People say that when you get married, you become one. While this isn’t always the case, there is definitely some truth to it. Marriage can be a great thing, but it’s not all rainbows and unicorns. It takes work – work that’s worth it, though! Here are some quotes about marriage to help inspire and motivate you.

The best married quotes

1. Phoebus de Chateaupers likewise came to a ‘tragic end’: he married. — Victor Hugo

2. ‘that girl’s heart is bigger than Texas.” Her eyes narrowed. ”And it’s as tender as a baby’s butt. You take care with it, you hear?’ — Rachel Harris, Accidentally Married on Purpose

3. Im at that point in my life where I definitely want to get married soon. Ive got my dogs as surrogates, but Im ready for kids. — Michael Bay

4. When I get married it will be for keeps. — Natalie Wood

5. I wasn’t always overweight. I was a skinny little punk of a kid with severe asthma. When I got married at the age of 22, I wore a cut–down size eight wedding gown. — Mary Kay Andrews

6. I’m married, I’ve been married to the same woman for–well, I’ve been with the same woman for close to…long enough to fool around. — Morgan Freeman

7. She stood with flaccid breasts, somehow still full of herself. — Shannon Bradley–Colleary, Married Sex: Fact and Fiction

8. Elvis is sweet, but I prefer sleeping with you. — Rachel Harris, Accidentally Married on Purpose

9. My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse. — Tom Petty

10. If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it. — Oscar Wilde

11. Generally, a woman would rather be married to any man that she doesn’t hate, than remain unmarried to a man that she loves. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

12. It’s a funny thing that when a man hasn’t anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married. — Robert Frost

13. For a girl, the wedding is when you’re married. For a guy, it’s when you get engaged. It takes a real aggressive human being to back out between the ring and the wedding. — Max Greenfield

14. I don’t ever try to sound like, ‘it’s a piece of cake. Be chaste ’til your married.’ But you strive and battle. It’s a battle. — Philip Rivers

15. I’ve been married most of my life. And when you’re married, you don’t have sex. — Zsa Zsa Gabor

16. My parents have been married forty–two years. I wonder how many of those were happy. — Michael Palin, Diaries 1969–1979: The Python Years

17. If they only married when they fell in love, most people would die unwed. — Robert Louis Stevenson

18. When I was married, I wasn’t loving myself. Now I’m in love with myself. I will get married again. — Patti Labelle

19. I met an American woman and got married so I had to get a job. — Walter Wager

20. The advantage of being married a long time was that one could argue without the necessity of the other’s actual, physical presence. — William Browning Spencer

21. As the day you get married is as important as the years of courtship, so the journey to success is as important as success itself. — Matshona Dhliwayo

22. I never looked at my parents’ marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, ‘I gotta get me some of that!’ — Mike Birbiglia

23. I feel like I’m married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it’s serious. — Young Jeezy

24. Grandchildren don’t make a man feel old it’s the knowledge that he’s married to a grandmother. — G. Norman Collie

25. Being married or having children does not mean you are living an effective life — Sunday Adelaja

26. We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years. — Nick Faldo

27. Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want then when you see what the other person has, you wish you had ordered that. — Michel De Montaigne

28. Some couples are married because they fell in love. Some are married because the woman fell pregnant. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

29. I’m still picking pockets––I just do it as legally as I can. Being married to a cop limits certain activities. — Nora Roberts

30. It’s not so hard to be married, I’ve done it three or four times. — Stephen Sondheim

31. I’m a complete romantic–it’s why I always get married. Someone should really stop me. — Pamela Anderson

32. I have spent more nights with Roberto Carlos than all of the women I have been married to put together. — Ronaldo

33. Being married or having children does not mean you are living an effective life — Sunday Adelaja

34. I would not wish to marry someone who had already been married. It would be, ‘ she opined, ‘like having someone else break in one’s own pony. — Neil Gaiman

35. I’ll buy myself some plastic water, I should have married Lennon’s daughter. — Ozzy Osbourne

36. My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn’t want him to. — Rita Rudner

37. When one married a man, it was clear to me, one married also the sink and the stove. — Phyllis Bentley

38. I have spent more nights with Roberto Carlos than all of the women I have been married to put together. — Ronaldo

39. And to us, we’re more married than any piece of paper or big party could make us. — Suzanne Collins

40. Before you get married you should meet your fiance’s parents. It is not enough that you like his parole officer. — Phyllis Diller

41. When you gone to get married? You need to have some babies. It’ll settle you.’ ‘I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make myself. — Toni Morrison

42. When Jarod Kintz gets married, I want to wear his grandpa to the ceremony, telling everyone we’re Siamese twins from the future–past. Meow. — Will Advise, Nothing is here…

43. I’d rather never have been married than been divorced a few times. Not that there’s anything wrong with divorce, but I don’t think I could do it if that was a possibility. — Winona Ryder

44. Sabrina: ‘But you don’t believe in marriage.’Linus: ‘Yes, I do. It’s why I’ve never married. — Samuel Taylor

45. My vanity is I’m terribly romantic! But being married is lovely. — Matthew Macfadyen

46. I ran straight through the boundaries a married couple should live by. — Tiger Woods

47. I swear to God, if GreatReads doesn’t stop sending me these notification emails…how many times do I have to turn them off? — Melanie Marchande, I Married a Billionaire

48. I think that when you get married you have consented to sex. That’s what marriage is all about, I don’t know if maybe these girls missed sex ed. — Phyllis Schlafly

49. I married beneath me. All women do. — Nancy Astor

50. Hey wedding DJ, there is no way in hell I’m paying you $1, 000 when all you’re doing is plugging your iPod into the sound system #AHOLE — A.O. Storm, An A–Hole Gets Married

Conclusion

We hope these quotes about marriage have helped you to better understand the commitment that comes with it. Whether you’re newly married or have been married for years, it’s important to remember the beauty of marriage and to cultivate the joy that comes from being married. With that, we wish you the best of luck in your marriage and all the best for your future together!