If you're searching for the perfect Father's Day message, these sweet father-daughter quotes will make Dad feel special
80 Heartwarming Father-Daughter Quotes That Capture Your Special Bond
Updated Aug. 08, 2024
Sweet father-daughter quotes
Father’s Day is the day set aside each year for appreciating our dads. Every June, dads (or grandpas and husbands) all over eat questionable kid-made food, and some unwrap new socks. Gifts are great for showing pops how much you love him, but finding the right words goes a long way too. So on top of sharing some of the most heartfelt father-son quotes, we’re giving you a roundup of some of the sweetest father-daughter quotes for Dad.
Whether you want heartwarming Father’s Day quotes to put in a card or a few funny Father’s Day quotes to send via text, you’ll have Dad suddenly finding “something in his eye.” Daughters can choose one of the touching dad-daughter quotes from our list below. Some are short, many are relatable and all are beautiful ways to tell Dad “I love you.” You can also dedicate meaningful quotes, sentimental memories or funny Father’s Day captions, and you’ll have a treasured keepsake that he’ll cherish and watch again and again.
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Best father-daughter quotes
1. “The smile of a daughter is the secret purpose of every father.” —Unknown
2. “No one in this world can love a girl more than her father.” —Unknown
3. “No one is able to make the female a queen except her father.” —Arab Proverb
4. “A father holds his daughter’s hand for a short while, but he holds her heart forever.” —Unknown
5. “A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness.” —Ben Sirach
6. “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
7. “A good father will leave his imprint on his daughter for the rest of her life.” —Dr. James Dobson
8. “The main reason why a daughter needs a dad is to show her that not all boys are like the ones who hurt her.” —Unknown
9. “He gives her the best gift a woman can get in this world: protection. And the little girl learns to trust the man in her life.” —Adriana Trigiani, Big Stone Gap
10. “A little girl giggles when she is denied an ice cream by her mother. She knows daddy will get her some later.” —Unknown
11. “To her, the name of father was another name for love.” —Fanny Fern
12. “Fathers, be your daughter’s first love and she’ll never settle for anything less.” —Unknown
13. “To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.” —Euripides
14. “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
15. “Daughters always revel in their mother’s admiration. And daughters always bask in their father’s love.” ―Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., The Wealth Reference Guide
16. “Little daughters are the only people able to soften the hearts of strong men.” —Unknown
17. “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
18. “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
19. “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
20. “The greatest thing a father can do for his daughter is to love her mother.” —Elaine S. Dalton
21. “One of life’s greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn’t good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.” —Unknown
22. “A daughter can lead to baldness, but the remainder of the road is just as smooth.” —Bryan Pulsifer
23. “There is no place higher than on daddy’s shoulders.” —Unknown
24. “He sweeps her hair back from her ears; He swings her above his head. He says she is his émerveillement. He says he will never leave her, not in a million years.” —Anthony Doerr, All The Light We Cannot See
25. “A daughter needs a dad to be the standard against she will judge all men.” —Gregory E. Lang
26. “A father is a son’s first hero and a daughter’s first love.” —Unknown
27. “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
28. “I may find my prince, but my dad will always be my king.” —Unknown
29. “Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.” —Gloria Naylor
30. “For father, his daughter is no less than a breath.” —Sachin Ramdas Bharatiya
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Quotes from fathers about daughters
31. “Fathers and daughters have a special bond. She is always daddy’s little girl.” ―Richard L. Ratliff
32. “My life is a fairy tale because it revolves around a princess—my beautiful daughter.” —Dumitru D. Coman
33. “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
34. “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
35. “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
36. “Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million-dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.” —Jim Bishop
37. “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
38. “The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.” —David Duchovny
39. “I don’t have to prepare to be wrapped around my daughter’s finger. I have been wrapped around her little finger since the day she plopped out into this world.” —Ryan Reynolds
40. “When my daughter says, ‘Daddy, I need you!’ I wonder if she has any idea that I need her a billion times more.” —Stanley Behrman
41. “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
42. “Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half—especially if he has a teenage daughter.” —Guy Lombardo
43. “You fathers 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
44. “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
45. “I rescind my early statement, ‘I could never fall in love with a girl who regularly poops her pants.’ I hadn’t met my daughter yet.” —Dax Shepard
46. “My daughter got me a World’s Best Dad mug. So we know she’s sarcastic.” —Bob Odenkirk
47. “I watch my daughter wanting to be like other kids and getting upset that she’s not. But I always try and instill in her the idea that she’s perfect as she is.” —Idris Elba
48. “A man’s daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world.” —Mat Johnson, Loving Day
49. “Dads immediately fall in love with their little girls and will let them get away with everything. So moms are going to have to be the disciplinarians when it comes to daughters.” —Jimmy Fallon
Like these father-daughter quotes, these amazing dad quotes are full of inspiration.
