To All Fathers That Follow The Stratford Crier
100+ Father’s Day Quotes For Every Father Figure In Your Life
Written by Shutterfly Community Last Updated: May 24, 2023
Cover photo by Juliane-Liebermann
Father’s Day is the perfect time of year to celebrate the loving and caring men in your life. Whether it’s your dad, uncle, brother, grandpa—anyone who has been a father figure to you—you want to make sure you express your love and gratitude for him on that third Sunday in June.
Many men, however, continued to disdain the day. As one historian writes, they “scoffed at the holiday’s sentimental attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and gift-giving, or they derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products–often paid for by the father himself.”
In 1972, in the middle of a hard-fought presidential re-election campaign, Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Father’s Day a federal holiday at last. Today, economists estimate that Americans spend more than $1 billion each year on Father’s Day gifts.
“Dad: A son’s first hero, a daughter’s first love.” —Unknown
“The power of a dad in a child’s life is unmatched.” —Justin Ricklefs
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” —William Shakespeare
“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” —George Herbert
“A girl’s first true love is her father.” —Marisol Santiago
“A father’s smile has been known to light up a child’s entire day.” —Susan Gale
“A father doesn’t tell you that he loves you. He shows you.” —Dimitri the Stoneheart
“Fathers just have a way of putting everything together.” —Erika Cosby
“Behind every great daughter is a truly amazing father.” —Unknown
“To her, the name of father was another name for love.” —Fanny Fern
“The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.” —Tim Russert
“No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word―father.” —Lydia Maria Child
“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.” —Steve Martin
“When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” —Linda Poindexter
“A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.” —Unknown
“The greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking.” —Dan Pearce
“Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world.” —John Mayer
