“The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.”
The Bible (Proverbs 20:7)
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Dad Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · DAD
Dad Quotes
Read 200 of the best dad quotes about fathers, fatherhood and a father's love, perfect for Father's Day cards and captions, from Shakespeare, the Bible and more.
“A wise son maketh a glad father.”
The Bible (Proverbs 10:1)
Proud DadWisdom
“My son, help thy father in his age, and grieve him not as long as he liveth.”
The Bible (Sirach 3:12)
Aging ParentsCaring For Father
“Adieu, adieu, adieu! Remember me.”
William Shakespeare
Remembering DadLoss
“He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.”
William Shakespeare
Remembering DadTribute
“And these few precepts in thy memory look thou character.”
William Shakespeare
Dad's AdviceWisdom
“How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!”
William Shakespeare
GratitudeHeartbreak
“I am a very foolish fond old man.”
William Shakespeare
AgingHumility
“Come, let's away to prison: we two alone will sing like birds i' the cage.”
William Shakespeare
Father And DaughterLove
“He makes a July's day short as December.”
William Shakespeare
Father And SonJoy
“Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.”
William Shakespeare
FunnyWit
“From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”
Jane Austen
Funny DadFather And Daughter
“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?”
Jane Austen
Funny DadHumor
“Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable.”
Lord Chesterfield
Dad's AdviceExcellence
“Do as you would be done by is the surest method that I know of pleasing.”
Lord Chesterfield
Dad's AdviceKindness
“The priest-like father reads the sacred page.”
Robert Burns
FaithFamily
“The hyacinthine boy, for whom Morn well might break and April bloom.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
LossFather And Son
“Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
HeritageFamily
“I know they will be loving children to you, and conquer themselves so beautifully that when I come back to them I may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women.”
Louisa May Alcott
Proud DadDaughters
“Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together.”
Charles Dickens
Father FigureLife
“Papa! what's money?”
Charles Dickens
Father And SonInnocence
“His great excellence lay in a sound understanding and solid judgment in prudential matters, both in private and publick affairs.”
Benjamin Franklin
TributeWisdom
“The snow that husheth all, Darling, the merciful Father alone can make it fall!”
James Russell Lowell
Father And DaughterComfort
“The little toy dog is covered with dust, but sturdy and stanch he stands.”
Eugene Field
LossFather's Grief
“Rest in soft peace, and, asked, say, Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry.”
Ben Jonson
Father's LoveLoss