How do you know when you’ve found “the one”? For many, the answer is finding that perfect wedding quote. Whether it’s something your grandparent said to you or a line from a movie, these quotes encapsulate the joy and meaning of getting married.

The best wedding quotes

1. People are often enamored with my Super Bowl ring. But it’s my wedding ring that I’m most proud of. And having a good marriage takes even more work than winning a Super Bowl. — Trent Dilfer

2. I hadn’t been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn’t show for my wedding. — Sammy Davis

3. Today is the day after my wedding. And nothing is the way I expected it to be. — Rachel Abbott, Only the Innocent

4. When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great. — Vera Wang

5. Never refer to your wedding night as the original amateur hour. — Phyllis Diller

6. Why was it so unlikely that you could meet your soul mate by hitting her with your vehicle? Why was it more likely you’d meet her at your cousin’s wedding? — Will McIntosh, Love Minus Eighty

7. It is easy to mistake being ready for a wedding with being ready for marriage. — Robert Breault

8. The only parts that really matter and take commitment in wedding vows are; worse, sickness and poorer. Better, richer and healthy is pretty easy to deal with. — Rob Liano

9. Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage. — Zig Ziglar

10. My sister and I used to sing at weddings. We would sing ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’ to the bride. We’d do it right before the garter ceremony. — Ryan Gosling

11. Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition. — Samuel Pepys

12. Oh i don’t mind going to weddings, just as long as it’s not my own… — Tom Waits

13. I want the big drama. I always said I don’t want a wedding I want a parade. — Star Jones

14. You make me burn with life, and yearn to set aside my cold and distant, solitary ways. — Stacy Reid, The Duke’s Shotgun Wedding

15. Hunchbacks danced at my wedding for luck. It’s a thing you don’t see nowadays. — Neil Gaiman

16. For her fifth wedding, the bride wore black and carried a scotch and soda. — Phyllis Battelle

17. I also love Australian movies. I love Muriel’s Wedding–I’ve seen in six times. Baz Luhrmann’s best movie is strictly ballroom… without question. — Ridley Scott

18. Just because I have rice on my clothes doesn’t mean I’ve been to a wedding. A Chinese man threw up on me. — Phyllis Diller

19. No wedding bells for me anymore. I’ve been happily married to my profession for years. — Shirley Bassey

20. Women … to them any wedding is better than no wedding and a big wedding with a villain preferable to a small one with a saint. — William Faulkner

21. ‘at weddings old people poke me and say, ”you’re next, ” so I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.’ — Unknown Author

22. Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition. — Samuel Pepys

23. My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it’s all ages and everyone seems to be having fun. — Neil Patrick Harris

24. When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn’t find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That’s when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business. — Vera Wang

25. You know that’s why mermaids swim around topless all the time, right? It’s because their boobs are too big and all bras are C shells. — H.M. Ward, The Wedding Contract

26. Indeed, baptism is a vow, a sacred vow of the believer to follow Christ. Just as a wedding celebrates the fusion of two hearts, baptism celebrates the union of sinner with Savior. — Max Lucado

27. For my first wedding, I cried all the way down the aisle. My fake eyelash came off. My nose was red. My eyes were swollen. I’m not one of those pretty criers. — Sherri Shepherd

28. A divorce party––that’s really better than a wedding party! — Nujood Ali, I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

29. Well, what I mean is that I shouldn’t mind being a bride at a wedding, if I could be one without having a husband. — Thomas Hardy

30. Sentiment has never been unpopular except with a few sick persons who are made sicker by the sight of a child, a glimpse of a wedding, or the thought of a happy home. — Oscar Hammerstein II

31. I should have suspected my husband was lazy. On our wedding day, his mother told me: ‘I’m not losing a son; I’m gaining a couch. — Phyllis Diller

32. Seriously I suspected I was a good actor, though I didn’t know it during ‘Monsoon Wedding.’ Now I realize the more I learn, the less I know about acting… and life. — Randeep Hooda

33. Too many codeine pills, Too many nights of cold chillsToo many weak–handed dealsToo many lives, the addict steals — Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

34. Sepia in particular tends to make everything look a bit romantic and almost sentimental, hence the fact that it remains such a popular choice for wedding photographs. — Martin Parr

35. Marriage is work, Cora, I’m not going to lie. It’s glorious some days and not so much on others. — Rachel Hauck, Wedding Shop

36. A poem is an event, like a wedding or birth. — Marty Rubin

37. I should have suspected my husband was lazy. On our wedding day, his mother told me: ‘I’m not losing a son; I’m gaining a couch. — Phyllis Diller

38. I was never a girl who dreamed about what her wedding day would be like, but I’ve always dreamed about decorating my baby’s nursery. — Rebecca Romijn

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40. 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

41. The immediate problem is, where will the doctors come from? — Sarah Weddington

42. In my 50s I’ll be dancing at my children’s weddings. — Michael J. Fox

43. She forgot: it was as simple as that. She just loved being with the guy. Possibly enough that not even their own wedding could screw it up. — Tim Farrington, The Monk Upstairs: A Novel

44. There was a thing on Facebook that said, ‘Describe George Clooney’s wedding in three words, ‘ and my answer was, ‘Not invited again.’ — Michael O’Keefe

45. 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

46. Today is the day after my wedding. And nothing is the way I expected it to be. — Rachel Abbott, Only the Innocent

47. Get married with the feeling it is going to last. Not like the bride I know who doubled the wedding cake recipe and froze one. — Phyllis Diller

48. Never refer to your wedding night as the original amateur hour. — Phyllis Diller

49. To maintain your marriage brimming, with really like in the wedding cup, anytime you are incorrect, admit it each time you’re proper, shut up. — Ogden Nash

50. I’m not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day. — Taylor Swift

Conclusion

We hope these wedding quotes have inspired you to think about the beauty of marriage and why it is such an important part of our lives. Whether you’re newlyweds or have been married for years, don’t forget to always cherish each other and the love you have for each other. Congratulations to all newlyweds and long-term couples!