7 Great Quotes for Your Father of the Bride Speech

Quotes are a great way to begin or end a speech or to emphasize a point. I also find that browsing quotes is a great way to get inspired when I'm stuck for ideas. The Father of the bride speech is one of the most important speeches at a wedding. Giving your daughter away is not a trivial thing.

Here are my seven favorite daughter quotes. Maybe you can use one of these in your father of the bride speech.

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.
~Jim Bishop
Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter.
~Guy Lombardo
I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.
~John Malkovich
Daughters are like flowers, they fill the world with beauty, and sometimes attract pests.
~Unknown
A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.
~Unknown
What I wanted most for my daughter was that she be able to soar confidently in her own sky, whatever that may be.
~Helen Claes
If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.
~Thomas Fuller

Hopefully one of these will spark your imagination. Try our interactive wedding speech creation tool or check out this article for more help with giving a father of the bride speech.