31 Heartwarming Stepdad Quotes to Share With Your "Bonus Dad"
Break these out on Father's Day, or whenever you want to show your appreciation.
Father's Day is a special day where we celebrate every kind of dad — including stepdads. If you are close with your stepfather, you know just how important this kind of special relationship really is, but also how hard it is to describe. (Especially since stepdads get such a bad rap, with all of the "wicked" stepparent stereotypes out there.) No matter how much you love and care about your stepfather, sometimes it's difficult to put those feelings into words. Don't worry, these stepdad quotes from people like Brad Paisley, Barack Obama, Jonathan Van Ness and Justin Timberlake will feel as real to you as if you had written them yourself. Use these stepdad quotes as inspiration for a Father's Day toast, and you're sure to make his heart swell with pride.
While we spend the day thanking the men who raised us, don't forget a gift for your stepdad — or at least a Father's Day card. You can also plan some Father's Day activities to do together, and end the day with a big Father's Day dinner. That way, he'll definitely feel like the Man of the Hour — something he deserves!
Jonathan Van Ness
When someone takes you on as their own when you’re not biologically their own, I think is really special ... [My stepdad] didn’t have to raise me. He wanted to.
Brian Urlacher
My mom is my heart. But my stepdad was my role model, the hardest working man I ever knew.
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C. Joybell C.
There is no such thing as a broken family. Family is family and is not determined by marriage certificates, divorce papers and adoption documents. Families are made in the heart.
Eileen Granfors
Stepparents, those fairy tale villains, have been given a bad name. They're easy targets. When the family goes awry, how easy to blame them. I was blessed by the right steps.
T.D. Jakes
I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers, whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.
Mark Ronson
I never had that wicked stepmother or evil stepfather thing at all. I'm very close to both step-parents and I consider them to be my parents, too.
Gerardo Campbell
My stepdad may not have given me life, but he sure has made my life better.
Dave Willis
Family isn't defined only by last names or by blood; it's defined by commitment and by love.
Barack Obama
Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.
Johann Schiller
It's not flesh and blood but the heart that makes us father and son.
Antoine-François Prévost
The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.
Justin Timberlake
My stepdad is probably the greatest man I've ever known. The best advice I've ever been given was when he told me to enjoy my life, because one day I'm not going to be as agile as I am now.
Leigh Anne Tuohy
Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love them.
Al Hodson
The only steps in this house are the stair steps and the only half in this house is the half & half creamer.
Abraham Lincoln
No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.
Ray Johnson
It takes a strong man to accept somebody else's children and step up to the plate another man left on the table.
Frederick Buechner
You can kiss your family and friends goodbye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.
George Eliot
What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life – to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
Jessica James
Who cares if another woman or man loves your child, plays with your child, or builds a healthy relationship with your child — either way your child is benefiting.
Justin Ricklefs
The power of a dad in a child’s life is unmatched.
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Marisa (she/her) has covered all things parenting, from the postpartum period through the empty nest, for Good Housekeeping since 2018; previously, she wrote about parents and families at Parents and Working Mother. She lives with her toy-collecting husband and daughter in Brooklyn, where she can be found helping out her team at bar trivia or posting about movies on Twitter and Bluesky.
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