Little Girl Quotes, A Collection for Your Tiny Princess

Little girls have a special kind of magic – they’re like sunshine, rainbows, and glitter all rolled into one. With their infectious giggles and twinkling eyes, they have a way of melting hearts and brightening even the gloomiest of days.

In this treasure trove of quotes, you’ll find everything from whimsical and inspirational quotes to heartwarming father-daughter and mother-daughter love quotes. Whether you’re a doting mommy or a proud daddy, these quotes are tailor-made to tug at your heartstrings, the perfect words to capture the essence of your delightful little princess

Make it Precious

1. “Sugar and spice and all things nice, that’s what little girls are made of.” – Traditional nursery rhyme

2. “She’s laughter and teardrops, so small and brand new, and amazingly angelic, she’s sent to bless you.” – Unknown

3. “Giggles, curls, ribbons, and bows! Our baby girl is so adorable from head to toe.” – Unknown

4. “The smiling face of every little girl is the signature of God’s presence.” – Amit Ray

5. “A daughter is a bundle of firsts that excite and delight, giggles that come from deep inside and are always contagious, everything wonderful and precious and your love for her knows no bounds.” – Barbara Cage

6. “Angels are often disguised as daughters.” – Unknown

7. “She makes the day brighter. She leaves a little sparkle wherever she goes.” – Kate Spade

8. “Little girls dance their way into your heart, whirling on the tips of angel wings, scattering gold dust and kisses in our paths.” – Unknown

9. “Little girls bring such delight with hearts so warm and smiles so bright!” – Unknown

10. “Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye. In every gesture, dignity and love.” – John Milton

11. “I remember I thought you looked like an angel wrapped in pink so soft and warm. You’ve had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born.” – Tim McGraw (My Little Girl)

12. “Little girls are precious gifts, wrapped in love serene. Their dresses tied with sashes and futures tied with dreams.” – Unknown

13. “Like stardust glistening on fairies’ wings, little girls dreams are of magical things.” – Sherry Larson

14. “A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give.” – Laurel Atherton

15. “Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a little bit of angel shine about them, and though it wears thin sometimes there is always enough left to lasso your heart.” – Alan Beck

16. “Ten tiny little fingers that always want to play, that never stop exploring the wonder of today. Ten tiny little fingers that from the very start, will reach out for tomorrow yet always hold your heart.” – Unknown

17. “Such a big miracle in such a little girl.” – Unknown

18. “There is a garden in her eyes, where roses and white lilies flow.” – Thomas Campion

19. “A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she’ll never outgrow your heart.” – Unknown

20. “When we asked for a daughter, we were sent a princess.” – Sally Huss

21. “Hold her a little longer, rock her a little more. Read her another story, you’ve only read her four. Let her sleep on your shoulder, rejoice in her happy baby smile. She is only a little girl for such a little while.” – Unknown

22. “Isn’t she lovely, isn’t she wonderful, isn’t she precious, less than one minute old… Isn’t she pretty, truly the angel’s best. Boy, I’m so happy, we have been heaven blessed. I can’t believe what God has done, through us he’s given life to one. But isn’t she lovely, made from love.” – Stevie Wonder (Isn’t She Lovely)

23. “Some girls are just born with glitter in their veins.” – Paris Hilton

24. “Her smile beams like sunshine, which fills our hearts with love.” – Unknown

25. “Get up and stop crying, my little girl. If you don’t have new clothes to wear, don’t worry, still stars are whispering about your beauty.” – M. F. Moonzajer (A Moment With God)

26. “She leaves a little sparkle wherever she goes.” – Unknown

27. “A baby girl is one of the most beautiful miracles in life, one of the greatest joys we can ever know, and one of the reasons why there is a little extra sunshine, laughter, and happiness in your world today.” – Unknown

Empowering Little Girls

28. “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

29. “Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her.” – Mia Hamm

30. “I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say, ‘Yes, women can.'” – Dilma Rousseff

31. “And though she be but little, she is fierce.” – William Shakespeare

32. “A daughter is a day brightener and a heart warmer.” – Unknown

33. “I want little girls to believe that they can be CEOs.” – Payal Kadakia

34. “Whatever boys can do, girls can do better.” – Journal Writing

35. “I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don’t have to be the damsel in distress. They don’t have to not show their strength. They don’t have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.” – Octavia Spencer

