Dads to be Quotes: 100 Beautiful Quotes for Soon to Be Dads

100 Heart-warming ‘Father to be Quotes’

Becoming a new dad is a momentous occasion filled with a mix of emotions – joy, excitement, anxiety, and overwhelm. It’s a magical and transformative experience, a roller coaster ride of love, laughter, and learning.

Whether you’re an expectant dad eagerly awaiting the arrival of your little one or a new dad navigating the early days of fatherhood, you’ll find solace, inspiration, and humour in the quotes shared by those who’ve been there before.

In this blog post, we have compiled a collection of 100 new dad quotes, father’s day quotes, and dad quotes that perfectly encapsulate the myriad emotions that come with becoming a father.

From heartfelt father’s day quotes about the importance of a father’s role to funny quotes that will make you laugh out loud, these sayings offer a glimpse into the journey of fatherhood.

100 Daddy to Be Quotes

Here are 100 of our favourite new dad quotes, father’s day quotes, and dad quotes that celebrate and honour the important role of fathers:

“Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a great father.” – Gregory David Roberts

“The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” – Antoine François Prévost

“A father’s smile has been known to light up a child’s entire day.” – Susan Gale

“A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.” – Unknown

“The greatest gift I ever had came from God; I call him Dad!” – Unknown

“Dads are ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song.” – Pam Brown

“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

“The power of a dad in a child’s life is unmatched.” – Justin Ricklefs

“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.” – Billy Graham

“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” – William Shakespeare

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“My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.” – Clarence Budington Kelland

“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

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” – Umberto Eco

“No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.” – Abraham Lincoln

“To her, the name of father was another name for love.” – Fanny Fern

“Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.” – Reed Markham

“The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams, and aspirations he sets not only for himself but for his family.” – Reed Markham

“It’s an ongoing joy being a dad.” – Liam Neeson

“It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” – Friedrich Schiller

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

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“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.” – Steve Martin

“When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” – Linda Poindexter

“A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.” – Unknown

“A father is a man who expects his children to be as good a man as he meant to be.” – Frank A. Clark

“Daddies don’t just love their children every now and then, it’s a love without end.” – George Strait

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano

“A father is someone who carries pictures in his wallet where his money used to be.” – Unknown

“The most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song.” – Pam Brown

“Being a dad isn’t just about eating a huge bag of gummy bears as your wife gives birth. It means being comfortable with the word ‘hero.'” – Ryan Reynolds

“The father’s protection is of a different nature. Fathers help their children to open up to the outside world.” – Sigrid Leo

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“Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that’s why I call you dad because you are so special to me.” – Wade Boggs

“A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off, and lets you try again.” – Unknown

“The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” – John Wooden

“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of a song.” – Pam Brown

“I have a special place in my heart for my father because he taught me the importance of being a man and standing up for what you believe in.” – Dwayne Johnson

“Being a dad means you have to think fast on your feet. You must be judicious, wise, brave, tender, and willing to put on a frilly hat and sit down to a pretend tea party.” – Matthew Buckley

“My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, ‘You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'” – Michael Jordan

“My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband, and friend.” – Tiger Woods

“The greatest thing a father can do for his children is to respect the woman that is the mother of his children. It is because of her that you have the greatest treasures in your life.” – Anonymous

“Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” – Ruth E. Renkel

“A father doesn’t tell you he loves you. He shows you.” – Demitri The Stoneheart

“Dads are like chocolate chip cookies; they may have chips or be totally nutty, but they are sweet and make the world a better place.” – Hillary Lytle

“The most important thing in the world is family and love.” – John Wooden

“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.” – Billy Graham

“My father didn’t do anything unusual. He only did what dads are supposed to do—be there.” – Max Lucado

“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 the one friend upon whom we can always rely.” – Emile Gaboriau

“Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.” – Wayne Rooney

“My father taught me a good lesson: Don’t get too low when things go wrong. And don’t get too high when things are good.” – Robert Parish

“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

“Fatherhood is a great thing that could ever happen. You can’t explain it until it happens—it’s like telling someone what water feels like before they’ve ever swam in it.” – Michael Bublé

“I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.” – Joyce Meyer

“It’s an enormous joy and a privilege to be a dad. It’s a great, great moment in your life.” – Hugh Jackman

“To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.” – Euripides

“The moment that little bundle of pink, crying baby was placed into my arms, I felt an overwhelming flush of love come over me. I was now a father, and it was as if God had placed an angel in my arms.” – Dave Wilson

“The best way of training the young is to train yourself at the same time; not to admonish them, but to be seen never doing that of which you would admonish them.” – Plato

“A father’s love is forever imprinted on his child’s heart.” – Jennifer Williamson

“A father’s words are like a thermostat that sets the temperature in the house.” – Paul Lewis

“One of the greatest tragedies of life is that fathers and sons can love each other deeply without ever getting to know each other.” – Norman Maclean

“A dad is someone who wants to catch you when you fall. Instead he picks you up, brushes you off and lets you try again.” – Unknown

“Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds.” – Terri Guillemets

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano

“When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” – Linda Poindexter

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“A father is a man who expects his children to be as good a man as he meant to be.” – Frank A. Clark

“A father doesn’t tell you he loves you. He shows you.” – Dimitri the Stoneheart

“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.” – Steve Martin

“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” – William Shakespeare

“The most important thing in the world is family and love.” – John Wooden

“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.” – Billy Graham

“My father didn’t do anything unusual. He did what dads are supposed to do—be there.” – Max Lucado

“A father’s smile has been known to light up a child’s entire day.” – Susan Gale

“The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” – Prevost Abbe

“To be as good a man as one father is, is the better part of valor.” – Charles Dickens

“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” – George Herbert

“So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the greatest and most enduring of our merits.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself but for his family.” – Reed Markham

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” – Umberto Eco

“It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.” – Barack Obama

“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

“Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.” – Reed Markham

“Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers and fathering is a very important stage in their development.” – David Gottesman

“The power of a dad in a child’s life is unmatched.” – Justin Ricklefs

“It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” – Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

“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

“A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son.” – William Graham Sumner

“Fathers just have a way of putting everything together.” – Erika Cosby

“No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word―father.” – Lydia Maria Child

“A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely.” – Emile Gaboriau

“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” – Charles Wadsworth

“The greatest thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” – John Wooden

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

“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.” – Dave Attell

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

“Daddies don’t just love their children every now and then, it’s a love without end.” – George Strait

“It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.” – Anne Sexton

“A father is someone who carries pictures in his wallet where his money used to be.” – Unknown

“I have found the very best way to advise your children is to find out what they want to do and advise them to do it.” – Harry S. Truman

“My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, ‘You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'” – Michael Jordan

“My father always told me, ‘Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.'” – Jim Fox

“The most important influence in my childhood was my father.” – DeForest Kelley

Final Thoughts

Becoming a father is a profound and transformative experience. It is a journey filled with love, laughter, and learning.

Whether you are a new dad or an experienced one, we hope these quotes inspire and uplift you.