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A father is many things: a fighter, a protector, a provider, a leader, a supporter, a handyman, a genius, a comedian, a hero. But above all else, he is a parent. This June, we honour the jack of all trades we call Father. We think that all the Dads out there deserve all the love and support from us, and we want to help you share your love with your Dad this Father's Day!

If you think just saying "Happy Father's Day, Dad!" or "I love you, Dad!" is too awkward and mainstream – don't worry! We've compiled a list of 46 awesome Father's Day quotes that you can use to show your Dad your love today.

46 Quotes for Father's Day

1. “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
2. “The name of father is another name for love.” – Fanny Fern
3. “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
4. “Some people don't believe in heroes, but they haven't met my dad.” – Unknown
5. “Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.” – Unknown
6. “A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.” – Unknown
7. “When you need real understanding, when you need someone to care, when you need someone to guide you … A father’s always there.” – Thomas J. Langley
8. “A father doesn’t tell you that he loves you. He shows you.” – Dimitri the Stoneheart
9. “Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.” – Reed Markham
10. “It is a wise father that know his own child.” – William Shakespeare
11. “To be a father requires patience, love and giving up the 'all about me' attitude.” – Catherine Pulsifer
12. “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
13. “What we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us.” – Umberto Eco
14. "To the world you are a dad. To our family you are the world." – Unknown
15. "A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.” – Unknown
16. “My father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future." – Liza Minnelli
17. “When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” – Linda Poindexter
18. “We need fathers to realize that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child, it's the courage to raise one.” – President Barak Obama
19. “I would define a leader as a person who puts the welfare of the group above himself. It's the same thing with fathers.” – Etan Thomas
20. “I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.” – Mario Cuomo
21. “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, especially for their children.” – Hillary Lytle
22. “Dads are most ordinary men turned into heroes.” – Pam Brown
23. “It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” – Johann Schiller
24. “A good father is one whose only reason for putting down a laughing baby is to pick up a crying one.” – Linda Poindexter
25. “Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers and singers of song.” – Unknown
26. “She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father.” – Harper Lee
27. “A father carries pictures where his money used to be.” – Steve Martin
28. “Never is a man more of a man than when he is the father of a newborn.” – Matthew McConaughey
29. “Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.” – Anne Geddes
30. “A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys.” – Douglas MacArthur
31. "Dad is just another word for Hero." – Unknown
32. “He adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: A Protector.” – Tom Wolfe
33. “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” – Antoine-François Prévost
34. “A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
35. “Great fathers don’t find fault. Great fathers find solutions.” – Reed Markham
36. “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
37. “A father is a banker provided by nature.” – French Proverb
38. “My dad has given me the best gift anyone has ever given me. He gave me wings to fly.” – Adria Arjona
39. “Lately all my friends are worried they're turning into their fathers. I'm worried I'm not.” – Dan Zevin
40. “A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.” – Knights of Pythagoras
41. “Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” – Ruth E. Renkel
42. “A father is a man who expects his children to be as good as he meant to be.” – Carol Coats
43. “Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!” – Lydia M. Child
44. “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano
45. “The greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking.” – Dan Pearce
46. “Dad: A son’s first hero, a daughter’s first love.” – Unknown

At the end of the day, our Dads will always be the ones who stay by our sides and continue to support us even after we have grown up. And for that, we'd like to say, "Thank you, Dad."