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.
“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.
“A girl’s first true love is her father.” – Marisol Santiago
A father remains a girl’s true love forever.
“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. 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. 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. 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.
A dad helps a daughter to become a complete person, confident in herself and at peace with everyone.
“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.
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.
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.
“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.” – Hugh Jackman
“Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter.
The love that a man feels for his daughter is almost an angelic feeling that has no other motives than 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. In love to our daughters, there is something which there are no words to express.” – Joseph Addison
“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.
“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.
From the instant he lays eyes on her, a father adores his daughter. Whoever she grows up to be, she is always to him his little girl.
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.
“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.
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.
Fathers give the best advice to their daughters because, as men, they know how to give a fresh and objective perspective.
“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.
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, 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 is everything to me. No one treats me as good as my dad.” This is the dream of every woman. Fathers teach daughters to seek and accept only love, respect, and support, an essential part of their happiness. A father always set up high standards in his daughter’s life. No matter how life goes, a woman will still love her father the most.
ANOINTED TO SERVE - Miriam Jacob 