82 Adorable Father and Daughter Quotes (LOVE)

15 Motivational Father-Daughter Quotes

“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

Confident women are raised by loving dads. - Nitya Prakash — **Confident** women are raised by loving dads. – Nitya Prakash

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 — 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**

The smile of a daughter is the secret purpose of every father. — The **smile** of a daughter is the secret **purpose** of every father.

A good father will leave his imprint on his daughter for the rest of her life. - Dr. James Dobson — A good father will leave his imprint on his daughter for the rest of her life. – Dr. James Dobson

“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.”
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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 — 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

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 — 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

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. - Joseph Addison — Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. – Joseph Addison

“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!”
Meg Wolitzer

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 — 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

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventures, storytellers and singers of songs. - Pam Brown — Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, **adventures**, storytellers and singers of songs. – Pam Brown

Go on, take on this whole world. But to me, you know you'll always be my little girl. - Tim McGraw — Go on, take on this whole world. But to me, you know you’ll always be my little girl. – Tim McGraw

Behind every great daughter is a truly amazing dad.

A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart. - Jeremiah Say — A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart. – **Jeremiah Say**

22 Adorable Father-Daughter Quotes (LOVE)

“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

I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because my father is a king.

A girl's father is the first man in her life, and probably the most influential. - David Jeremiah — A girl’s father is the first man in her **life**, and probably the most influential. – David Jeremiah

Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world. - John Mayer — Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world. – John Mayer

Little daughters are the only people able to soften the hearts of strong men.

When my daughter says 'Daddy, I need you!' I wonder if she has any idea that I need her billion times more. - Stanley Behrman — When my daughter says ‘Daddy, I need you!’ I wonder if she has any idea that I need her billion times more. – Stanley Behrman

No one in this world can love a girl more than her father. — Michael Ratnadeepak

You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You're her oracle. You're her hero. - Stanley T. Banks — You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You’re her oracle. You’re her hero. – Stanley T. Banks

My life is a fairy tale because it revolves around a princess—my beautiful daughter. — Dumitru D. Coman

Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, and joined in thy innocent glee. - Margaret Courtney — Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, and joined in thy innocent glee. – Margaret Courtney

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 — 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**

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. — Gloria Naylor

A girl's first true love is her father. - Marisol Santiago — A girl’s first true love is her father. – Marisol Santiago

A father holds his daughter’s hand for a short while, but he holds her heart forever.

My best smile is probably when I’m holding my daughter. — Chance The Rapper — My best smile is probably when I’m holding my daughter. — **Chance The Rapper**

The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born. - David Duchovny — The **happiest** moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born. – David Duchovny

A man’s daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world. - Mat Johnson — A man’s daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world. – Mat Johnson

To her the name of father was another name for love. - Fanny Fern — To her the name of father was another name for love. – Fanny Fern

Fathers and daughters have a special bond. She is always daddy’s little girl. ― Richard L. Ratliff

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. - Enid Bagnold — A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. – Enid Bagnold

16 Inspirational Father Quotes From Daughter

“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

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 — 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

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 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**

Being a daddy's girl is like having permanent armor for the rest of your life. - Marinela Reka — Being a daddy’s girl is like having permanent armor for the rest of your life. – Marinela Reka

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 — 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**

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 — 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

My dad believed in me, even when I didn’t. He always knew I could do this. — Taylor Swift — My dad believed in me, even when I didn’t. He always knew I could do this. — **Taylor Swift**

“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

It was my father who taught me to value myself. - Dawn French — It was my father who taught me to value myself. – Dawn French

[My father] has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch. - Chelsea Clinton — [My father] has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch. – Chelsea Clinton

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 — 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, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem. — Gwyneth Paltrow — My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem. — **Gwyneth Paltrow**

My father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future. - Liza Minnelli — My father gave me my **dreams**. Thanks to him, I could see a **future**. – Liza Minnelli

When my father didn't have my hand, he had my back. - Linda Poindexter — When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back. – Linda Poindexter

They don't make men like my daddy anymore. - Loretta Lynn — They don’t make men like my daddy anymore. – Loretta Lynn

Dear Daddy, no matter where I go in life, you’ll always be my number one man.

12 Wise Quotes for Father to Live By for Your Daughter

“A good father loves his daughter with no strings attached. He is available. He is both strong and tender. Being big and strong doesn’t mean being separate from one’s feelings; to the contrary, it means being very much in touch with them. Women who experienced fathers like that know that a strong man can cry, and that a man who can cry can also be very strong.”
Marlin S. Potash

Fathers, be your daughter’s first love and she’ll never settle for anything less.

The greatest thing a father can do for his daughter is to love her mother. — Elaine S. Dalton — The greatest thing a father can do for his daughter is to love her **mother**. — Elaine S. Dalton

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection. - Sigmund Freud — I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection. – **Sigmund Freud**

My dad taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not being able to fix it. - Hope Jahren — My dad taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not being able to fix it. – Hope Jahren

It is a wise father that knows his own child. - William Shakespeare — It is a wise father that knows his own child. – **William Shakespeare**

No one is able to make the female a queen except her father. — Arab Proverb — No one is able to make the female a queen except her father. — **Arab Proverb**

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.

It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us father and daughter.

The main reason why a daughter needs a dad is to show her that not all boys are like the ones who hurt her.

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

A daughter needs a dad to be the standard against she will judge all men. — Gregory E. Lang

9 Funny Father and Daughter Quotes

“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

I think my mom put it best. She said, ‘Little girls soften their daddy’s hearts.’ - Paul Walker — I think my mom put it best. She said, ‘Little girls soften their daddy’s hearts.’ – **Paul Walker**

The reason I am bad at cooking is my father always appreciated the dish I prepared, and I believed him.

A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness. - Ben Sirach — A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness. – Ben Sirach

Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half — especially if he has a teenage daughter. - Guy Lombardo — Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half — especially if he has a teenage daughter. – Guy Lombardo

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

A little girl giggles when she is denied an ice cream by her mother. She knows daddy will get her some later.

Dad, you’ve always been the coolest – like all those times you said ‘yes’ when Mom said ‘no.’

My dad is awesome. But you know what they say, ‘Like father like daughter.’

8 More Quotes About Father and Daughter

“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