Dad Quotes

Kevin Hanes Feb 14, 2023
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Hello Dauntless Daddies! I hope everyone is having a great start to the week. I can't believe that Valentine's Day is tomorrow. I wanted to keep things simple this week and share some of the best dad quotes I have found. Motivation can be a fickle thing; ultimately, discipline will get you through when motivation fails. Still, I find that reading through motivational quotes can be inspiring and can open your mind to new ideas.

Below is a list of inspirational quotes for dads. I will add more over time. Contact me if you have any good quotes to add to this list.

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Best Dad Quotes:

"A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be." - Frank A. Clark


"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


"The greatest thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." - Theodore Hesburgh


"A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off, and lets you try again." - Unknown

"My father didn't tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it." - Clarence Budington Kelland


"Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad." - Anne Geddes


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"A dad is someone who holds you when you cry, scolds you when you break the rules, shines with pride when you succeed, and has faith in you even when you fail." - Unknown


"When my father didn't have my hand, he had my back." - Linda Poindexter


"I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom." - Umberto Eco


"To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter." - Euripides


"Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song." - Pam Brown

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"A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow." - Unknown


"The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get." - Tim Russert


"A father is someone who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." - Unknown

"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


"A father is someone who gives you a shoulder to cry on when you need it and a kick in the pants when you need it even more." - Unknown


"A father is a man who expects his children to be as good as he meant to be." - Carol Coats


“No one is perfect, but we can create perfect moments.” - Dauntless Daddy