– Father Daughter Quotes –
A father serves as the guide for a little girl to blossom into a strong and courageous young woman, and these lovely quotes will remind any daughter or father of just that.
Father Daughter Quotes
All in all, a father-daughter relationship can have a far-reaching influence on the daughter’s life. Dads should, therefore, make the effort to build a close relationship with their daughters.
In that regard, here are some inspirational daddy-daughter quotes to help foster an unbreakable bond.
1. “When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that’s happened that day just melts away.” – Hugh Jackman
2. “My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived, and let me watch him do it.” – Clarence Budington Kelland – Father Daughter Quotes
3. “The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.”—David Duchovny.
4. “It was my father who taught me to value myself.” – Dawn French
5. My Daddy was my hero. He was always there for me when I needed him. He listened to me and taught me so many things. But most of all, he was fun. — Bindi Irwin
6. “I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because my father is a king.” – Author Unknown
7. “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.” – Alison Lohman
8. “A father’s job is not to teach his daughter how to be a lady. It’s teaching her how a lady should be treated.” – unknown
9. “A daughter needs a dad to be the standard against which she will judge all men.” – Gregory E. Lang
10. “I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” -Sigmund Freud
11. “Being a daddy’s girl is like having permanent armor for the rest of your life.” – Marinela Reka
12. “The greatest thing a father can do for his daughter is to love her mother.” – Elaine S. Dalton
13. “Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the good and the weight of her world.” – John Mayor
14. “Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter.”—Joseph Addison.
15. “To her the name of father was another name for love.” – Fanny Fern
16. “The reason daughters love their dad the most is… that there is at least one man in the world who will never hurt her.” –Anonymous
17. “On behalf of every man looking out for every girl, you are the God and weight of her world.” – John Mayer
18. “I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.” – Imelda Marcos.
19. “There is this girl who stole my heart, and she calls me Daddy.” – unknown
20. “My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught me many lessons and showed me many things as we went together along with the country by-ways.” – Sarah Orne Jewett
21. “No one in this world can love a girl more than her father.” – Michael Ratnadeepak
22. “Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.” –
Gloria Naylor
23. “No one is able to make the female a queen except her father…” — Arab Proverb
24. “A good father will leave his imprint on his daughter for the rest of her life.” – Dr. James Dobson
25. “When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” – Linda Poindexter
26. “To her, the name of father was another name for love.” –Fanny Fern
27. “A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman, he turns her back again.”—Enid Bagnold
28. “I love being a girl because I’m my Daddy’s little girl and that rocks!” – Author Unknown
29. “A man’s daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world.” – Mat Johnson
30. “I love my father as the stars – he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.” – Terri Guillemets
31. “The love between father and daughter knows no distance.”
32. “To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.” – Euripides
33. “A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness.” – Ben Sirach
34. “I love my daddy. My daddy’s everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.” – Lady Gaga
35. “A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.” – Author Unknown
36. “A girl’s first true love is her father.”-Marisol Santiago.
37. “Daddy, thanks for being my hero, chauffeur, financial support, listener, life mentor, friend, guardian and simply being there every time I need a hug.” ~ Agatha Stephanie Lin
38. “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
39. “The main reason a daughter needs a dad is to show her that not all boys are like the ones who hurt her.” – unknown
40. “Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue and joined in thy innocent glee.” – Margaret Courtney.
41. “It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his daughter shopping.” – John Sinor
42. “A father should be his son’s first hero, and his daughter’s first love.” – Author Unknown
43. “Dad is and always will be my living, breathing superhero.”-
Bindi Irwin
44. “A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remain as a pillar of strength throughout our lives.” – Ama H. Vanniarachchy
45. “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano
46. “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
47. “Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million-dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.” ~ Jim Bishop
48. “I may find my prince but my dad will always be my king.” – unknown
49. “My father died many years ago, and yet when something special happens to me, I talk to him secretly not really knowing whether he hears, but it makes me feel better to half believe it.” – Natasha Josefowitz
50. “A daughter is a little girl who grows up to be a friend.” – Unknown
51. “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.” – Alison Lohman
52. “I smile because you’re my father. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.” – Unknown.
53. “Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son.” – Russian Proverb
54. “A little girl giggles when she is denied an ice-cream by her mother. She knows daddy will get her some later.” – Unknown
55. “Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half — especially if he has a teenage daughter.” – Guy Lombardo
56. “I think my mom put it best. She said, ‘Little girls soften their daddy’s hearts.’” – Paul Walker
57. “Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world.” – Robert Orben – Father Daughter Quotes.
