36 Marriage Quotes to Celebrate the Power of Your Bond

The day you celebrated your love, and made a lifelong commitment to your partner, in front of friends and family, is a day to remember. However, that only marked the beginning of your marriage.

You’ve embarked on a journey filled with highs and lows. No matter how much time has passed since you’ve made you vows, there's so much more left to create incredible memories.

If it’s your wedding anniversary or you struggle to write a speech for a friend that is about to get married, we’ve got you covered. The following list of marriage quotes will definitely inspire you to send a meaningful message.

A great marriage is about love, commitment, respect and friendship. It’s about knowing that whatever happens, your partner is there for you and vice versa. It’s about becoming a strong team that can survive any obstacle. If you have all this, know that you are truly blessed. It might not always be easy, but together you can find a solution for everything.

Inspiring Quotes About Love and Marriage

"Let there be spaces in your togetherness. [...] And 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

"When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now."

-- C.S. Lewis

"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."

-- Mignon McLaughlin

"So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s going to be really hard; we’re gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me… everyday."

-- Nicholas Sparks

"There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps."

-- Ronald Reagan

“A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”

-- André Maurois

"Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different and each one is beautiful. "

-- Maggie Reyes

"Marriage is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one."

-- Mae West

"Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side."

-- Zig Ziglar

"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life–to strength each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?"

-- George Eliot

"A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences."

-- Dave Meurer

“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.”

-- Ruth Bell Graham

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

-- Dr. Seuss

"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years. "

-- Simone Signoret

"You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear."

-- Oscar Wilde

"Time is very slow for those who wait. Very fast for those who are scared. Very long for those who lament. Very short for those who celebrate. But for those who love, time is eternal."

-- William Shakespeare

"When you realize 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"

"The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It’s a choice you make -- not just on your wedding day, but over and over again and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.

-- Barbara De Angelis

"When you end up happily married, even the failed relationships have worked beautifully to get you there."

-- Julia Roberts

"Marriage is a huge investment: of time, of energy and of emotion. Protect and keep contributing to your investment."

-- Karen Gordon

"Your marriage is a glorious bond but don’t take it as an easy task. It is meant to be worked upon similar to all of your other relationships."

-- Raymond Eido

"Always strive to give your spouse the very best of yourself; not what’s leftover after you have given your best to everyone else."

-- Dave Willis

"Simply put, a marriage is not a marriage without the existence of two individuals who promised to love each other."

-- Jessica Gardner

"Stay tethered: live your vows. Your relationship is counting on it."

-- Ngina Otiende

"Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation."

-- Samuel Richardson

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

-- Maya Angelou

"I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life."

-- Rita Rudner

"To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow–this is a human offering that can border on miraculous."

-- Elizabeth Gilbert

"My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me."

-- Winston Churchill

"A strong marriage rarely has two people strong at the same time. It is a husband and wife who take turns being strong for each other in the moment the other is weak."

-- Ashley Willis

"Your absence has not taught me to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall."

-- Doug Fetherling

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

-- Epicurus

"In your light, I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art."

-- Rumi

"There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage."

-- Martin Luther

"Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day."

-- Barbara De Angelis