36. “She is clothed with strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future.” – Proverbs 31:25 (NLT)

37. “In my dreams, I could be a Princess, and that’s what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true.” – Loretta Young

38. “All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren’t.” – Marilyn Monroe

39. “Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of.” – Bethany Hamilton

40. “Be like a diamond precious and rare. Not like a stone found everywhere.” – Rita Gatourey

41. “Who runs the world? Girls.” – Beyoncé

42. “Be a unicorn in a field of horses.” – Unknown

43. “Little girls with dreams become women with vision.” – Unknown

44. “‘What if I fall?’ ‘Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?'” – Erin Hanson

45. “You’re a beautiful girl, and you can do anything you want in life.” – Jeanine Pirro

46. “My wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it to; your dreams stay big and your worries stay small; you never need to carry more than you can hold.” – Rascal Flatts (My Wish)

Witty Quotes

47. “Daughters are like flowers… They fill the world with beauty – and sometimes attract pests.” – Unknown

48. “A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.” – Alan Beck

49. “Little girls love dolls. They just don’t love doll clothes. We’ve got four thousand dolls and ain’t one of them got a stitch of clothes on.” – Jeff Foxworthy

50. “A little girl is sugar and spice and everything nice – especially when she’s taking a nap.” – Unknown

51. “Girls are giggles with freckles all over them.” – Unknown

52. “Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.” – Robert A. Heinlein

53. “Girl (n): Sweetness wrapped with a sprinkle of attitude.” – Unknown

54. “She is sunshine mixed with a little hurricane.” – Unknown

55. “A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness.” – Ben Sirach

56. “When you have little girls, you’re the coolest person in the world. I know at some point that’s going to end; in their adolescence I’ll become the opposite of that, especially if I’m parked outside a high school party.” – Jerry O’Connell

57. “Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.” – Margaret Atwood

Daddy’s Little Girl

I’m sure your daughter has a special bond with her dad, comes up with funny nicknames for daddy all the time, and they have tons of fun together.

Whether she’s his biological or adopted daughter or even stepdaughter, a dad is always proud of his little girl and only wants the best for her.

(Of course, the same goes for sons and stepsons but we’re only talking about girls here!)

Raising a little girl is one of the biggest responsibilities for every father and these quotes illustrate this perfectly.

58. “Fathers and daughters have a special bond. She is always daddy’s little girl.” – Richard L. Ratliff

59. “I think my mom put it best. She said, ‘Little girls soften their daddy’s hearts.'” Paul Walker

60. “My little girls are the most beautiful women in the world. I am a lucky, lucky man. I will spend every day making sure that they know this.” – Russell Simmons

61. “To her, the name of father was another name for love.” – Fanny Fern (Fresh Leaves)

62. “They say that from the instant he lays eyes on her, a father adores his daughter. Whoever she grows up to be, she is always to him that little girl in pigtails. She makes him feel like Christmas. In exchange, he makes a secret promise not to see the awkwardness of her teenage years, the mistakes she makes or the secrets she keeps.” – Unknown

63. “There’s two things I know for sure: She was sent here from heaven and she’s daddy’s little girl.” – Bob Carlisle (Butterfly Kisses)

64. “A father’s job is not to teach his daughter how to be a lady. It’s to teach her how a lady should be treated.” – Unknown

65. “And there will always be a part of me nobody else is ever gonna see but you and me. My little girl.” – Ben Folds (Gracie)

66. “A man’s daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world.” – Mat Johnson

67. “Sometimes you’re asleep I whisper ‘I Love You!’ in the moonlight at your door. As I walk away, I hear you say, ‘Daddy, Love You More!'” – Tim McGraw (My Little Girl)

68. “When I cried, he cried with me. When I was doubtful, he believed in me. When I did well, he cheered me on. When I messed up, he told me I was wrong. Every now and then when I went against his will, he punished me, but he praised me still. He taught me how to forgive, even when I was right. He never liked war, he was never one to fight. I’ll always be a daddy’s girl, I have the best daddy in the whole wide world.” – Charmaine J. Forde

