By Mary Mapes Dodge Father Dreadful Thing Dull

Today I wonder why it is God refers to Himself as 'Father' at all. This, to me, in light of the earthly representation of the role, seems a marketing mistake. By Donald Miller Father God Today Refers Role

My father was the quintessential husband and dad. By Sidney Poitier Dad Father Quintessential Husband

My father is my best friend. He's my idol and my boss. We work side by side and spend every weekend together. By Eric Trump Friend Father Side Boss Idol

When one has not had a good father, one must create one. By Friedrich Nietzsche Father Good Create

Jesus Christ is the Father of Fatherless. By Lailah Gifty Akita Fatherless Christ Father Jesus

Love is of that excellent nature, that it is esteemed by the best of men, and accepted from the meanest persons; what then is the affection of a Father! By John Pearson Father Love Nature Men Persons

A father's calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity. By Ezra Taft Benson Calling Time Father Eternal Importance

My only model for being a father was my father, an illiterate on the margin of society. By Gerard Depardieu Society Father Model Illiterate Margin

My father did everything for me. He was awesome. By Jenson Button Father Awesome

My father's a character. By Bryan Adams Character Father

A father's love can be a terrible thing By Jeph Loeb Thing Father Love Terrible

Our Father GOD is the measure by which we know the shortcomings of earthly dads and earthly clergy; for their vocation is to be His image on earth. GOD allows them to fail so that we might seek perfect fatherhood in Him. By Scott Hahn Father God Clergy Earth Earthly

It is a wise father who knows his own child. By William Shakespeare Child Wise Father

Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak. By Lailah Gifty Akita Father Speak Hear

Fatherhood is not an easy assignment, but it ranks among the most imperative ever given, in time or eternity. By Jeffrey R. Holland Fatherhood Assignment Eternity Easy Ranks

The rest of our enquiry is made easy because this God-Creator is openly called Father. Psycho-analysis concludes that he really is the father, clothed in the grandeur in which he once appeared to the small child. By Sigmund Freud Father Rest Enquiry Made Easy

Fatherhood is a relationship of love and understanding It is power and action. It is counsel and instruction. By A. Theodore Tuttle Fatherhood Action Relationship Love Understanding

Father! Can I box him? Please! By C.s. Lewis Father Box

Fathers represent another way of looking at life - the possibility of an alternative dialogue. By Louise J. Kaplan Fathers Life Dialogue Represent Possibility

Hello my darling, I'm your real father. I've been searching for you ever since you were stolen from me. I love you so much. Daddy By Sanjida Kay Darling Father Real Daddy Searching

I had a dad you know. By Darrell Hammond Dad

I miss you, dad. By Frank Beddor Dad Miss

My father is a fish. By Theodore Roethke Fish Father

My father is my father, and I am me. I have the advantage of this honest comparison, quiet, and the opportunity to share in his profession. By Adriano Giannini Father Quiet Comparison Profession Advantage

He was my father, darling, but I have to confess I didn't like him very much. By John Saul Darling Father Confess

The Father is always intimately entwined in our struggles".~R. Alan Woods [2013] By R. Alan Woods Father Struggles Woods Intimately Entwined

My father was the only man I ever knew who really loved me unselfishly, who never used me for personal gain. By Jayne Mansfield Unselfishly Gain Father Man Knew

A father knows his child's heart, as only a child can know his fathers. By Kazuo Koike Heart Child Father Fathers

Your lifestyle shows who your father is By Sunday Adelaja Lifestyle Shows Father

There's no better cure for the fear of taking after one's father, than not to know who he is. By Andre Gide Father Cure Fear Taking

The father's life is surrounded by mysterious prestige: the hours he spends in the home, the room where he works, the objects around him, his occupations, his habits, have a sacred character. It is he who feeds the family, is the one in charge and the head. Usually he works outside the home, and it is through him that the household communicates with the rest of the world: he is the embodiment of this adventurous, immense, difficult, and marvelous world; he is transcendence, he is God. By Simone De Beauvoir Home Prestige Occupations Habits Character

With sons and fathers, there's an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you. By Brad Pitt Sons Inexplicable Connection Imprint Leaves

A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God? By Stephen Colbert Provider Teacher Model Importantly Pleased

The thing about fathers is that they are human. But, they stay bent on being heroes to their children, readily willing to give themselves up to effect improbable rescues. By Srini Chandra Human Thing Fathers Children Readily

