55+ Dad and Daughter Quotes and Sayings (2024)

Written byShutterfly Community Last Updated: Aug 22, 2023

Are you looking for the perfect dad and daughter quotes for your Father’s Day card? Perhaps a special message for his birthday, Christmas, or Valentine’s Day? Or are you looking for a simple reminder of your love to share with him simply because he’s your dad? No matter the occasion, dad and daughter quotes can help make your note extra special. Check out the quotes below for cute, funny, and inspirational messages for a father or daughter. When you’re done, pick the perfect option to add inside a card for any occasion. Want to wow your dad? Make him unique personalized gifts—photo mugs, pillows, iPhone cases, or photo books—that capture your special relationship with him. Add a monogram, his name, photos, or a heartfelt message to any of our products to make gifts he’ll treasure forever.

When you can’t find the right words to say to express to your unconditional love for dad, rely on our helpful array of quotes to describe what you truly feel inside. Depending on your relationship, you can pick a quote that is as humorous, or sentimental as you like to add into your Father’s Day card or card for another occasion along with your heartwarming message. Regardless of the occasion, be sure to choose a quote that’ll tug on his heart strings and make him feel like the best dad ever.

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• Funny Quotes About Dads And Daughters
• Cute Daddy Daughter Quotes
• Inspirational Quotes For Dads And Daughters
• Dad Quotes From Daughter
• Father Daughter Love Quotes

Funny Quotes About Dads And Daughters

The following quotes are as funny as they are filled with love for the special bond between fathers and daughters. Use these for a Father’s Day card or explore our wide selection of ceramic mugs to give as a thoughtful gift. Personalize his mug with your favorite photos of you and him together along with a quote to match the memory to make him chuckle. Your dad will love getting a laugh on a special day and use his mug every day for his morning coffee or tea and think of you every time he uses it.

• “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
• “If you ever want to torture my dad, tie him up and right in front of him, refold a map incorrectly.” – Cathy Ladman
• “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.” – Unknown
• “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
• “I smile because you’re my father. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.” – Unknown
• “A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness.” – Ben Sirach
• “A little girl giggles when she is denied an ice-cream by her mother. She knows daddy will get her some later.” – Unknown
• “Dad, you’ve always been the coolest – like all those times you said ‘yes’ when Mom said ‘no.’” – Unknown

Cute Daddy Daughter Quotes

These Daddy daughter quotes are cute for any age and for any occasion. If you’re looking to deliver a softer, sweeter message to the best dad in the world, the quotes below are just right for you. These daddy/daughter quotes could be included on everything from Father’s Day gifts like desktop plaques or fleece blankets, to wedding programs or wedding introductions right before the dad and daughter dance.

• “Behind every great daughter is a truly amazing dad.” – Unknown
• “Dear Daddy, no matter where I go in life, you’ll always be my number one man.” – Unknown
• “There is this girl who stole my heart and she calls me Daddy.” – Unknown
• “A father holds his daughter’s hand for a short while, but he holds her heart forever.” –Unknown
• “Being a daddy’s girl is like having permanent armor for the rest of your life.” – Marinela Reka
• “One of the greatest gifts I’ve ever gotten came from God. I call him daddy.” –Unknown
• “Dad. He can play like a kid, give advice like a friend, and protect like a bodyguard.”– Unknown
• “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
• “No one in this world can love a girl more than her father.” – Michael Ratnadeepak
• “This relationship has something special about it, that makes every father and every daughter in the world speak warmly about it.” – Unknown
• “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
• “Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.” – Gloria Naylor
• “Ordinary father-daughter love had a charge to it that generally was both permitted and indulged. There was just something so beautiful about the big father complementing the tiny girl. Bigness and tininess together at last—yet the bigness would never hurt the tininess! It respected it. In a world in which big always crushes tiny, you wanted to cry at the beauty of big being kind of and worshipful of and being humbled by tiny. You couldn’t help but think of your own father as you saw your little girl with hers.” – Meg Wolitze

Inspirational Quotes For Dads And Daughters

Few things or people inspire us as much as our fathers. Whether he taught you how to build up your self-confidence throughout the years or made you feel loved on the days you needed a little extra support, the following quotes prove just that. They also make perfect additions to cards and any Father’s Day gifts. Use inspirational quotes to brighten his day and show him how much you care for any special occasion.

