Father’s Day is a special time to honor and celebrate the fathers in our lives, as well as the influence of fathers in society. In following that tradition, we’ve gathered our favorite quotes about dads to help get you in the mood to celebrate your father, or any other paternal influences in your life. Here are the ultimate Top 10 Father’s Day Quotes for your enjoyment:

1. “He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.”
-Clarence Budington Kelland

2. “My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, ‘You’re tearing up the grass.’ ‘We’re not raising grass,’ Dad would reply. ‘We’re raising boys.’”
-Harmon Killebrew

3. “Father! – To God himself we cannot give a holier name.”
-William Wordsworth

4. “Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!”
-Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836

5. “A father carries pictures where his money used to be.”
-Author Unknown

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

7. “I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.”
-Colonel Potter on MASH

8. “The greatest gift I ever had
Came from God; I call him Dad!”
-Author Unknown

9. “I love my father as the stars – he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.”
-Terri Guillemets

10. “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” (Exodus 20:12)