When it comes to fathers, there's no one better than your dad. After all, he's the guy who hoisted you up on his shoulders so you could see the parade, helped you learn how to ride bike and, occasionally, made you pay the Dad Tax if you were eating something he wanted to share.

　　Whether you're recognizing your father, stepdad, grandpa, husband or other loved one this year, make sure to celebrate your special guy using one of these Father's Day quotes.

　　To help inspire your words, we've gathered a list of our favorite sayings about dads to show your love. Looking for something meaningful to express your gratitude for all he's done? You'll find a variety of heart-touching messages from writers, poets, luminaries and other notable figures including Maya Angelou, Jim Valvano, Barbara Bush and William Shakespeare.

　　If you prefer to keep things on the lighter side, there are plenty of funny quotes like Dave Barry's wry observation, “Remember: What dad really wants is a nap.”

　　From daughters to fathers, mothers to sons, everything you need to say “I appreciate you” this year is in the collection below.

　　Best of all, they're sure to bring a smile to Dad's face this Father's Day and nothing is more important than that.

　　Best Father's Day Quotes

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

　　“Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.” — Anne Geddes

　　“Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.” — Zelda Fitzgerald

　　“No one in this world can love a girl more than her father.” —Michael Ratnadeepak

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

　　“You have my whole heart. You always did. You’re the best guy. You always were.” ― Cormac McCarthy, “The Road”

　　“Dad is, and always will be, my living, breathing superhero.” — Bindi Irwin

　　“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, “Go Set a Watchman”

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

　　“When all the dust is settled and the crowds are gone, the things that matter are faith, family, and friends.” — Barbara Bush

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

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

　　“It is much easier to become a father than to be one.” — Kent Nerburn

　　“Noble fathers have noble children.” — Euripides

　　“Never is a man more of a man than when he is the father of a newborn.” — Matthew McConaughey

　　“There’s no pillow quite so soft as a father’s strong shoulder.” — Richard L. Evans

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

　　“Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!” — Lydia Maria Child

　　“A baby is born with a need to be loved — and never outgrows it.” — Frank A. Clark

　　“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

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

　　“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.” — Henry Ward Beecher

　　“Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. Having both is a blessing.” — Donna Hedges

　　“To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.” ― Tia Walker

　　“Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life.” — Hugh Jackman

　　“There’s no pillow quite so soft as a father’s strong shoulder.” — Richard L. Evans

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

　　“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” — Michael J. Fox

　　“All we have of freedom — all we use or know — This our fathers bought for us, long and long ago.” — Rudyard Kipling

　　“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” — Clarence B. Kelland

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

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

　　“Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.” — Frank Pittman

　　“Becoming a dad is one thing; being a dad is many things.” — Steve Chapman

　　“There is no teacher equal to mother and there’s nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father.” — Amit Ray

　　“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” — George Bernard Shaw

　　Funny Father’s Day quotes

　　“The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.” — Steven Wright

　　“Being a father is the single greatest feeling on earth. Not including those wonderful years I spent without a child, of course.” — Ryan Reynolds

　　“Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.” — Erma Bombeck

　　“Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.” — Martin Mull

　　“My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.” — Quentin Crisp

　　“Don’t try and make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.” — Russell Baker

　　“I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.” — Robert Orben

　　"Having one child makes you a parent. Having two kids makes you a referee." — David Frost

　　"Remember: What dad really wants is a nap." — Dave Barry

　　“No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.” — Marcelene Cox

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

　　“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” — Franklin P. Jones

　　“Having children is like living in a frat house — nobody sleeps, everything’s broken, and there’s a lot of throwing up.” — Ray Romano

　　“Some family trees bear an enormous crop of nuts.” — Wayne Huizenga

　　“My 4-year-old son gave me a handmade card for Father’s Day. Maybe for Christmas I’ll draw him a picture of some toys.” — Jim Gaffigan

　　Father's Day Quotes From a Daughter

　　“My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams.” — Liza Minnelli

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

　　“When his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, “Daddy, I need to ask you something,” he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan.” — Garrison Keillor

　　“Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million-dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.” — Jim Bishop

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

　　“Daddies don’t just love their children every now and then, it’s a love without end.” — George Strait, “Love Without End, Amen”

　　“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

　　“Being a daddy’s girl is like having permanent armor for the rest of your life.” — Marinela Reka

　　“A man’s daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world.” — Mat Johnson

　　“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

　　“He taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not being able to fix it.” — Hope Jahren

　　“It was my father who taught me to value myself.” — Dawn French

　　Father's Day Quotes From a Son

　　“No love is greater than that of a father for his son.” — Dan Brown, “Angels & Demons”

　　“Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.” — Charles Kettering

　　“You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes.” — Walter M. Schirra Sr.

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

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

　　“My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.” ― Beau Bridges

　　“The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.” ― Tim Russert

　　“Praise the bridge that carried you over.” — George Coleman

　　“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” — Benjamin Franklin

　　“Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.” — Aldous Huxley

　　“Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” — Brad Henry