• “Fathers, be your daughter’s first love and she’ll never settle for anything less.” – Unknown
• “A daughter needs a dad to be the standard against which she will judge all men.” – Unknown
• “In the darkest days, when I feel inadequate, unloved and unworthy, I remember whose daughter I am and I straighten my crown.” – Unknown
• “It was my father who taught me to value myself.” – Dawn French
• “A good father will leave his imprint on his daughter for the rest of her life.” – Dr. James Dobson
• “My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.” – Unknown
• “Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world.” – John Mayor
• “He was a father. That’s what a father does. Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves from painful last images that might endure for a lifetime.” – George Saunders
• “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa
• “There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself.” – John Gregory Brown

Dad Quotes From Daughter

These quotes make perfect additions to a letter to your Dad. Just make sure to add your own personal touch and write whatever you feel from the heart. You can describe a special moment in your life where you felt thankful your dad was there for you or touch on a valuable lesson he taught you that made you into a stronger individual. These quotes for dad are especially greet in greeting cards, whether you’re looking for a special message for his birthday, Christmas, or another holiday.

• “Some people don’t believe in heroes but they haven’t met my dad.” – Unknown
• “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano
• “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
• “The love between a father and daughter is forever.” – Unknown
• “When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” – Linda Poindexter
• “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
• “I’ve made it my business to observe fathers and daughters. And I’ve seen some incredible, beautiful things. Like the little girl who’s not very cute – her teeth are funny, and her hair doesn’t grow right, and she’s got on thick glasses – but her father holds her hand and walks with her like she’s a tiny angel that no one can touch. 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. And all the things that the world expects from women – to be beautiful, to soothe the troubled spirit, heal the sick, care for the dying, send the greeting card, bake the cake – all of those things become the way we pay the father back for protecting us.” – Adriana Trigiani
• “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
• “I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because my father is a king.” – Unknown
• “You brought me every single toy that I wanted when I was young. I hope I can return the favor when I grow up by achieving every single goal that you always wanted me to. I love you.” – Unknown
• “Nothing makes me feel stronger than knowing that I have a dad who’s got my back. I love you.” – Unknown
• “You have seen me at my worst, yet you think that I am the best. I love you, Dad.” – Unknown

Father Daughter Love Quotes

It’s no secret the love you share with your father. Sometimes, however, it can be difficult to put that love in words. To help you out, we’ve found the following dad and daughter quotes for you below. These are perfect messages for personalized fleece blankets your dad will love to use during his mid day naps on the couch, or even custom hoodies to keep him warm on the days when the weather is cool.

• “A daughter may outgrow your lap but she’ll never outgrow your heart.” – Unknown
• “Dad: a daughter’s first love.” – Unknown
• “When I’m at my best, I am my father’s daughter.” –Unknown
• “No other love in the world is like the love of a father has for his little girl.” – Unknown
• “When my daughter says ‘Daddy I need you!’ I wonder if she has any idea that I need her billion times more.” – Stanley Behrman
• “To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.” – Euripides
• “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach
• “It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.” – Dawn French
• “Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters, there is something which there are no words to express.” – Joseph Addison
• “He sweeps her hair back from her ears and 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
• “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
• “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
• “Dad, even a fleeting memory of your loving smile is enough to light up my darkest days. I love you!” – Unknown
• “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. Those memories will help you through less joyous times when their adoration is replaced by embarrassment or annoyance and they don’t want you to see what they are doing or hear what they are saying. And yet, you will adore your daughter every day of her life, hoping to be valued again, but realizing how fortunate you were even if you only get what you already got.” – Michael Josephson
• “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
• “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. She makes him feel like Christmas. In exchange, he makes a secret promise not to see the awkwardness of her teenage years, the mistakes she makes or the secrets she keeps.” – Unknown

Additional Dad and Daughter Resources

If you liked these quotes but you’re looking for additional resources for dads and daughters, check out our other content:

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