My father was the best person i've ever known. By Warren Buffett Father Person

An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom. From his own father, he said, he first learned that Fatherhood must be at the core of the universe. [speaking of George MacDonald] By C.s. Lewis Wisdom Father Perfect Relationship Earthly

No doubt, a father he is the most respected man in our lives, the most admired person. He is the protector, and the guardian of our lives. By Ama H. Vanniarachchy Lives Doubt Person Father Respected

A father is a reality-concealing machine, a machine for dishing up lies to kids, and that isn't even the worst of it: secretly he believes that he represents reality. By Yukio Mishima Machine Kids Secretly Reality Father

Every father was his own man. He did what he wanted. If your mother went shopping, your father never went with her. By Jack Kirby Man Father Wanted Shopping Mother

What's wrong with your father? Huh? Can't he do this? Or have you been reading Freud? WARD, have you been reading the baby Freud? By Benjamin R. Smith Freud Father Ward Huh Wrong

Since human fatherhood, as a reflection of the Fatherhood of God, was designed to be the pillar of the family, the disappearance of esteem for fatherhood has led to the collapse of that pillar and to the disintegration of the family. By Joseph A. Cirrincione Family Fatherhood God Pillar Human

Father can be the person you most hate and most fear, yes, but deep down you expect that he'll be the one to save you. By Julianna Baggott Father Fear Person Hate Deep

Defining and celebrating the New Father are by far the most popular ideas in our contemporary discourse on fatherhood. Father as close and nurturing, not distant and authoritarian. Fatherhood as more than bread winning. Fatherhood as new-and-improved masculinity. Fathers unafraid of feelings. Fathers without sexism. Fatherhood as fifty-fifty parenthood, undistorted by arbitrary gender divisions or stifling social roles. By David Blankenhorn Fatherhood Defining Celebrating Popular Ideas

I owe my father everything. By Robert Carlyle Owe Father

Father, I am an alien. By Lorna Michaels Father Alien

My father has always been my hero. By Gregory Hines Hero Father

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope. By John Ciardi Prodigal Hope Parent Time Father

Many fathers are gone. Some leave, some are left. Some return, unknown and hungry. Only the dog remembers. By Nick Flynn Fathers Leave Left Return Unknown

Your father is your f-father regardless, Agnes. Birth and b-breeding do not always depend upon small matters like who provided the seed. By Mary Balogh Agnes Father Ffather Birth Seed

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all. By August Strindberg Family Thankless Position Father Provider

Dad was the biological vessel who helped put my soul into this body, By Lisa See Dad Body Biological Vessel Helped

You are wonderful, Father.""I'm more than wonderful, how dare you insult me. By William Goldman Father Wonderful Dare Insult

Everyday I see a little more of my father in me.. By Keith Urban Everyday Father

More broadly across time and cultures, it seems, one perennial piece of advice to father has been the importance of acting tenderly toward their children. The New Father, it turns out, is an old story. By David Blankenhorn Cultures Children Father Broadly Time

My father is an amazing man. By Sherman Alexie Man Father Amazing

His name is Daddy now, By Kristen Proby Daddy

My father was my god. His approval was so valuable to me. By Wilbur Smith God Father Approval Valuable

You're the father of the person who is my life. By Melina Marchetta Life Father Person

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created a child and then, by his absence, left the child fatherless and then Godless. By Anais Nin Godless Human Child Absence Left

A boy does not need a father unless he is a good father, but a good father is indispensable. By Stephen King Good Father Indispensable Boy

I don't have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me ... even when I am not in my best mood. By Boman Irani Father Kids Day Love Mood

A father is nowhere near as valuable as a spoon. By Catherynne M Valente Spoon Father Valuable

Some fathers give you life. Some show you how to live it. Thank you for showing me how to live mine. By Colleen Hoover Life Fathers Give Live Mine

Behind every great man is a man greater, his father. By Habeeb Akande Greater Father Man Great

If you're male, and you're Christian and living in America, your father is your model for God. And sometimes you find your father in your career. By Chuck Palahniuk America God Christian Male Father

I admire my father greatly. By Kojo Annan Greatly Admire Father

My heart sinks. Shit - it's like he's my dad. By E.l. James Sinks Shit Heart Dad

In the modern world, it may be that a living father can only be half a father to a boy - the dead father is the other vital half: the half that grows the boy up once and for all. By Michael Leunig Father Half Boy World Modern

My father has been the real anchor of the family. He's the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me. By Yvette Clarke Family Father Real Anchor Mother

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. By George Herbert Schoolmasters Father Hundred