58. “Fathers are the most ordinary men who are turned by love into the biggest hero, adventurer, storyteller and singer of songs.” – Unknown
59. “A son is a son till he gets a wife; a daughter is a daughter for the rest of her life.” – Irish Saying
60. “A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” – Author Unknown
61. “I took my daughter to the father-daughter dance and I cried like a little baby. She’s 11 years old, so seeing her get dressed up and pretty made me cry.” –Kevin Hart
62. “My fingers may be small but I’ve got my daddy wrapped around them.” – Unknown
63. “My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.” – Denise Van Outen-Father Daughter Quotes
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64. “My life feels incomplete, my emotions deplete and my heart skips a beat when I don’t hug my daughter, who is so sweet. I love you.” – Unknown
65. “Behind every great daughter is a truly amazing dad.” – Unknown
66. “Hopefully we were all daddy’s little girl. He was and hopefully still is wrapped around our little finger. Not to take advantage of more just for the comfort of knowing he is there.” – Violette DeSantis
67. “Every father decides what man his daughter marries: not ordering, but showing an example.” – Unknown
68. “Fathers and daughters have a special bond. She is always daddy’s little girl.” – Richard L. Ratliff
69. “Not only a father is an example for a daughter, but a daughter is a great inspiration for a father.” – Unknown
70. “Because death is the only thing that could have ever kept him from you.”― Ally Carter
71. “When my daughter says ‘Daddy, I need you!’ I wonder if she has any idea that I need her billion times more.” – Stanley Behrman
72. “The smile of a daughter is the secret purpose of every father.” – Unknown
73. “Dear daddy, you taught me everything I know. I’m grateful to God for being your daughter.” – Unknown
74. “It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.” – Jean de La Fontaine
75. “Little daughters are the only people able to soften the hearts of strong men.” – Unknown
76. “Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11.30 tonight. He can make no such prediction about his teenage daughter.” – James T. Adams
77. “A good father is always standing behind his daughter’s back.” – Unknown
78. “When fathers struggle with being authentic, they leave muddy footprints in little girls’ hearts.” – Tina Samples
79. “If you don’t want your daughter to settle for less, be not only an ideal father but also an ideal husband.” – Unknown
80. “A wedding is for daughters and fathers. The mothers all dress up, trying to look like young women. But a wedding is for a father and daughter. They stop being married to each other on that day.” – Sarah Ruhl
81. “All fathers are teachers of the life: they teach their daughters what they can expect from men.” – Unknown
82. “The laugh of a daughter is the favourite symphony of a father.” – Unknown
83. “It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we’d read about it in a manual translated from another language, and we’re doing our best with what we could understand.” – Aimee Bender
84. “A father is a model for a small daughter. When she grows up, she looks for a boyfriend similar to her father.” – Unknown
85. “You’ll not know how your daughter can love you until you show how you love her.” – Unknown
86. “You father will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up at you. You’re her oracle. You’re her hero.” – Stanley T. Banks -Father Daughter Quotes.
87. “The mark of a wonderful father is the one whose children run into his arms when his arms are empty.” – Unknown
88. “One of the greatest things about daughters is how they adored you when they were little; how they rushed into your arms with electric delight and demanded that you watch everything they do and listen to everything they say.” – Michael Josephson
89. “All my life’s problems have just one simple solution – a hug from my daughter.” – Unknown
90. “He was a father. That’s what a father does. Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves from painful last images that might endure for a lifetime.” – George Saunders
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91. “I’ve had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started.” –Bartrand Hubbard
92. “You’ve had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born.” – Tim McGraw, My Little Girl
93. “My life is a fairy tale because it revolves around a princess — my beautiful daughter. I love you.” – Unknown
94. “A Father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.” – Unknown
95. “On the day my daughter was born, I realized that the sparkle in her eyes was my guiding light and her smile, my life’s purpose. I love you.” – Unknown
96. “He sweeps her hair back from her ears and he swings her above his head. However, He says she is his émerveillement. He says he will never leave her, not in a million years.” – Anthony Doerr
97. “When Charles first saw our child, Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing and blurted,” She’s more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge.” – Helen Hayes.
98. “Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. This is my only girl. So I don’t care what it takes to protect her. You can call it what you want to call it. As long as you treat her the same way I treat her, like my princess, I don’t mind.” – Tracy Morgan
99. “A daughter is a bundle of firsts that excite and delight, giggles that come from deep inside and are always contagious, everything wonderful and precious and your love for her knows no bounds.” – Barbara Cage
100. “She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father.” – Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman – Father Daughter Quotes
101. “Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.” –Unknown
102. “Our dearest daughter, you are the wheel that keeps our lives spinning and you are the reason we are always smiling. We love you.” –Unknown
103. “In love with our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters, there is something which there are no words to express.” – Joseph Addison
104. “It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us father and daughter.” – Unknown
105. “They say that from the instant he lays eyes on her, a father adores his daughter. Whoever she grows up to be, she is always to him that little girl in pigtails.” – Unknown
106. “You have to be a reliable and predictable, loving and available father for your daughter if you want your daughter to have a happy childhood.” – Unknown
107. “Dads have the unique opportunity to influence, guide, and encourage their daughters to grow into godly and gracious young ladies.” – Karol Ladd
108. “The laugh of a daughter is a favorite symphony of a father.” – Unknown
109. “My wife has brought great beauty into my life. And my daughter has brought me nothing but joy.” – Christopher Meloni – Father Daughter Quotes.
