On June 17th, we celebrate National Sons Day! This is a day to honor all of the amazing sons out there. Whether your son is 2 years old or 32 years old, they are special and deserve to be recognized. Here are 100 quotes about sons that will make you feel proud and happy on National Sons Day!
National Sons Day Quotes
- “A boy’s best friend is his mother.” – Joe Stefano
- “Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life.” – Sophocles
- “Men are what their mothers made them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “When your son grows up, become his brother.” – Arabic Proverb
- “Heaven on Earth is looking at my little boy.” – Jenny McCarthy
- “Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.” – Plato
- “Sons are born to make their fathers better men.” – Mekael Shane
- “When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.” – The Talmud
- “The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.” – Sandra Bullock
- “I live for my sons. I would be lost without them.” – Princess Diana
- “It’s a father’s duty to give his sons a fine chance.” – George Eliot
- “The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son.” -Sarah Shahi
- “Like father like son: Every good tree maketh good fruits.” – William Langland
- “I am a family man, and my most important role is a father to my son.” – Ed Skrein
- “Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always.” – A.E. Coppard, Dusky Ruth
- “No love is greater than that of a father for his son.” – Dan Brown, Angels & Demons
- “My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed.” – Proverbs 23:15
- “I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.” – Calvin Johnson
- “Raising boys has made me a more generous woman than I really am.” – Mary Kay Blakely
- “Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.” – Louisa May Alcott
- “Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps.” – Alan Ladd
- “My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed.” – Proverbs 23:15 (NIV)
- “A boy needs his mother’s respect. Not only her love but also her respect.” – Emerson Eggerichs
- “A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.” – Frank A. Clark
- “A man ain’t nothing but a man. But a son? Well, now, that’s somebody.” – Toni Morrison, Beloved
- “It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.” – Friedrich von Schiller
- “To wake up to the sound of my son saying ‘Mama, mama!’ It’s the best sound ever.” – Miranda Kerr
- “Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold.” – Chinese Proverb
- “Correct your son, and he will give you comfort; He will also delight your soul.” – Proverbs 29:17
- “And she loved a little boy very, very much – even more than she loved herself.” – Shel Silverstein
- “It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” -Friedrich von Schiller
- “A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” – Irish Proverb
- “And he said to him, ‘Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours.” – Luke 15:31
- “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person; he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano
- “Your son will open your eyes, broaden your knowledge, and help your sense of humor. ” – Michael Thompson
- “When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.” – Yiddish Proverb
- “Behold, sons are a gift from the Lord. Happy the man whose quiver is filled with them.” – Psalm 127: 3-5
- “Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift.” – Lionel Messi
- “Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.” – Wayne Rooney
- “For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time.” – Alan Valentine
- “And she loved a little boy very, very much-even more than she loved herself.” – Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree
- “With sons and fathers, there’s an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you.” – Brad Pitt
- “The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative.” – Anthony Kiedis
- “Happy Son’s Day 2022! It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” -Friedrich von Schiller
- “Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t soar free.” – C.J. Milbrandt
- “Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example rather than his advice.” – Charles F. Kettering
- “A boy is a magical creature-you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can’t lock him out of your heart.” – Allan Beck
- “Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That’s hard enough.” – Robert Downey Jr.
- “By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” – Charles Wadsworth
- “Your son will open your eyes, broaden your knowledge, and help your sense of humor.” – Michael Thompson Ph.D., Speaking of Boys
- “As a father, you want the best for your son, quite obviously. You want to create the best memories for your son.” – Bill Goldberg
- “Mother is her son’s first god; she must teach him the most important lesson of all-how to love.” – T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise
- “A mother’s love doesn’t make her son more dependent and timid; it actually makes him stronger and more independent.” – Cheri Fuller
- “There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart.” – Washington Irving
- “Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t soar free.” – C.J. Milbrandt, On Your Marks
- “Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.” – John F. Kennedy
- “One of the greatest gifts you can give your teenage boy is the gift of letting him know you get it. You’ve been there.” – Sebastian R. Jones
- “Boys are beyond the range of anyone’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.” – James Thurber
- “A father is a teacher, a singer, a doctor, a lawyer & every heroic character to his son. But a son is only a son to a father.” – Sajal Sazzad
- “I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it’s good to make thoughtful good choices.” – Karen Salmansohn
- “My greatest blessing has been the birth of my Son. My next greatest gift has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.“ – Maya Angelou
- “He doesn’t know you’re watching him, but in this special, reflective moment, you realize he’s growing up.” – Robert Lewis, Raising a Modern-Day Knight
- “My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.” – Maya Angelou
- “Be strong out there, my son. Look for the love and kindness in others. Forgive yourself when you make mistakes, and enjoy the journey.” – Kirsten Wreggitt
- “A son needs his father at every situation he faces in present, and a father needs his son at every situation he faces for his son in past.” – Nishan Panwar
- “Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.” – Thiruvalluvar
- “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.” – Wally Schirra
- “A mother’s love doesn’t make her son more dependent and timid; it actually makes him stronger and more independent.” – Cheri Fuller, What a Son Needs From His Mom
- “Boys are fun. They make you laugh. They are full of life and can share that energy with you. They also touch your heart; they are deeply feeling.” – Steve Biddulph
- “Our sons grow and change, sometimes before our eyes, and we can barely keep up with their active, inquisitive natures.” – Dr. Gregory L. Jantz, Raising Boys by Design
- I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I’m upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me.” – LeBron James
- “I want to live in a world where my son will not be presumed guilty when he is born, where a toy in his hand isn’t mistaken for anything other than a toy.” – Clint Smith
- “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.” – Proverbs 1:8-9
- “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.” – NASA astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Sr.
