50 Father-In-Law Quotes Honoring Dads

By Clifton Sankofa

School Leader, Language Arts Expert & Master Quote Curator

Published July 9, 2023

Increase your connection to your family with our father-in-law quotes.

The father-in-law has been the butt of many an in-law joke.

However, many people are grateful for the impact and support of their father-in-law.

Check out our father-in-law quotes below to learn more.

What is a father-in-law?

Any parent-in-law is a person with legal affinity with another by being the parent of the other’s spouse.

A father-in-law is the father of the person’s spouse.

Check out these father-in-law facts below:

An in-law is a nonblood relative.
The plural form is fathers-in-law, not father-in-laws.
Many cultures impose duties for the in-laws to follow.

Why do we call the parent of our spouse an in-law?

Oddly enough, in-law policy has an origin you might not expect.

Many archaic laws seem strange or out of touch with common times.

It is normal for people to assume we use the term in-law because it describes our spouse’s family members who are not blood-related but connected to us via marriage or by law.

Actually, in-law refers to something called canon law, which is the church’s set of rules and regulations that covers which relatives you may not marry.

The earliest known mention of the term in-law goes back to the 14th century.

In the beginning, in-law was a specific title used for non-blood relatives that the church forbade you from marrying if your spouse died.

These people include your spouse’s parents, siblings, and children.

Why do so many people dislike their in-laws?

Many people love their in-laws.

However, it is essential to remember the following:

Just because you fell in love with someone and married them does not mean you will fall in love with their family.

Relationships and marriages come with enough challenges, so adding your spouse’s family and their feelings and expectations can be difficult to manage.

Plenty of people love their in-laws, but the stories of miserable and difficult in-laws are easier to remember.

To learn more, check out our father-in-law quotes below.

Short father-in-law quotes for loving the dads in our lives

Let’s get started with these short and sweet father-in-law quotes.

1. “My father-in-law is a wonderful cook.” — Madalsa Sharma

2. “My father-in-law has ear hair like a wolverine. ” — Rosecrans Baldwin

3. “We have three generations at home, including my father-in-law.” — Mira Nair

4. “My father-in-law just happens to be a global procurement guru. ” — Stuart Symington

5. “My father-in-law’s a truck driver, and he said black cars are not very visible.” — Tess Daly

6. “My father-in-law lives in Montana, and we would come here every summer.” — Jeff Giles

7. “My father-in-law is an extraordinary man, and my mom-in-law a beautiful and brave woman.” — Riya Sen

8. “My father-in-law spent some years crewing luxury yachts from port to port for their owners.” — Phillip Schofield

9. “Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?” — Dick Clark

10. “Someday I will get married, and I should be able to watch my films with my children, mother-in-law, and father-in-law.” — Keerthy Suresh

The top father-in-law quotes about how they impact our lives

Having a father-in-law is like having another supportive person to lean on.

11. “My father-in-law often looks at all the toys and games Benjamin has.” — Sergio Aguero

12. “My father-in-law was a nuclear-submarine captain. My father was in the military.” — David Gregory

13. “I have a very successful father-in-law and family with very different political views.” — Gavin Newsom

14. “We have a shotgun we inherited from my father-in-law, a paranoid Englishman living in Texas.” — Bonnie Jo Campbell

15. “My father-in-law wanted me to join politics when the Madhya Pradesh election was going on.” — S. Sreesanth

16. “Playing for Yogi is like playing for your father; playing for Billy is like playing for your father-in-law.” — Don Baylor

17. “I just want you to know that you’re very special, and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.” — Stephen Chbosky

18. “There’s a special place in my heart for the ones who were with me at my lowest and still loved me when I wasn’t very lovable.” — Yasmin Mogahed

19. “I am blessed that I can call Mithun’s dad my father. We don’t share a father-in-law, daughter-in-law relationship; ours is just like any father-daughter bond.” — Madalsa Sharma

20. “I couldn’t join my husband’s business as, according to my father-in-law’s unwritten convention, women of the house aren’t allowed to meddle in the family business.” — Mumtaz

The best father-in-law quotes and well wishes for loving the dads in our lives

These quotes remind us how the father-in-law can be a fantastic source of resources and support.