110. “A good father will really go mad at his little girl.” – Unknown
111. “I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he’s genuinely interested in what she’s going through.” – Harry Connick, Jr.
112. “When a daughter is born, an ordinary life of a man turns into an extraordinary life of a father.” – Unknown
113. “Every dad wants his daughter to grow up with dignity, self-respect, grace, humility, virtue, and significance.” – Darrel Billups
114. “I love being a girl because I’m my Daddy’s little girl and that rocks.” – Unknown
115. “There may come a day that I won’t be able to help you. But the day will never come that I won’t try.” – Unknown.
116. “The death is the only thing which can come between a father and a daughter.” – Unknown
117. “Rocks nor sand, nor wind or rain, can keep me separated from a daughter’s love.” – Byron Pulsifer
118. “Big fathers, complementing their tiny daughters, are so beautiful.” – Unknown
119. “Sweet sixteen today. She’s looking like her momma a little more every day.” – Bob Carlisle.
120. “All father`s problems have a very simple solution: it’s the happiness of his daughter.” – Unknown
121. “When daughters have engaged dads, they benefit from that relationship for a lifetime.” – Kevin Leman
122. “If you want your daughter to have only the best, you have to become the best father in the world.” – Unknown
123. “Always your little girl.” – Daughter
124. “I may seem quiet and reserved, but if you mess with my daughter, I will break out a level of crazy that will make your nightmares seem like a happy place.” – Unknown
125. “A father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us to our destination. He is a guiding light to help lead the way for us.” — Unknown.
126. “The power of a dad in a daughter’s life is unmatched.” – Justin Ricklefs
127. “Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.” – Louisa May Alcott
128. “The reason I am bad at cooking is my father always appreciated the dish I prepared, and I believed him.” – Alia Bhat – Father Daughter Quotes
129. “It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.” – Anne Sexton
130. “No one is able to make a girl a queen except her father.” – Arab Proverb
131. “My daughter got me a “World’s Best Dad” mug. So we know she is sarcastic.” – Bob Odenkirk
132. “My dearest Daughter just watching you makes me realize how beautiful my life is. I love you.” – Unknown
133. “A daughter is a gift of love.” – Unknown
134. “My Daughter you are the answer to every time I looked up at the sky asking for a miracle.” – Unknown
135. “You’ve been a blessing from the start … I love you, daughter, with all my heart.” – Unknown
136. “Do you want all problems to melt away? Look at your daughter, hug her and kiss!” – Unknown.
137. “Deciding to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” –Elizabeth Stone.
138. “Some people don’t believe in heroes but they haven’t met my dad!” – Unknown
139. “The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, ‘Daddy, I need to ask you something,’ he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan.” – Garrison Keillor.
140. “A father is someone you never outgrow your needs for.” – Unknown
141. “A father will be there for his daughter when it matters the most.” – Unknown
142. “Fathers, be your daughter’s 1st love and she’ll never settle for anything less.” – Unknown
143. “A good father will not allow any man to come into his daughter’s life and ruin it.” – Unknown
144. “The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.” – David Duchovny
145. “A good dad will teach his daughter how to be independent and strong without being a man hater.” – Unknown
146. “My daughter, you are worthy of being loved because you are so precious to me that I died for you.” – Unknown
147. “A daughter can lead to baldness, but the remainder of the road is just as smooth.” – Byron Pulsifer – Father Daughter Quotes
148. “He taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not being able to fix it.” – Hope Jahren
149. “Your daughter wants your guidance and support; she wants and needs a strong bond with you. And, as all successful fathers know, you need a strong bond with her.” – Meg Meeker
150. “Dear Daughter, If I could give you one thing in life, I would give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes.” – Unknown
151. “Because a man who knew that family has shaped my instincts was everything. And my family will always be where I strive most for success.” – Gwyneth Paltrow, My Father’s Daughter.
