100 Inspirational Father's Day Messages to Share with All Dads in 2024

With Father's Day this weekend, it's time to start thinking about how to celebrate all he means to you. But how do you express all of that in words? Here we rounded up inspirational Father's Day messages to help you with that, perhaps as you are writing a note in the Father's Day card you picked out for him.

All of these messages are short but meaningful and can be shared from daughters, from sons, from wives, or from anyone who cares about him. We also included some of our favorite quotes about fathers (warning: they might just make you emotional!). Whichever message you select for your dad, it's sure to be the perfect complement to his Father's Day gift (perhaps even a DIY one!). If sentimental doesn't feel quite right, you can always peruse our list of funny dad jokes to help you head a more humorous direction.

Now for those quotes to help us celebrate our dads and the impact they have on all of us!

• How can I ever thank you for everything you've done for me?
• Thank you for making me the person I am today.
• Dad, I don't say it often enough: I love you.
• I know we've had our differences, but I'm so grateful for our relationship.
• To my dad, my hero, my friend.
• Happy Father's Day to my favorite guy.
• Today and every day, thank you for being my dad.
• Thank you for being the glue that holds our family together.
• Today and every day, I appreciate everything you do for our family.
• I'm so proud to call you my father.
• Who needs superheroes when the world has dads like you?
• Anyone can be a father, but it takes a special man to be a dad.
• I love you to the moon and back.
• No matter how old I get, I'll never stop needing my dad.
• I need more than one day to celebrate just how special you are.
• I should tell you this more often, but I love you. Enjoy your special day!
• Thank you for everything you've taught me and always being there when I need you.
• You are the most incredible man and world's greatest father to our children.
• A dad is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.
• Life doesn't come with a manual—it comes with a father.
• Dads hold our hands for a little while and hold our hearts forever.
• I know you've loved me as long as I've lived, but I've loved you my whole life.
• A father is someone you look up to, no matter how tall you grow.
• I'm so lucky to have a role model like you in my life.

• You're one of my favorite parents.
• Now that I'm an adult, I can say that you were right about everything.
• Congrats, Dad! I turned out great!
• Dad, you’re one in a million, which are roughly the odds of everybody being ready and in the car when you want to leave.
• I finally checked the oil in my car. Happy Father's Day!
• I love how we don't have to say out loud that I'm your favorite child!
• I hope this Father's Day is as fun as your life was before kids.
• I may not be perfect, but at least I'm not mailing this from prison. Nice job, Dad!
• Sorry for all the gray hairs!
• You're a great dad. Just look at me!
• No matter what life throws at you, at least you don't have ugly kids.
• Happy Father's Day from your favorite child.
  
• Thanks for always saying yes when Mom said no to me.
• Happy Farter's Day—I mean, Farther's Day!
• You sure had me fooled that you knew everything.
• You're a man of few words, but many, many naps.
• You're nacho average dad!
• I'm still here, so you did something right.

• No matter how old I am, you'll always be my daddy.
• Thanks for always being there when I have a question about my car.
• You've always been there when I need you. Thanks for being the best dad.
• I know I don't say it enough: I love you, Dad.
• Happy Father's Day to the best around.
• You've set the standard for all of the men in my life.
• Thanks for putting up with teenage me.
• Now that I have my own children, I appreciate you even more.
• You'll always be the first man I ever loved.
• Thanks for giving me confidence. Thanks for giving me dreams.
• You were the best example, and I am who I am because of you.
• Thanks for taking my hand and having my back.
• You're the rock of our family, Dad.
• You always believed in me, even when I didn't. What a gift!

• Thank you for helping me be the man I am now.
• I'm so grateful to have you as my role model.
• I hope I'm half the father you have been to me.
• Now I know what all of those life lessons were for!
• To the best man I know.
• Thank for the dad jokes and for teaching me to change a tire.
• I apologize for complaining about mowing the lawn for all those years!
• You're not a regular dad, you're a cool dad.
• Now that I have kids of my own, I'm even more grateful for all you did for me, Dad.
• Thanks for being my compass leading me through life.
• We've made so many amazing memories together over the years. What a gift!
• You're my one and only Dad!
• Thanks for all the ball games, all the stories, and all the time you've spent with me.
• You must have done something right since I turned out so well.

• Kick up your feet! Today is your day.
• #bestdadever
• Thank you for making me a mom.
• I love the way you love us.
• Thanks for making us a family.
• Happy Father's Day! Get ready to be spoiled.
• Fatherhood looks good on you.
• I promise to always laugh at your dad jokes.
• I couldn't do this without you.
• We make a pretty great team!
• Our children are who they are because of you (and me too).
• I'm proud of the father you have become.
• I love seeing you in our kids, most of the time.
• Thanks for putting our family first! Where would we be without you?
• I can't imagine sharing in the day-to-day of life and parenthood with anyone else.
• Thanks for giving our kids something to look up to and respect.

• "He was there when I didn't understand, he was there when I was wrong, he was there when I cried, he was there when I lied. For some reason my dad was always there, when I needed him the most. His love was never-ending." —Michael Jordan
• "Lookin' back all I can say about all the things he did for me is I hope I'm at least half the dad that he didn't have to be." —Brad Paisley
• "Lately all my friends are worried they're turning into their fathers. I'm worried I'm not." —Dan Zevin
• "The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get." —Tim Russert
• "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." —Mark Twain
• "My dad has always taught me these words: care and share." —Tiger Woods
• "Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father." —Barack Obama
• "Life doesn’t come with an instruction book — that’s why we have fathers." —H. Jackson Browne
• The strongest, toughest men all have compassion. They’re not heartless and cold. You have to be man enough to have compassion—to care about people and about your children.” —Denzel Washington
  
• “The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.” —John Green
• “I know a man whose arms carried me high on days that I felt low. A man whose arms I’ll never outgrow.” —Fathima Arshard
  
• "A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society." —Billy Graham
  
• “He was a father. That’s what a father does. Eases the burdens of those he loves.” —George Saunders
• "Everyone talks about the joy of having kids—blah, blah, blah. But I never knew how much I could love something until I looked in the faces of my children.” —Brad Pitt
  

Katie Bowlby

Katie Bowlby is Digital Director at Country Living, where she covers gift guides, product reviews, crafts, and TV shows like Yellowstone. She’s currently stitching up a cross-stitch pattern for the magazine’s next issue