If you’re a daughter trying to find the right words for just how much your father means to you then you’re in the right place.
In today’s post I want to share 101 of the most heartfelt, funny and grateful fathers day quotes from a daughter.
I hope you’ll find something here for your card, social media post or in real life celebration to help you express your love and gratitude to your dad.
Heartfelt Father’s Day Quotes from a Daughter
“Dad hugs are strong hugs that can say so many things, like ‘I’ve got you. I’m always right here. And I’ll always love you.’”
– Melvina Young
“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
“Bigger than the sky. Deeper than the ocean. Forever and for always. A Father’s Love.”
– Jeannie Hund
“Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.”
– Gloria Naylor
“You think I’m strong, you think I’m fearless, even when I’m at my weakest, you always see the best in me when I can’t.”
– Carrie Underwood
“To her, the name of father was another name for love.”
– Fanny Fern
“My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.”
– Liza Minnelli
“Being a daddy’s girl is like having permanent armor for the rest of your life.”
– Marinela Reka
“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
“My father has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch.”
– Chelsea Clinton
“A father’s love is forever imprinted on his child’s heart.”
– Jennifer Williamson
“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
“When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.”
– Linda Poindexter
“I love my father as the stars – he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.”
– Terri Guillemets
“A 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
“It was my father who taught me to value myself.”
– Dawn French
“A girl’s first true love is her father.”
– Marisol Santiago
“Dad is, and always will be, my living, breathing superhero.”
– Bindi Irwin
“I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by my father.”
– Halle Berry
“No matter how small you were, when Dad said, ‘I love you,’ you’d feel bigger than the sky.”
– Melvina Young
“A father’s love is like an evergreen: steady and strong, weathering all seasons.”
– Keely Chace
“A father grows dreams, each one a seed planted deep in the hearts of his children.”
– Mercedes Lucero
“I’ll always be your baby, no matter how the years fly by. The way you loved me, made me who I am in this world.”
– Natalie Grant
“Perhaps that is what it means to be a father – to teach your child to live without you.”
– Nicole Krauss
Short Happy Father’s Day Quotes from a Daughter
“A father’s smile has been known to light up a child’s entire day.”
– Susan Gale
“Father: Respected for his wisdom. Appreciated for his strength. Admired for his love.”
– Barbara Loots
“Some men you just keep looking up to, no matter how tall you get.”
– Keely Chace
“Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.”
– Anne Geddes
“My dad’s my best mate, and he always will be.”
– Cher Lloyd
“No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word – father.”
– Lydia Maria Child
“Fathers just have a way of mending hearts and fixing whatever needs doing.”
– Unknown
“There’s no buddy like a dad.”
– Ellen Brenneman
“My father taught me to work hard, laugh often, and keep my word.”
– Michelle Obama
“Fathers and daughters, connected by heart right from the start!”
– Paige DeRuyscher
“Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.”
– Ruth E. Renkel
“Wanting to be just like Dad – it’s a daughter thing, too.”
– Keely Chace
“He didn’t think of himself as a hero, but heroes never do.”
– Stacey Donovan
“A father is the perfect blend of superhero, coach, and friend.”
– Jeannie Hund
“A strong father means a strong family.”
– Melvina Young
“The best gift a man can give to the world is to be a good father.”
– Renee Daniels
“Father’s Day is for all men who love with a father’s heart.”
– Linda Barnes
“A father’s faith is his family’s guiding light.”
– Jeannie Hund
“Every great achiever is inspired by a great mentor.”
– Lailah Gifty Akita
“Dads teach us lots of things, but the real lesson is always love.”
– Keely Chace
Proud Father’s Day Quotes from a Daughter
“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers, and singers of song.”
– Pam Brown
“It’s only when you grow up and step back from him – or leave him for your own home – it’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it.”
– Margaret Truman
“The golden rule of parenting is do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you.”
– Louise Hart
“He taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not being able to fix it.”
– Hope Jahren
“Some men are fathers because they stepped in and stepped up exactly when they were needed.”
– Melvina Young
“There is nothing that moves a loving father’s soul quite like his child’s cry.”
– Joni Eareckson Tada
“My dad raised me with some good advice: Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip.”
– Pink
“What’s a daddy? He’s a grown-up who never forgot how to play.”
– Keely Chace
“My dad taught me that good health is all about living in gratitude.”
– Mariska Hargitay
“What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are going to do good work, you have to risk failing badly.”
– Natasha Richardson
“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
“With the love and attention of a good man, family roots grow deeper and stronger all the time.”
– Megan Haave
“When all the dust is settled and the crowds are gone, the things that matter are faith, family, and friends.”
