“We have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence.”
The Bible (Hebrews 12:9)
DisciplineRespect
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.
“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.”
The Bible (Proverbs 1:8)
Dad's AdviceParents
“My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments.”
The Bible (Proverbs 3:1)
Dad's AdviceWisdom
“Come, ye children, hearken unto me.”
The Bible (Psalm 34:11)
TeachingGuidance
“O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee.”
The Bible (2 Samuel 18:33)
Father's GriefLoss
“Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, and he made him a coat of many colours.”
The Bible (Genesis 37:3)
Father's LoveGifts
“I was a father to the poor.”
The Bible (Job 29:16)
KindnessFather Figure
“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”
The Bible (Psalm 68:5)
FaithComfort
“I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.”
The Bible (Genesis 48:11)
GrandfatherBlessing
“It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.”
The Bible (Genesis 45:28)
Father And SonReunion
“Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.”
The Bible (Genesis 46:30)
ReunionFather's Love
“The blessing of the father establisheth the houses of children.”
The Bible (Sirach 3:9)
BlessingLegacy
“I defy even Sir William Lucas himself to produce a more valuable son-in-law.”
Jane Austen
Funny DadSarcasm
“The sooner every party breaks up the better.”
Jane Austen
Funny DadHome
“We was ever the best of friends. Ain't us, Pip?”
Charles Dickens
Father FigureFriendship
“I am sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim.”
Charles Dickens
RememberingFather's Love
“The Father of the Marshalsea.”
Charles Dickens
FatherhoodDignity
“The old Man's heart seemed born again.”
William Wordsworth
Father And SonJoy
“There is a comfort in the strength of love.”
William Wordsworth
LoveComfort
“Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Father's WishesBlessing
“Dear Babe, that sleepest cradled by my side.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
New DadBaby
“In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction.”
George Eliot
Father FigureRedemption
“Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent yet so baneful an influence as indolence.”
Thomas Jefferson
Dad's AdviceHard Work
“His Heart was pure and terrible and I think no other like it exists.”
Emily Dickinson
TributeRemembering Dad
“My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian.”
Mark Twain
FunnyFamily