55 Marriage Quotes Ideal for Speeches, Cards & More

• “When you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” - When Harry Met Sally
• “You are my greatest adventure.” - Up
• “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." - The Notebook
• “I vow to fiercely love you in all your forms, now and forever. I promise to never forget that this is a once in a lifetime love, and to always know in the deepest part of my soul that no matter what challenges might carry us apart, we will always find our way back to each other.” - The Vow
• "To me, you are perfect." - Love Actually

Quotes About Love & Marriage From TV Shows 

Love phrases for couples can come from the most unlikely of places, such as TV shows! Choosing their favourite show can make for a super romantic husband to wife quote in an anniversary card, for example.

• “You make me happier than I ever thought I could be, and if you let me, I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you feel the same way.” - Friends
• “After a while, you just want to be with the one that makes you laugh.” - Sex And The City
• “Love is totally nonsensical. But we have to keep doing it or else we’re lost and love is dead, and humanity should just pack it in. Because love is the best thing we do.” - How I Met Your Mother
• "Love. No matter what happens, you gotta forget about all the other stuff. You gotta forget about logic and fear and doubt. You just gotta do everything you can to get to the one woman who's gonna make all this worth it." - The Office

Quotes About Love & Marriage From Books

If you and your partner love literature, look to books for your marriage quote inspiration! These motivational quotes on love are unlike anything else.

• “Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.” - The History of Love
• “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” - The Lord of the Rings 
• “I fell in love the way you fall asleep, slowly and then all at once.” - The Fault in Our Stars
• "When you love someone, it seeps out of everything you do, it bleeds into everything you say, it becomes so ever-present, that eventually it becomes ordinary to hear, no matter how extraordinary it is to feel." - One True Loves
• “Love is a quiet, reassuring, relaxing, pottering, pedantic, harmonious hum of a thing; something you can easily forget is there, even though its palms are outstretched beneath you in case you fall.” - Everything I Know About Love
• “I don't want you to be perfect. Why would I want that? I want you. I want all the parts of you, the broken ones, the ones you've kept hidden away.” - The No-Show

Romantic Quotes For Wedding Speeches From Writers

Who could say it better than a writer? Be inspired by these quotes about love and marriage from great writers.

• “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” - Dr. Seuss
• “Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.” - Sam Levenson
• “Love is a friendship set to music.” - Joseph Campbell
• “You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest and most beautiful person I have ever known and even that is an understatement.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “Love recognises no barriers, it jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination, full of hope.” - Maya Angelou
• “Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends.” - Harville Hendrix
• “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” - Mignon McLaughlin
• “People are weird. When we find someone with weirdness that is compatible with ours, we team up and call it love.” - Dr. Seuss
• “No one has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.” - Zelda Fitzgerald
• “To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.” - Robert Brault
• “Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story.” - Jennifer Smith
• “Walking with your hands in mine and mine in yours, that’s exactly where I want to be always.” Fawn Weaver
• “The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.” - William Lyon Phelps
• “A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems to short.” - Andre Marois
• “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” - Dave Meurer
• “Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have a to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is.”- Louis de Bernieres
• “Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love and they blossom when we love the ones we marry.” - Tom Mullen

Love & Marriage Quotes From Great Minds

Want a truly inspirational wedding quote? These great minds are behind some of the loveliest love quotes you'll ever read.

Sweet & Funny Marriage Quotes From Celebrities

These iconic celebrities have had some pretty insightful things to say about marriage - be inspired by these love quotes!

Unique Quotes for Social Media Captions

We might not know who was behind these inspirational marriage quotes, but we still love these marriage quotes. 

• “Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favourite.”
• “Being someone’s first love may be great, but to be their last is beyond perfect.”
• “Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.”

Long-Distance Marriage & Love Quotes

Need a quote to mend the miles between you and your loved one? Try these!

• "Love recognises no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." - Maya Angelou
• "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." - Mignon McLaughlin
• "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." - David Viscott
• "A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers." - Ruth Bell Graham
• "Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." - Franklin P. Jones

If you’re searching for even more love quotes, don’t miss our edit of the most beautiful romantic quotes from literature.