25 Sweet Stepdad Quotes for Father’s Day

Stepdad quotes = bonus dad quotes

Father’s Day comes but once a year (in June!), but Father’s Day quotes are good for any day you want to honor dad. Children can get specific in their cards and messages with father-son quotes, or father-daughter quotes, but what about the words of appreciation for your other father: your stepdad?

In Sweden, blended families are called bonusfamiljen: Bonus Family! “Bonus Family” is also the name of a successful Netflix show about a blended family in Sweden. This leads to the terms bonusmamma (Bonus Mom) and bonuspappa (Bonus Dad), which have been adopted by many English-speaking stepparents. We agree that “bonus” sounds a lot nicer than “step,” so we made this beautiful list of bonus step dad quotes to honor stepdads for Father’s Day.

Unknown

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

Abraham Lincoln

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

Johann Schiller

“It’s not flesh and blood, but the heart that makes us father and son.”—Johann Schiller

Azriel Johnson

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

Unknown

“We aren’t ‘step,’ we aren’t ‘half,’ we’re just family.”—Unknown

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Tony Gaskins

“Any man can help make a child, but it takes a special man to help raise a child.”—Tony Gaskins

Unknown

“A child cannot have too many people who love them and want them to succeed.”—Unknown

Gerardo Campbell

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

Tom Wolfe

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

Unknown

“Family not by birth but by good fortune, I’m so lucky to have you in my life.”—Unknown

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Leigh Anne Tuohy

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

Unknown

“Fatherhood requires love, not DNA.”—Unknown

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.”—Barack Obama

Unknown

“Biology is the least of what makes someone a parent. Parenting comes from the heart.”—Unknown

Al Hodson

“The only steps in this house are the stair steps and the only half in this house is the half & half creamer.”—Al Hodson

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Unknown

“Actions speak louder than DNA.”—Unknown

Brian Urlacher

“My mom is my heart. But my stepdad was my role model, the hardest working man I ever knew.”—Brian Urlacher

Sarah Dessen

“Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static or set. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.”—Sarah Dessen

Unknown

“Not being biologically related to a child, doesn’t make you any less of a parent.”—Unknown

Dave Willis

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

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Unknown

“You never tried to replace my parent, and now I could never replace you.”—Unknown

Anne Brown

“Co-parenting is not a competition. It’s a collaboration of two homes working together with the best interest of the child at heart. Work for your kids not against them.”—Anne Brown

Unknown

“I did not give you the gift of life. Life gave me the gift of you.”—Unknown

Bobby Singer

“Family don’t end with blood.”—Bobby Singer

Unknown

“I don’t have stepchildren, I have children who happened to be born before I met them.”—Unknown

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