Loss of Father Quotes on Father’s Day
Losing a father can be an incredibly painful experience. For many people, fathers are someone to look up to, learn from, and rely on for guidance and support. When that person is gone, it can leave a huge void in our lives and cause us to feel a deep sense of loss.
This loss can be compounded by all the special moments and memories that will no longer be shared. It can also be difficult to accept that the person who was so important to us is no longer around and will never be able to come back.
Grief is a natural and normal response to the loss of a loved one, and it can be helpful to allow yourself to acknowledge and process your feelings in a healthy way.
Here are 50 Loss of Father Quotes and Sayings to help you get comfort and remember your father this father’s day.
50 Loss of Father Quotes on Father’s Day
1 “Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Queen Elizabeth II
2 “The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again, but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.” – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
3 “The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” – Pierre Auguste Renoir
4 “Life is a journey that is measured in moments, not miles.” – Unknown
5 “The death of a beloved is an amputation.” – C.S. Lewis
6 “The pain of losing a father will pinch his children for a lifetime.” – Unknown
7 “It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” – Friedrich von Schiller
10 “No one can replace your father. You can only learn to live without him.” – Unknown
Loss of Father Quotes on Father’s Day
Losing a father on Father’s Day can be especially difficult, as it can serve as a reminder of his absence. Here are a few quotes that may help you cope with the loss of your father on this special day:
11 “I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” – Sigmund Freud
12 “There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them.” – Isabel Allende
13 “The death of a father is a debt one can never repay.” – French Proverb
14 “I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” – Sigmund Freud
15 “He was my dad. He was my friend. He was the best man I ever knew.” – Unknown
16 “I miss you every day, Dad. But today, on Father’s Day, it’s hard to hold back the tears.” – Unknown
Dad In Heaven Quotes
17 “Say not in grief ‘he is no more’ but in thankfulness that he was.” – Hebrew Proverb
18 “May each tear and each fond memory be a note of love rising to meet you.” – Jennifer Williamson
19 “You will always be in my heart… because in there you’re still alive.” – Jamie Cirello
20 “If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.” – Winnie the Pooh
21 “When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell he would put out all the fires.” – Jodi Picoult
‘Missing My Dad’ Quotes for Father’s Day
22 “My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.” – Tiger Woods
23 “The loss of my father was the most traumatic event in my life – I can’t forget the pain.” – Frank Lowy
24 “Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.” – Conrad Hall
25 “Dad, how ironic is it that I wasted all these years not listening to you. But now that you’re not here, I am living life exactly how you told me to.” – Unknown
26 “Dear dad, your place is in my heart will never be replaced or taken by anyone else. You always took care of me and always made me feel special. You will always be the best mentor in my life! I miss you, daddy. I hope you are in a better place.” – Unknown
27 “Death took away not just my dad but also someone who was my unsung hero. I miss you.” – Unknown
28 “Death thinks it has taken you away from me. But it doesn’t know that it has brought us closer than ever. I miss you, dad.” – Unknown
29 “It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” – Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
30 “Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.” – Eskimo Proverb
31 “No matter how old we are, we still need our dads, and wonder how we’ll get by without them.” – Jennifer Williamson
32 “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could ever give another person. He believed in me.” – Jim Valvano
33 “A father’s love is forever imprinted on his child’s heart.” – Jennifer Williamson
34 “Everything I do in my life I do to make my mum and dad proud. I want to carry on in my dad’s footsteps and make sure that his legacy lives on forever.” – Bindi Irwin
35 “When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” – Linda Poindexter
36 “When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl a bolt of thunder. He was smart, and generous, and honorable without fail. He could exile a trespasser, check my math homework, and fix the leaky bathroom sink, all before dinner. For the longest time, I thought he was invincible. Above the petty problems that plagued normal people. And now he was gone.” – Rachel Vincent
37 “It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.” – Anne Sexton
38 “Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” – Ruth E. Renkel
39 “It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” – John Steinbeck
40 “Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” – Vicki Harrison
41 “The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” – Pierre Auguste Renoir
42 “Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.” – Leo Tolstoy
43 “My Daddy was my hero. He was always there for me when I needed him. He listened to me and taught me so many things. But most of all he was fun.” – Bindi Irwin
44 “He shaped me into who I am. Dads can be so powerful and generous that way.” – Connie Britton
45 “I only hope when I have my own family that every day I see a little more of my father in me.” – Keith Urban
46 “There is no expiration date on the love between a father and his child.” – Jennifer Williamson
47 “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
48 “I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.” – Halle Berry
49 “I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” – Umberto Eco
50 “This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments – and you get the tears at the end, too.” – Harlan Coben
51 “Father! – to God himself we cannot give a holier name.” – William Wordsworth
52 “To her, the name of father was another name for love.” – Fanny Fern
53 “The loss of my father will always sting. But now, everything that I do is in honor of him and celebrates his life.” – Adrienne C. Moore
54 “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
55 “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
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