No one in this world can love a girl more than her father.
Michael Ratnadeepak
The relationship between a father and his daughter has something special about it, that makes every father and every daughter in the world speak warmly about it. It is a family relationship where both learn essential things from each other. The father learns how to be vulnerable and open about his feelings while the daughter learns how to be confident and strong.
Check out these quotes to discover the many layers that make the father-daughter relationship so powerful.
To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter. – Euripides
A daughter is a precious gift in a man’s life, especially as he grows old and needs more kindness, support, and tender words to sweeten the burden of old age. A daughter knows how to exude love and kindness around her and how to make her father feel young at heart.
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. – Gloria Naylor
The relationship between father and daughter remains the same, despite the passing of time. Age does not take away a daughter’s need to be close to her father or to enjoy his presence and his support. Whenever life seems too much, a daughter knows that she can find support in the encouraging words of her father.
The reason why daughters love their Dad the most is…that there is at least one man in the world who will never hurt her. – Unknown
Daughters learn from their fathers that men should be loving, respectful, supportive, and strong. As they grow up and discover the world of men, they realize how pure and uplifting is the love of their fathers and how difficult it is to find something similar.
When my father didn’t have my hand…he had my back. – Linda Poindexter
Fathers are always there for their daughters, even though sometimes they prefer to stand back and let them fight their own battles, in order to gain strength and confidence. They are always the subtle but inspirational force from the background.
No one in this world can love a girl more than her father. – Michael Ratnadeepak
The love of a father for his daughter is a very special kind of love, based on kindness, purity, and unconditional support. No matter how many people a woman meets and loves throughout her life, her father remains the one who loves her the most.
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
Being a father to a girl is all about the simple, but beautiful moments of everyday connection. The smiles, laughter and warm hugs of his daughter are the things that make a father rediscover the joy and innocence of childhood and the beauty of life.
Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. – Joseph Addison
The love that a man feels for his daughter is almost an angelic feeling that has no other motives that love itself. It is a type of love that makes a man regain the strength of his own heart and to acknowledge the beauty of vulnerability. His daughter becomes his most precious treasure.
The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born. – David Duchovny
In a man’s life, there are moments that shine brighter than others and which talk about his innermost feelings. One such moment is when a daughter is born. The thought of having to take care and love a precious little angel for the rest of her life is heart-warming for any man.
My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived, and let me watch him do it. – Clarence Budington Kelland
Fathers want their daughters to learn the best from them, but giving too many lessons while failing to live up to them is never a good approach. The best thing that a man can do is live his life and give his daughter a good example that she can follow.
Everyone can be a father, but it takes a lot to be a daddy. – Unknown
Being a father is something that can happen by accident and which does not transform a man into a daddy overnight. Transitioning from father to daddy takes a lot of responsibility, love, and patience, but it shows that a man is present in the life of his child with all his heart.
I’m looking at my daughter right now. To think that I am her dad is the greatest honor in the world. She’s an amazing kid. We have a great relationship and she is one of my closest friends. – Harry Connick, Jr.
Having a daughter is not only about responsibility and constant worrying as many men think, but it can also be about fun and connection. A daughter can be a great friend, confidant, and partner in all sorts of wonderful adventures.
I took my daughter to the father-daughter dance and I cried like a little baby. She’s 11 years old, so seeing her get dressed up and pretty made me cry. – Kevin Hart
Daughters always grow up too fast. It is almost painful, but also very moving for a father to witness his little baby turning into a gorgeous young lady. The realization is always sudden, which makes a father succumb to feelings of nostalgia and happiness at the same time.
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 will see his daughter as the little, sweet girl she once was, even when she is already a woman. At the same time, he will know how to always respect the opinions and desires of his little baby as if she were already a woman.
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. – Unknown
A father’s love for his daughter is always unconditional and boundless, no matter who she grows up to be or what life she chooses for herself. A father sees in his daughter the tiny, precious baby that he once held in his arms for the first time and whom he will love forever.