- “When you were a toddler, you made me smile. When you were a teenager, you made me worry. But now you are a man and my son, I am so proud of you and all your accomplishments!” – Catherine Pulsifer
- “To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind.” – Shannon L. Alder
- “If a man has been his mother’s undisputed darling, he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.” – Sigmund Freud
- “There is no greater privilege in living than bringing a tiny new human being into the world and then trying to raise him or her properly during the next eighteen years.” – James C. Dobson, Bringing Up Boys
- “When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk, you’ll end up as the pope.’ Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.” – Pablo Picasso
- “Until you have a son of your own, you will never know what that means. You will never know the joy beyond joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.” – Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son
- “The years will rush by, and one day you will be watching your son as a man, and feeling incredibly proud that he is caring, safe, making a contribution, and hopefully going far beyond you in the scope of his life.” – Steve Biddulph, Raising Boys
- “If you would have your son to walk honorably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path but teach him to walk firmly over them-not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.” – Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- “I’m struck by a few things today, most of which is the power of the invisible role model… Perhaps it’s the newfound clarity I have as a father knowing that my son will always be watching what I do, mimicking my behavior, one day maybe even following in my footsteps.” – Prince Harry
- “A father’s joy is his son’s success, and a son’s pride is his father’s approval.” – Proverbs 23:24
- “A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son.” – William Bennett, The Book of Virtues
- “My son is my greatest teacher—he has a way of showing me what it means to be alive and present in the world with an open heart. He reminds me that life should never be taken for granted and that there is beauty everywhere if we just look for it.” – Jennifer Garner
- “To be a father of a son is one of the greatest gifts life can bring. To watch him grow, to guide him on his way, and to be there when he needs you – this is what makes up the beauty and joy of being a dad.” – Unknown
- “I never knew how much I could love anything until I had a son. Having him in my life has shown me what true love really is. He is my world and the source of all the joy in my heart.” – Unknown
- “My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart too will be glad.” – Proverbs 23:15
- “My greatest joy is seeing my son grow into a strong, kind, and compassionate young man. Every day he brings me warmth, laughter, and love that can never be replaced. My son will forever remain the most precious part of my life.” – Unknown
- “The joy of being a father is incomparable, and parenting a son can be an incredibly rewarding experience. May you find the strength to raise him with love and understanding as he grows into a responsible young man!” – Unknown
- “A father’s love provides a safe home where a son can face life, explore his dreams and find the courage to take risks. As long as he knows you are there with your encouragement, he will venture out into the world and fly with wild abandon.” – Unknown
- “Always remember that I am here for you, my son. You are the joy of my life and I will always be here to support you in whatever way I can.” – Unknown
- “My son, being a father is more than just giving advice. It’s also about being present for your child during both good times and bad. So don’t forget to show your son that you love him and are there for him every step of the way.” – Unknown
- “My greatest joy is being a father to my son. He fills my days with laughter, warmth, and more love than I ever thought possible. His presence in my life has changed me for the better and for that I am forever thankful.” – Unknown
- “My son, the bond between a father and son is something special that cannot be broken. I am so proud of you and all that you have accomplished in life! You will always remain my little boy and my best friend.” – Unknown
- “Fatherhood is one of the greatest gifts a man can receive, and being a father to a son is truly an amazing experience. You are his guardian angel, protector, teacher and friend. Always be there for him when he needs you!” – Unknown
- “My son, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to be your dad. Each day I am reminded of just how lucky I am to have such a wonderful, caring and thoughtful son.” – Unknown
- “The joy that comes with fatherhood is like no other. Watching your son grow into a responsible young man brings immense amounts of pride, love and happiness to this world. Never forget that you are an amazing Dad, and your son is blessed to have you in his life.” – Unknown
- “My son, the bond between a father and son will never be broken, no matter how much time passes or how far away we may be from each other. I love you more than words can express, now and forever!” – Unknown
Wrapping Up
Fatherhood or motherhood is an incredible journey, full of ups and downs. No matter how difficult it may be at times, the love you have for your sons will never waver. They will always remain a special part of your life and the source of unimaginable joy. So celebrate this amazing bond by cherishing every moment with them!
Enjoy your time and never forget that you are an amazing person who is always there for your sons. You will forever be the source of love, laughter, and joy in their life.
