20 Quotations for Father's Day

By Rose DesRochers

Buying dad another neck tie or a wallet has become the acceptable way to thank dad for all he has done. This Father's Day why not give him a card with your thoughts written inside that says how much you truly appreciate him.

If you are unable to put into words just what your father means to you then this list of Father's Day quotes might help inspire you.

The greatest gift I ever had came from God, and I call him Dad! - Anonymous

Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. - Author Unknown

A father carries pictures where his money used to be. -Author Unknown

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. -Gloria Naylor

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, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, 1994

Dad, you're someone to look up to no matter how tall I've grown. -Author Unknown

It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home - it's only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love.-Margaret Truman

I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work fifteen and sixteen hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example -Mario Cuomo

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.- Sigmund Freud

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

Dad - a son's first hero, a daughter's first love.- Unknown

He opened the jar of pickles when no one else could. He was the only one in the house who wasn't afraid to into the basement by himself. He cut himself shaving, but no one kissed it or got excited about it. It was understood when it rained, he got the car and brought it around to the door. When anyone was sick, he went out to get the prescription filled. He took lots of pictures ... but he was never in them.- Erma Bombeck

"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person -- he believed in me." - Jim Valvano

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

I never had a chance to choose the man to be my Dad - But I sure thank my lucky stars for the taste my Mother had. - Unknown

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents. – Henry Ward Beecher (Liberal US Congregational Minister, 1813-1887)

A Dad is someone you never outgrow your need for. - Unknown

There are three stages of a man's life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn't believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus.- Unknown

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

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.- Anne Sexton
 

I am moved by these quotes as they truly make me reflect on the virtue of fatherhood and just what my own Father meant to me. I hope you have enjoyed them. For more amazing quotes about fathers, check out the Famous Quote section at Today's Writing Community.