– Barbara Bush
“Being a father isn’t always clear skies and smooth sailing. But every bit of the journey, the ups and downs and in-betweens, makes it an even more meaningful adventure.”
– Courtney Taylor
“There really are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you have a child.”
– Anne Lamott
“There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real one.”
– Sue Atkins
“The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving.”
– Polly Berrien Berends
“A father is a man who expects his children to be as good as he meant to be.”
– Carol Coats
“Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love them.”
– Leigh Anne Tuohy
“A man who helps others hold on, hold together, hold strong also holds the trust and respect of those he loves.”
– Melvina Young
“A dad’s job is to lift his daughter up so that one day she will rise on her own.”
– Catherine Hollyer
“A dad prays for strength to protect his family, wisdom to guide them, and humility to learn as he goes.”
– Megan Haave
“Happy, confident, grateful daughters come from strong, encouraging, loving dads.”
– Diana Manning
Funny Father’s Day Quotes from a Daughter
“I gave my father $100 and said, ‘Buy yourself something that will make your life easier.’ So he went out and bought a present for my mother.”
– Rita Rudner
“Dads are like chocolate chip cookies; they may have chips or be totally nutty, but they are sweet and make the world a better place, especially for their children.”
– Hillary Lytle
“I have always had the feeling I could do anything, and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.”
– Ann Richards
“The best fathers have the softest, sweetest hearts. In other words, great dads are real marshmallows.”
– Richelle E. Goodrich
“If you ever want to torture my dad, tie him up and right in front of him, refold a map incorrectly.”
– Cathy Ladman
“My sisters and I can still recite Dad’s grilling rules: Rule No. 1: Dad is in charge. Rule No. 2: Repeat Rule No. 1.”
– Connie Schultz
“Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.”
– Erma Bombeck
“You gotta love dads. At my wedding, when I tripped on my wedding dress and fell flat on my face, Dad said, ‘Don’t worry, you’ll do better next time.’”
– Melanie White
“Fatherhood is one of the best reasons to need a little extra coffee.”
– Lauren Schimming
“Dad is the staple gun that holds the family together.”
– Allyson Cook
“Fatherhood. It’s as easy as A B C D. ALWAYS BE CARRYING DIAPERS.”
– Sara Quenzer
“We wondered why when a child laughed, he belonged to Daddy, and when he had a sagging diaper that smelled like a landfill, ‘He wants his mother.’”
– Erma Bombeck
“A good father is one whose only reason for putting down a laughing baby is to pick up a crying one.”
– Linda Poindexter
“No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan, and raised an adolescent.”
– Marcelene Cox
“A man’s real wealth is in his children…for they have spent all of the other kind.”
– Melvina Young
Grateful Happy Father’s Day Quotes from a Daughter
“Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.”
– Lydia Maria Child
“It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.”
– Anne Sexton
“Here’s to all the wise, funny, tough, gentle, playful, hardworking men who make a difference.”
– Keely Chace
“And so God created dads so that there would forever be bedtime-story-readers and cover-tuckers, shoulder-carriers at parades and star-pointers on clear nights, bike-riding coaches and driving instructors, love-providers and proud protectors.”
– Melvina Young
“A great father makes his family feel so blessed.”
– Diana Manning
“Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.”
– Zelda Fitzgerald
“Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. Having both is a blessing.”
– Donna Hedges
“To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.”
– Tia Walker
“He was the first man in my life, the man who taught me how to love.”
– Jenna Bush Hager
“For every dream that has taken flight, there’s a father who believed.”
– Jennifer Fujita
“The greatest thing a father can do for his children is love their mother.”
– Anjaneth Garcia Untalan
“Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs. The ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile, and who love you no matter what.”
– Maya Angelou
“Because flying babies need strong arms beneath them…there are daddies.”
– Keely Chace
“Bonus love, bonus support, bonus dad.”
– Amber Goodvin
“I am my father’s daughter, and I am not afraid of anything.”
– Elizabeth I
“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 the country by-ways.”
– Sarah Orne Jewett
“My father turned my life around by insisting I be more than I was and by believing I could be more.”
– Oprah Winfrey
“A dad has arms to lift high, a heart to love, shoulders to support, a smile to reassure, a hand of blessing to send you out into the world, a warm embrace to welcome you back home.”
– Keely Chace
“There is no expiration date on the love between a father and his child.”
– Jennifer Williamson
Want more inspiration for the celebration of your dad? Then have a look at the best Father’s Day quotes, these funny Father’s day quotes and sayings and also these ones with lots of short Father’s Day quotes and inspirational sayings for your dad.