21. “How glad I am that my father-in-law exists.” — Vita Sackville West

22. “Words will never be enough to express my gratitude.” — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

23. “A father-in-law is the guiding light for the entire family.” — Danish Proverb

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

25. “Seeing my father-in-law and mother-in-law happy gives me great joy.” — Maude Coleman

26. “Can I get your opinion on something? You always have such a great perspective.” — Courtney Brunson

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

28. “Let me tell you something; if there’s anyone in this world that I strive to be like, it’s you.” — Alexandria Brown

29. “He has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch.” — Chelsea Clinton

30. “Dear father-in-law, you changed my life, and I don’t think I could ever tell you how much I respect you.” — Aksar Hanlan

Famous father-in-law quotes from Lara Trump

Lara Trump is very proud of her father-in-law and does not waste an opportunity to share her admiration.

31.“My father-in-law is very gracious.” — Lara Trump

32. “My father-in-law supports America.” — Lara Trump

33. “My father-in-law will win the election.” — Lara Trump

34. “My father-in-law is not afraid, to tell the truth, and put America first.” — Lara Trump

35. “I feel very lucky to have a man like Donald Trump as my father-in-law.” — Lara Trump

36. “My father-in-law’s pro-growth policies are clearly working for Mississippi.” — Lara Trump

37. “I think that, ultimately, my father-in-law will change the United States for the better.” — Lara Trump

38. “It was very important to my father-in-law that we didn’t feel like we deserted our base of voters.” — Lara Trump

39. “She’s committed to resisting the Democrats’ obstructionist tactics and helping my father-in-law implement his pro-growth policies.” — Lara Trump

40. “For more than two and a half years, my father-in-law has been implementing pro-growth policies that have made America more prosperous than ever before.” — Lara Trump

Famous father-in-law quotes and sayings to live by

Check out these cool father-in-law quotes and sayings below.

41. “My father-in-law is so sensitive. Sometimes I think he displays too much love for my children.” — Columba Bush

42. “My father-in-law was a pilot. During World War II, he was shot down in a B-17 over Belgium.” — Bobbie Ann Mason

43. “I moved my family down to Miami to stay with my father-in-law, Jack, for a while. Best move I ever made.” — Dion DiMucci

44. “I was extremely close to my mother-in-law, and after she, and later my father-in-law passed away, I continue to feel their presence.” — Amala Akkineni

45. “My father-in-law gets up at 5 o’clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don’t know why there’s this big rush to do this.” — Jeff Foxworthy

Additional quotes about father-in-law

Here are a few final quotes about this important relationship.

46. “Unfortunately, my dad had a brain tumor, and my father-in-law passed away from leukemia, so I spend a lot of time on those two causes.” — Anthony Scaramucci

47. “My father-in-law, Mike Sherman, coached a long, long time, and he just said, ‘Be true to yourself. Be who you are, and people will follow you.’ And I found that way to work for me.” — Zac Taylor

48. “There are a lot of things that I remember about Dusty Rhodes. There are so many things that stick out about him. He used to work at my father-in-law’s gas station pumping gas.” — Terry Funk

49. “Sometimes we’re at hotels, and I’ll answer the phone. They’ll say, ‘Mr. Ripa, your breakfast is coming upstairs.’ And I’m like, Is my father-in-law here? But, obviously, I’m proud either way – Ripa or Consuelos.” — Mark Consuelos

50. “When I first got to WWE, the head of talent relations was John Laurinaitis, who is now my father-in-law, and the first thing I thought when I saw everything that he had to do is, I thought, ‘I would never, in a million years, ever want that job.’” — Daniel Bryan