69. “There’s no better feeling than making your little girls laugh.” – Jerry O’Connell

70. “When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that’s happened that day just melts away.” – Hugh Jackman

71. “Dad: a daughter’s first love.” – Unknown

72. “She is just a baby, she’s my little girl. She looks like her mommy, sporting little curls. She’s got lots to learn, though she is sure to know, that I’ll quietly spot her, anywhere she goes.” – Clark Richard (Red Robin)

73. “You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You’re her oracle. You’re her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you’re in a constant state of panic.” – Stanley T. Banks

74. “Oh, with all that I’ve done wrong, I must have done something right, to deserve a hug every morning and butterfly kisses at night.” – Bob Carlisle (Butterfly Kisses)

75. “A little girl giggles when she is denied an ice-cream by her mother. She knows daddy will get her some later.” – Unknown

76. “A father holds his daughter’s hand for a short while, but he holds her heart forever.” – Unknown

77. “There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself.” – John Gregory Brown

Mommy’s Little Girl

Moms and daughters share a special bond. To this day, my mom’s contact name in my phone is a nickname I invented when I was little, and no matter how old I am, I know I’m still a little girl in my mom’s eyes.

It’s true that moms share a special connection with their kids but here I’d like to highlight the one between moms and daughters!

These quotes describe this relationship perfectly:

78. “Mother and daughter, their hearts as one. A link that can never be undone.” – Unknown

79. “…I watched a little girl surrounded by light and laughter as the fairies threaded flowers through her hair. I stood out of sight, peering through the tangled blackberry bushes, but the girl saw me, rushing forward, her hand outstretched, a white flower clasped between her fingers. ‘For Mammy,’ she said. ‘For my Mammy.’” – Hazel Gaynor (The Cottingley Secret)

80. “What the daughter does, the mother did.” – Jewish Proverb

81. “No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.” – Cardinal Mermillod

82. “A daughter is just a little girl who grows up to be your best friend.” – Unknown

83. “So there’s this girl… She’s stolen every piece of my heart. I totally fell head over heels… The best part is she calls me ‘Mommy.’” – Unknown

84. “And she loved a little girl very, very much – even more than she loved herself.” – Unknown

85. “And when she wraps her hand around my finger, oh, it puts a smile in my heart. Everything becomes a little clearer, I realize what life is all about.” – Martina McBride (In My Daughter’s Eyes)

86. “Happiness is mother and daughter time.” – Unknown

87. “Today you are my little girl, yesterday you were my baby girl, tomorrow you will be my big girl. Little or big, baby or grown, you will always be Mommy’s girl.” – Unknown

88. “If you ever feel like giving up, just remember there is a little girl watching who wants to be just like you… Don’t disappoint her.” – Heather Stillufsen

89. “She is my heart, my soul, my ‘best thing that ever happened to me,’ the source of many laughs and a few tears. She is my daughter and she is my world.” – Unknown

90. “I thought about the difference between a mama’s girl and a daddy’s girl. I decided that a daughter who belongs to her daddy expects gifts, while a daughter who belongs to her mama expects a lot more. Not from her mama. From herself.” – Victoria Bond (Zora and Me)

91. “You tucked me in, turned out the light, kept me safe and sound at night. Little girls depend on things like that.” – Miley Cyrus (Butterfly Fly Away)

How Do You Call Your Little Girl?

Amidst the challenges of our world, there’s solace in the innocence and wonder of our little girls, who believe in magic and the possibility of fairy tales coming true.

Reflecting on my own journey, the anticipation of holding my daughter, nurtured by dreams night after night, blossomed into the profound joy of watching her grow.

If you find yourself eagerly awaiting the arrival of your own little angel, may these quotes offer a glimmer of joy and inspiration. Whether it’s adding sparkle to social media posts, decorating a baby shower cake, or crafting heartfelt birthday wishes, let these words infuse your celebrations with love and magic.

And who knows? Perhaps they’ll inspire you to pen a heartfelt letter to your daughter, capturing the essence of your boundless love and dreams for her future.

How do you call your little one?

SEE ALSO:

• 80+ Little Boy Quotes About Your Handsome Little Man

• 250 Best Nicknames For Boys With Meanings You’ll Love

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