The internet is full of quotes attributed to people who never said them. This page explains what we do differently, and how to get something corrected.
A quote is not published in DadVice until it has been traced to the work it came from. That means an identified title, and wherever the text supports it, the book, chapter, letter or section number, the year, and the translator. Each of the 198 quotes on this site links to at least one source — a primary text, a public archive such as Project Gutenberg, Wikisource or the Internet Archive, or an institutional publisher — so you can check the wording yourself rather than take our word for it.
Where authorship is traditional rather than documented, we say so in the attribution itself rather than quietly implying certainty. That is why some entries read “attributed” — it is a statement about the evidence, not a hedge.
Quotes with no traceable source, however widely they circulate. Paraphrases presented as direct quotation. Lines assigned to a famous name because the name makes them travel further. If we cannot source it, it does not go in the app.
Most of the works quoted here are in the public domain. Where a work is still in copyright, DadVice reproduces a short excerpt for the purpose of commentary, criticism and identification, always with the author, the work and a link to the source, and always alongside original commentary rather than as a substitute for the work itself. We do not reproduce whole chapters, poems or substantial portions of any book, and we encourage readers to buy the original — several author pages link directly to the publisher.
If you believe a quote here is misattributed, mistranslated, or reproduced beyond what is fair, email contact@dadvice.app. Rights holders who ask for an excerpt to be removed will have it removed, from both the website and the app, without argument. Corrections to attribution are made as soon as they are verified.
The explanatory writing that accompanies each quote — the historical context and what it means for a father — is original work written for DadVice and is © 2026 DadVice. Please do not republish it wholesale; a link back is always welcome.
DadVice matches wisdom like this to the real situations of fatherhood — the hard conversation, the long night, the moment you do not know what to say. Every quote is sourced. No motivational filler.