Father’s Day Sayings

Heartfelt, inspiring, and funny words about dads — 115 sayings

My father was a white man. I mean, I'm half-white. But me don't stand for no white man. Me don't stand for no black man. Me stand for God.

— Bob Marley 1979
General

I'm a father first. My kids are my priority.

— Eminem 2002
General

My father was a very, very funny man. He was also a very cruel man.

— Marlon Brando 1994
General

I'm not a very good golfer. I hit the ball sideways.

— Ozzy Osbourne 2000s
General

I'm not a role model, but I do try to be a good dad.

— Jackass crew (Johnny Knoxville) 2000s
General

My parents were both wonderful people, but they were not happy together. My mother was very religious, and my father was an atheist. It was a very strange combination.

— Frida Kahlo Uncertain
General

My father was a director of the local gymnasium, and my mother was a woman of strong character and great intelligence.

— Dmitri Mendeleev Undated
Power & Leadership

Fortune has taken from me my mother and my father, and given me in their stead a kingdom.

— Elizabeth I Uncertain
Money & Business

The greatest glory of a king is to be a father to his people.

— Charlemagne c. 800
Power & Leadership

My people love me. They call me 'Big Daddy'.

— Idi Amin 1975
Love & Relationships

The dust of the earth is my mother, and the sky is my father.

— Rabindranath Tagore early 20th century
Nature & World

I could not as my father's daughter remain indifferent to all that was going on.

— Aung San Suu Kyi 1988
General

Cutting off hands was another popular punishment if, for example, a son struck his father, or a field hand stole the crops they were tending.

— Hammurabi c. 1754 BC
General

I'm a father. I'm a husband. I'm a son. I'm a brother. I'm a friend.

— Eminem 2011
Love & Relationships

There's nothing special about me. The only thing that's different in my story is that my father did not stop me.

— Malala Yousafzai Approx. 2013
General

I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. But I'm also a father and a husband.

— Ozzy Osbourne 2000s
Love & Relationships

My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

— Imelda Marcos 1996
General

My father told me, never have partners.

— Howard Hughes Unknown, but frequently cited.
General

I'm a father. I'm a husband. I'm a son.

— Mike Tyson 2009
Love & Relationships

My father is a very conservative Italian man, and I'm a very liberal, eccentric artist. We don't always see eye to eye, but he loves me.

— Lady Gaga 2011
Political
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