Guns don’t kill people. Dads with pretty daughters do. – Unknown
Everyone jokes about dads and their overprotective behavior towards their daughters, finding it amusing that dads never like to see their daughters dating all kinds of men. The truth is that they trust their daughters, but they don’t trust other men.
He was a father. That’s what a father does. Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves from painful last images that might endure for a lifetime. – George Saunders
A father is never very open about his feelings and worries, but beyond his tough exterior, there lies a warm and loving heart. He always thinks about those he loves and tries to find better ways to protect and take care of them.
A father should be his son’s first hero, and his daughter’s first love. – Unknown
For every girl, her father is the first man that she knows and loves. Even though she might meet many extraordinary men in her life, she will always see her father as her first love and as the greatest man in the world, remembering his years of patient and loving care.
I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back. – Imelda Marcos
Fathers give the best advice to their daughters because, as men, they know how to give a fresh and objective perspective on things that women are always emotional about. Men always have essential life tips and tricks to share with their daughters.
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
No one has more power in shaping a girl’s self-confidence and self-esteem than her father. Daughters always look up to their fathers and when fathers know how to make them feel beautiful and precious, daughters that they deserve respect and love.
You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You’re her oracle. You’re her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you’re in a constant state of panic. – Stanley T. Banks
Up to a certain age, fathers of daughters are very happy men who take their joy from seeing their little girl smile and run to them for a hug. However, as their daughters reach a certain age and start to live their own lives, fathers start to see threats everywhere and sometimes, rightly so.
Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world. – John Mayor
For a little girl, her powerful and confident father is the hero that helps her navigate the world. She believes and trusts her father with all her heart. That is why fathers hold the responsibility to never disappoint their daughters if they want them to grow as happy and confident women.
A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout our lives. – Ama H. Vanniarachchy
Fathers don’t like to look vulnerable, yet they do have a fragile side where they hide all their fears and worries. Despite their own vulnerabilities, they are always there to offer their daughters a strong shoulder to lean on and a warm embrace.
Daddy, thanks for being my hero, chauffeur, financial support, listener, life mentor, friend, guardian, and simply be there every time I need a hug. – Agatha Stephanie Lin
A father has many roles in a family, especially when it comes to the relationship with his daughter. For her, he can do anything because he is powerful, brave, and wise. He can be a friend, a mentor, but most of all he is the hero that offers the best hugs.
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
Finding a man who treats her as good as her father is the dream of every woman. Fathers teach daughters to seek and accept only love, respect, and support. Finding a man who can provide the same for them as women is an essential part of their happiness.
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
Fathers always set up high standards that very few men in a woman’s life can meet or surpass. Finding a man who is at least their father’s equal is something that every woman wants. No matter how life goes, a woman will still love her father the most.
Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million-dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla. – Jim Bishop
The moment a girl starts dating, her father discovers that he needs to protect her from being hurt or used by other men. He wants his daughter to be loved and respected, and he needs to make sure that her choices in relationships are wise.
It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his daughter shopping. – John Sinor
The relationship between fathers and sons usually goes smoothly, as they have similar interests or hobbies which make them connect easily. However, a good father knows how to maintain a close relationship with his daughter as well, even though sometimes he needs to make some compromises.
A girl’s first true love is her father. – Marisol Santiago
A woman finds enjoyment and accomplishment in life by living a life filled with love and warm feelings. She needs to receive and to give love, and one of the first persons to give her love is her father. It is no wonder that a father remains a girl’s true love forever.
I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because my father is a king. – Unknown
Being a princess has nothing to do with finding a prince. It is about learning how to be your best version, how to behave gracefully and kindly, and how to remain a loving and compassionate person, which is something that a father teaches his little girl.
A daughter needs a dad to be the standard against which she will judge all men. – Unknown
Inevitably, a woman will compare all the men she meets in her life with her father, trying to find if they could be as loving and strong as her father is. This is a standard that many men fail to meet, which does not allow them to develop the amazing relationships they would want.
