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85 Best Father's Day Quotes to Share With Your Amazing Dad

These messages celebrate everything about fatherhood and a father's love.

By Caroline Picard and Alesandra Dubin
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The greeting card aisles would have you believe that Father's Day is all about celebrating your #1 guy, but it's not always that simple. Dad might be your biggest supporter and a defining force in your life, or perhaps your relationship with your father or is a little more complicated (that's totally okay!).

So when June 18 comes, and you're looking for the right sentiment for a card, email, text or social media tribute, these best Father's Day quotes can help. These sayings about fatherhood from celebrities, heads of state, authors and other notable names will help you communicate your thoughts — whether you want to be funny, wise, serious, profound or super simple. They work for father-daughter relationships or dad and son bonds.

And, of course, these Father's Day quotes don't only apply to dads. They can also apply to bonus dads, stepdads, grandfathers, uncles, husbands, brothers, friends or any other figure the day represents.

For more inspiration, check out our guides to sentimental gifts for dad, Father's Day gifts for grandfather, thoughtful stepdad gifts, Father's Day gifts for husband and father-in-law gifts.

1

Terri Guillemets

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"I love my father as the stars — he's a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart."

2

Tiger Schraff

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"Every son's first superhero is his father."

3

Amit Ray

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“There is no teacher equal to mother and there's nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father.”

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Barack Obama

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

5

Jim Gaffigan

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"Raising kids may be a thankless job, but at least the pay sucks."

6

Leo Buscaglia

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"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."

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Lydia Maria Child

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“Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.”

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Lin Manuel Miranda

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“The biggest lesson for my kids is that they know they are the most important things I have. No matter what is going on in my life, your kids are forever.”

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Markus Zusak

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

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Matt Bomer

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"It's the most profound gift and the most daunting challenge."

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Matt Damon

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“The only way I can describe it… at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know how his heart grows, like, five times its size? Everything is full. It’s just full all the time.”

12

Alison Lohman

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“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.”

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Chelsea Clinton

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“[My father] has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch.”

14

Cher Lloyd

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"My dad's my best mate, and he always will be."

15

Chris Pratt

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"I've jumped out of helicopters and done some daring stunts and played baseball in a professional stadium, but none of it means anything compared to being somebody's daddy."

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Denzel Washington

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"The strongest, toughest men all have compassion. They're not heartless and cold. You have to be man enough to have compassion — to care about people and about your children."

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Keith Urban

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"And I only hope when I have my own familyThat every day I see a little more of my father in me."

18

Harmon Killebrew

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"My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass.' 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'"

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Charles Kettering

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"Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice."

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Leo Buscaglia

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"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."

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Caroline Picard
Contributing Writer

Caroline is a writer and editor with almost a decade of experience. From 2015 to 2019, she held various editorial positions at Good Housekeeping, including as health editor, covering nutrition, fitness, wellness, and other lifestyle news. She's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism and dreams of the day Northwestern will go back to the Rose Bowl.  

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Freelance Writer

Alesandra is a digital travel and lifestyle journalist based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day, Prevention, Insider, Glamour, Shondaland, AFAR, Parents, TODAY, and countless other online and print outlets. Alesandra has a masters degree in journalism with an emphasis on cultural reporting and criticism from NYU, and a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley. An avid traveler, she trots the globe with her husband and their twins.

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