Father’s Day will soon be here.
And finding those right words to express your appreciation and love can sometimes be a bit tough.
So in today’s post I’d like to help you out with that by sharing 101 of the most heartfelt, meaningful and funny short Father’s Day quotes.
Ones that will make you all laugh about the many struggles of fatherhood. Ones he can relate to more than he may sometimes let on.
And the ones that will help you to explain to your dad just how much he means to you.
Short Happy Father’s Day Quotes from a Son or Daughter
“My father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.”
– Liza Minnelli
“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
“The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.”
– Tim Russert
“My Father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout our lives.”
– Ama H. Vanniarachchy
“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
“I’ll always be your baby, no matter how the years fly by.”
– Natalie Grant
“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.”
– Clarence Budington Kelland
“Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.”
– Gloria Naylor
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me.”
– Jim Valvano
“To her, the name of father was another name for love.”
– Fanny Fern
“I love my father as the stars – he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.”
– Terri Guillemets
“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.”
– George Herbert
“No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word – father.”
– Lydia Maria Child
“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
“A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.”
– Unknown
“My dad’s my best mate, and he always will be.”
– Cher Lloyd
“Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds.”
– Terri Guillemets
“It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.”
– Anne Sexton
“I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.”
– Markus Zusak
“An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom.”
– C.S. Lewis
“The imprint of a father remains forever on the life of the child.”
– Roy Lessin
Short Father’s Day Quotes to Help You Express Your Gratitude
“Of all the titles I’ve been privileged to have, ‘Dad’ has always been the best.”
– Ken Norton
“What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.”
– Jean Paul
“Dad is the staple gun that holds the family together.”
– Allyson Cook
“I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father’s life.”
– Sidney Poitier
“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.”
– Billy Graham
“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song.”
– Pam Brown
“The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.”
– Antoine François Prévost
“A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely.”
– Émile Gaboriau
“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
“Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.”
– Unknown
“I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.”
– Mario Cuomo
“Success, and even life itself, wouldn’t be worth anything if I didn’t have my children by my side. They mean everything to me.”
– Jude Law
“The greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking.”
– Dan Pearce
“Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.”
– Ruth E. Renkel
“Dad is my best friend, my father, and my boss. When I do something that is exciting and he likes it, it feels three times as good as you can imagine.”
– David Lauren
“Some people don’t believe in heroes, but they haven’t met my dad.”
– Unknown
“I feel that the greatest gift that I can give my children is the freedom to be who they are.”
– Will Smith
The Best Short Father’s Day Quotes on Fatherhood
“A father doesn’t tell you that he loves you. He shows you.”
– Dimitri the Stoneheart
“No one in this world can love a girl more than her father.”
– Michael Ratnadeepak
“Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.”
– Anne Geddes
“A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.”
– Unknown
“Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.”
– Lydia Maria Child
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
– William Shakespeare
“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
“Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.”
– Reed Markham
“The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.”
– John Green
“Never is a man more of a man than when he is the father of a newborn.”
– Matthew McConaughey
“Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.”
– Charles Kettering
“There is no teacher equal to mother and there’s nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father.”
– Amit Ray
“It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.”
– Friedrich von Schiller
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.”
– Sigmund Freud
“The power of a dad in a child’s life is unmatched.”
– Justin Ricklefs
“When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.”
– The Talmud
“A man’s worth is measured by how he parents his children. What he gives them, what he keeps away from them, the lessons he teaches and the lessons he allows them to learn on their own.”
– Lisa Rogers
“Fathers just have a way of putting everything together.”
– Erika Cosby
“A father is a man who expects his children to be as good as he meant to be.”
– Frank A. Clark
“It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.”
– Barack Obama
“A daughter needs a dad to be the standard against which she will judge all men.”
– Gregory E. Lang
Funny Short Father’s Day Quotes
“Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.”
– Jon Stewart
“Having children is like living in a frat house – nobody sleeps, everything’s broken, and there’s a lot of throwing up.”
– Ray Romano
“My daughter got me a ‘World’s Best Dad’ mug. So we know she’s sarcastic.”
– Bob Odenkirk
“Just taught my kids about taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream.”
– Conan O’Brien
“A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it.”
– Jerry Seinfeld
“When you’re young, you think your dad is Superman. Then you grow up, and you realize he’s just a regular guy who wears a cape.”
– Dave Attell
“A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.”
– Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“Remember: What Dad really wants is a nap. Really.”
– Dave Barry
“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.”
– Charles Wadsworth
“Being a dad isn’t just about eating a huge bag of gummy bears as your wife gives birth. It means being comfortable with the word hero.”
– Ryan Reynolds
“Raising a child is like wrestling a small but relentless opponent.”
– Stephen Colbert
“There should be a children’s song: ‘If you’re happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep.’”
– Jim Gaffigan
“Be nice to your dad. Most of fatherhood feels like going through customs with an outdated passport.”
– Jim Gaffigan
“Raising kids may be a thankless job, but at least the pay sucks.”
– Jim Gaffigan
“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 father carries pictures where his money used to be.”
– Steve Martin
“My Father’s Day gift to you is letting you pretend to be in charge of the family for a day.”
– Unknown
“A good dad is warm, comforting, and filled with cheese. Okay, am I thinking of burritos?”
– Joey Benevento
“I learn things from my kids constantly. Most of their knowledge comes from Snapple caps.”
– Jimmy Kimmel
“Good dads forgive your mistakes. Great dads help you hide them from mom.”
– Bill Gray
Short Father’s Day Quotes from a Wife to Her Husband
“His integrity is pure, his heart is clean, his love is big, his faith is strong. That’s the kind of father he is. That’s the kind of man he is.”
– Unknown
“A great father makes his family feel so blessed.”
– Diana Manning
“In his eyes I see your future secured by his love and commitment.”
– Unknown
“Every great achiever is inspired by a great mentor.”
– Lailah Gifty Akita
“The only thing better than having you for a husband is our children having you for a daddy.”
– Unknown
“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.”
– Henry Ward Beecher
“To the world you are a dad. To our family you are the world.”
– Unknown
“A happy family is a reflection of a good father and a loving husband.”
– Unknown
“The greatest thing a father can do for his children is love their mother.”
– Anjaneth Garcia Untalan
“A man’s greatest treasure is his family. A good man makes that his priority in life.”
– Unknown
“Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.”
– Frank Abagnale
“The reward of child rearing is spending the rest of your life proudly knowing this person you helped guide.”
– Mike Sager
“Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.”
– Emily Dickinson
“I always thought you’d make a great dad. Now, I know it. Happy Father’s Day to an amazing husband.”
– Unknown
“I never knew how much I loved your daddy until I saw how much he loved you.”
– Unknown
“Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.”
– Victor Hugo
“Watching him with our children is the greatest joy I know.”
– Unknown
“A father’s smile has been known to light up a child’s entire day.”
– Susan Gale
“A happy husband is the best gift a mother can give her children.”
– Unknown
“When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.”
– Linda Poindexter
“One day is never enough to honor how special of a father you truly are because you are amazing every day of the year.”
– Unknown
“It is much easier to become a father than to be one.”
– Kent Nerburn
Want more inspiration for Father’s Day and the summer season? Then have a look at these inspirational Father’s Day quotes and the inspirational June quotes here. Plus, the inspirational summer quotes in this post and also this one with lots of funny summer quotes.