11 Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Dads

Father’s Day is all about celebrating dads. But explaining what fathers mean to their sons and daughters isn’t always easy. Your father can be your number one fan, your knight in shining armor ready to protect you at all times, or an example on how to live your life.

Dads can make a big difference in your life but putting these feelings into words isn’t always easy. Why not let some of the best writers and leaders help you with these 12 inspirational quotes for the special dad, stepdad, or grandfather in your life.

1. Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a Dad. – Anne Geddes
2. Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father. – Barak Obama
3. A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow. – Unknown
4. Every son’s first superhero is his father, and it was the same for me. For me, he was Superman and Batman combined. – Tiger Schroff
5. When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back. – Linda Poindexter
6. My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. – Jim Valvano
7. I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection. – Sigmund Freud
8. Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song. – Pam Brown
9. 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
10. If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. – James Baldwin
11. A father’s smile has been known to light up a child’s entire day. – Susan Gale