152. “A daughter needs her father to be involved in her life at every stage that includes father-daughter bonding in shopping malls.” – Unknown
153. “If Dad is a loving, steady, balanced man in his approach with his daughter, she will have a sense of security, love, and trust in her relationships with men.” – c
154. “There is no place higher than on Daddy’s shoulders.” – Unknown
155. “A good father-daughter relationship…. can empower daughters to believe in themselves and to prosecute a case with conviction and confidence. It can give upon a girl a sense of belonging, a self-efficacy and resilience for life.” – Madonna King, Fathers and Daughters
156. “You might never know a man’s vulnerable place until you see him with his daughter because with her, he seems capable of more human emotions than he will ever share with anyone else.” – Unknown
157. “If you ever want to torture my dad, tie him up and right in front of him, refold a map incorrectly.” – Cathy Ladman
158. “One of the first duties of a father is to protect his daughter from crying or else make those who make her cry to pay for their crimes.” – Unknown
159. “Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.” —Frank Pittman
160. “As a father, you are going to be the first person to experience all the complexities of your daughter and you must tolerate them enough to guide her.” – Unknown
161. “Dad, I just needed to let you know, To me you will always be, Dad—you are a hero, You mean the world to me.” – Amanda Suddeth – Father Daughter Quotes
162. “One of the greatest moments between father and daughter is that walk down the aisle, then you see you little baby girl become a woman right before your eyes.” – Unknown
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163. “A Dad is one who is always there can always be counted on always has time, always encouraging, that is you Dad, Thanks for all you do!” – C Lynch
164. “It’s important to make your daughter know that you are not just her father but her confidant, someone who would listen to her without judging or condemning her.” – Unknown
165. “Dads are most ordinary men turned into heroes.” – Pam Brown
166. “The most admirable thing ever has to be a father protecting his daughter.” – Unknown
167. “You father will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You’re her oracle. You’re her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you’re in a constant state of panic.” – Stanley T. Banks
168. “A girl might learn an ocean of wisdom from her mother but having her father’s presence is one part of the equation that should never be compromised.” – Unknown
169. “Every little girl thinks her father is the smartest man in the world.” – Holly Robinson
170. “The first man in your daughter’s life is her father and she needs your trust more than anything, don’t deny her that.” – Unknown
171. “Like countless other dads, I believe that my children are the best kids on the planet. Not a day goes by that I don’t thank God for placing them in my life.” – Charles Marshall – Father Daughter Quotes
172. “There’s no perfect way to be a father but you can do your best, give your daughter the best of you and protect her so she never doubts your love.” – Unknown
173. “My Father, my friend, my mentor, to you I want the very best that Father’s Day has to offer. This special day reminds me of how often you’ve been there for me.” – Catherine Pulsifer.
174. “After you see your little girl grow into a lady, you know your job as a father is done, and that’s such a fulfilling thing to see.” – Unknown
175. “Sorry, Dad, but sometimes your jokes just really aren’t all that funny. But we love you anyway.” – Amy Szarkows
176. “One of the greatest gifts I’ve ever gotten came from God. I call him daddy.” – Unknown
177. “My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.” – Gwyneth Paltrow
178. “The love between a father and daughter is forever.” – Unknown
179. “The most important influence in my childhood was my father.” – DeForest Kelley
180. “Having a daughter makes you see things differently. This is the only girl. So I don’t care what it takes to protect her. You can call it what you want to call it. As long as you treat her the same way I treat her, like my princess, I don’t mind.” – Tracy Morgan
181. “Fathers provide not only support but also encouragement.” – Catherine Pulsifer – Father Daughter Quotes
182. “I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.” – Thomas Jefferson
183. “No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means until he has a child and loves it. And then the whole universe changes and nothing will ever again seem exactly as it seemed before.” – L. Hearn
184. “From a daughter, we are given happy and beautiful memories of days before, the melodies of the heart in those moments of the present, and the hopeful expectations of what will be in the future.” – Byron Pulsifer
185. “I’m convinced that a father’s role in child-raising should never be underestimated. underestimated. Fathers play a crucial role in their children’s emotional and physical well-being and in the choices they make about how to live their lives now and in the future.” –Nicoline Ambe
186. “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” – Antoine Francois Prevost
187. “To be a father requires patience, love and giving up the ‘all about me attitude.” –Catherine Pulsifer – Father Daughter Quotes
188. “When I’m at my best, I am my father’s daughter.” – Unknown
189. “You may not have an earthly father that cares for you, but you have a heavenly one that does.” – Angelina Talpa
190. “Patience, my daughter, learn patience, and life will be easier.” – Catherine Pulsifer
191. “Regardless of the personal relationship you have with your own father, aim to be better.” – Kirsten Watson
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192. “My daughter, you’ve blessed my life greatly. I’m so glad we’re friends. . . The time we have together is the best that I spend.” – Unknown
193. “You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together.” – Erika Cosby
194. “Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.” – Clementine Paddleford
195. “Studies show that when a baby, child, or teenager has a good father, that child will soar.” – Meg Meeker, MD
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