Quotes from daughters about dad
50. “My dad believed in me, even when I didn’t. He always knew I could do this.” —Taylor Swift
51. “My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.” —Gwyneth Paltrow
52. “My dad is awesome. But you know what they say, ‘Like father, like daughter.’” —Unknown
53. “It doesn’t matter who my father was; It matters who I remember he was.”—Anne Sexton
54. “I am my father’s daughter, and I am not afraid of anything.” —Elizabeth I, Elizabeth
55. “It was my father who taught me to value myself.” —Dawn French
56. “You gotta love dads. At my wedding, when I tripped on my wedding dress and fell flat on my face, my dad said, ‘Don’t worry, you’ll do better next time.’” —Melanie White
57. “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
58. “[My father] has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch.”—Chelsea Clinton
59. “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
60. “I love my father as the stars—he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.” —Terri Guillemets
61. “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
62. “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
63. “Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter.” —Joseph Addison
64. “My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams.” —Liza Minelli
65. “Fathers just have a way of putting everything together.” —Erika Cosby
66. “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
67. “When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” —Linda Poindexter
68. “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
69. “Being a daddy’s girl is like having a permanent armor for the rest of your life.” —Marinela Reka
If you’re looking for something a little shorter to write in your card, get some inspiration with these Father’s Day messages.
Father-daughter quotes from songs
70. “You are my hero and that will never change. You still can dry my tears with just a smile.” —Natalie Grant, “I’ll Always Be Your Baby”
71. “When times are hard, I know you’ll be strong. I’ll be there in your heart when you’ll carry on. Like moonlight on the water, and sunlight in the sky, fathers, and daughters never say goodbye.” —Michael Bolton, “Fathers and Daughters”
72. “Goodnight, my angel, now it’s time to dream. Dream how wonderful your life will be.” —Billy Joel, “Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)”
73. “Life flies by in seconds. You’re not a baby, Gracie, you’re my friend.” —Ben Folds, “Gracie”
74. “Hey, little girl, look what you’ve done. You’ve gone and stole my heart and made it your own.” —Jack Johnson, “My Little Girl”
75. “Baby I paint the sky blue; My greatest creation was you.” —Jay-Z, “Glory”
76. “They don’t make men like my daddy anymore.” —Loretta Lynn, “They Don’t Make ‘Em Like My Daddy”
77. “Isn’t she pretty, truly the angel’s best. I’m so happy we have been heaven-blessed.” —Stevie Wonder, “Isn’t She Lovely”
78. “I wanna hold you, protect you from all of the things I’ve already endured. And I wanna show you, show you all the things that this life has in store for you. And I’ll always love you, the way that a father should love his daughter.” —Staind, “Zoe Jane”
79. “You’re the end of the rainbow, my pot o’ gold. You’re daddy’s little girl to have and hold.” —Michael Bublé, “Daddy’s Little Girl”
80. “Things are going to change so fast. I tell you that I’ll always want you near.” —Tori Amos, “Winter”
Loving these father-daughter quotes? Add these Father’s Day songs to your playlist for Dad’s special day.
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Originally Published: March 30, 2021
