"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."
Mignon McLaughlin
MarriageLasting Love
Wedding Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · WEDDING
Wedding Quotes
Celebrate love with 200 wedding quotes from Kahlil Gibran, Rabindranath Tagore, Thiruvalluvar, Jane Austen, Mark Twain and Rainer Maria Rilke.
"A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short."
André Maurois
CompanionshipMarriage
"Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be."
Robert Browning
Growing Old TogetherHope
"Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
PartnershipShared Vision
"Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one."
Friedrich Halm
SoulmatesUnity
"There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage."
Martin Luther
Good MarriageCompanionship
"Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you."
Kahlil Gibran
Freedom in MarriageTogetherness
"Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping."
Kahlil Gibran
"Stand together, yet not too near together: for the pillars of the temple stand apart, and the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow."
Kahlil Gibran
IndividualityPartnership
"Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do."
Barbara De Angelis
CommitmentEffort
"A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love."
Pearl S. Buck
GrowthChange
"The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together."
Robert C. Dodds
TeamworkPartnership
"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."Friedrich Nietzsche
"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years."
Simone Signoret
Small MomentsBond
"Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate."
Barnett R. Brickner
ResponsibilityCommitment
"A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences."
Dave Meurer
ImperfectionAcceptance
"Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse – millions of tiny moments that create your love story."
Jennifer Smith
Love StoryMoments
"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life – to strengthen each other in all labour, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain?"
George Eliot
Lifelong PartnershipSupport
"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."
David Viscott
Mutual LoveWarmth
"The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage."
William Lyon Phelps
"Marriage is like a vitamin: we supplement each other's minimum daily requirements."
Kathy Mohnke
HumorPartnership
"A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers."
Ruth Bell Graham
"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards."Benjamin Franklin
"By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."Socrates
HumorPhilosophy
"The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret."
Henny Youngman
HumorMystery
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About Wedding Quotes
# Wedding Quotes
A wedding is the joyful beginning of a shared journey, a celebration of love, commitment, family and the promise to grow together through every season of life. Whether it's a grand celebration with hundreds of guests or an intimate gathering, a wedding marks the moment two lives choose to become one story.
This collection brings together 200 beautiful wedding quotes from poets, writers and thinkers, including Kahlil Gibran, Rabindranath Tagore, Thiruvalluvar, Jane Austen, Mark Twain and Rainer Maria Rilke. Use them in wedding cards, speeches, toasts, invitations, captions or anniversary messages to celebrate the couple and the love that brought them together.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Wedding quotes.
What is a good quote to write in a wedding card?
Popular choices include Mignon McLaughlin's "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person," Robert Browning's "Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be," André Maurois's "A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short," and Audrey Hepburn's "The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."
What are some funny quotes for a wedding speech or toast?
Henny Youngman said "The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret," Phyllis Diller advised "Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight," Benjamin Franklin said "Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards," and James Garner joked that marriage is like the army: "everyone complains, but you'd be surprised at how many re-enlist."
What are some beautiful Indian quotes for weddings?
Tagore wrote "I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life." Rahim compared true love to turmeric and lime blending into one colour, Kalidasa described a union as inseparable as "word and meaning," and Thiruvalluvar said "If household life is filled with love and virtue, that is its grace and its fruit."
What are good readings for a wedding ceremony?
Classic non-religious readings include Kahlil Gibran's "On Marriage" ("Let there be spaces in your togetherness"), Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments"), Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband," and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "How Do I Love Thee?"
What are some quotes for wedding anniversaries?
Paul Sweeney called an anniversary "the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity," Mark Twain said no one knows perfect love "until they have been married a quarter of a century," and Simone Signoret described marriage as held together by "hundreds of tiny threads" that sew people together through the years.
How can I use wedding quotes?
Wedding quotes are perfect for wedding cards, invitations, speeches and toasts, vows, ceremony readings, welcome signs, Instagram captions, anniversary messages and gift tags. Pick a quote that reflects the couple's story for the most personal touch.