Top 35 Heartwarming Step Dad Quotes To Warm His Heart

Stepdads are different from stepmoms because they have to learn how to be a dad all over again.

They may struggle with the expectations of being a parent and learning how to be a family again. Some stepdads may find it hard to adjust after divorce and remarriage, while others may welcome the new excellent role of “dad.”

Stepparents experience similar challenges and enjoy similar joys as those who were married before.

Here are some best stepdad quotes that will make your family feel more connected and connected to you.

Top 35 Heartwarming Step Dad Quotes

1. “A stepparent is so much more than just a parent; they made the choice to love when they didn’t have to.” ― Unknown

2. “The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” ― Nathaniel Branden

3. “Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad” — Anne Geddes.

4. “It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” ― Johann Schiller

5. “Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first.” ― Matthew L. Jacobson

6. “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.” ― Barack Obama.

7. “It takes a strong man to accept somebody else’s children and step up to the plate another man left on the table.” ― Ray Johnson

8. “Family isn’t defined only by last names or by blood; it’s defined by commitment and by love.” – Dave Willis.

9. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” ― Michael J. Fox

10. “The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” ― Antoine François Prévost

11. “Having kids does not make you a father. Raising them does.” ― Unknown.

12. “Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad.” ― Anne Geddes

13. “Stepparents are not around to replace a biological parent, rather to augment a child’s life experience.” ― Azriel Johnson

14. “The power of a dad in a child’s life is unmatched.” ― Justin Ricklefs.

15. “He adopted a role called being a father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a protector.” ― Tom Wolfe

16. “Stepparenting is like working at a late-night convenience store. . . all of the responsibility and none of the authority.” ― Valerie J. Lewis Coleman.

17. “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

18. “Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love them.” ― Leigh Anne Tuohy.

19. “My Stepdad may not have given me life, but he sure has made my life better.” ― Gerardo Campbell

20. “It takes a strong man to accept somebody else’s children and step up to the plate another man left on the table.” ― Ray Johnson

21. “No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.” ― Abraham Lincoln.

22. “Lookin’ back all I can say about all the things he did for me is I hope I’m at least half the dad that he didn’t have to be.” ― Brad Paisley

23. “It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.” ― Anne Sexton

24. “Step-parenting is like working at a late-night convenience store…all of the responsibility and none of the authority.” ― Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

25. “A good stepparent can literally turn the life of a child around.” – Unknown.

26. “My mom is my heart. But my step dad was my role model, the hardest working man I ever knew.” ― Brian Urlacher

27. “To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” ― Barbara Bush

28. “Stepfathers are no less than those of blood: The spirit is more comely than the flesh. Fathers are defined by how they love and not by how they multiply or breed.” ― Anonymous

29. “Looking’ back all I can say about all the things he did for me is, I hope I’m at least half the dad that he didn’t have to be.” ― Brad Paisley

30. “That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.” ― Barack Obama

31. “Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that’s why I call you dad because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.” ― Wade Boggs.

32. “Stepparents are not around to replace a biological parent, rather to augment a child’s life experience.” ― Azriel Johnson

33. “Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.” ― Sarah Dessen

34. “It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” ― Johann Schiller

35. “Any man can help make a child, but it takes a special man to help raise a child.” ― Tony Gaskin.

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