64 Marriage Quotes to Make You Smile and Reflect

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Marriage is both sacred and beautiful, inspiring countless poets, authors, and thinkers throughout history. 

Whether you’re a newlywed, a longtime partner, or someone who hopes to someday walk down the aisle, the words of wisdom shared by those who have experienced the joys and challenges of married life can offer profound insights and comfort.

In this collection of timeless marriage quotes, we’ll explore the many facets of this wonderful journey – from the butterflies of first love to the enduring strength of a lifelong commitment.

1. “A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” – Robert Quillen

2. “In every house of marriage there’s room for an interpreter.” — Stanley Kunitz

3. “Oh continue to love me — never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.” ― Ludwig van Beethoven

4. “Marriage is like vitamins: we supplement each other’s minimum daily requirements.” — Kathy Mohnke

5. “Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.” ― Simone Signoret

6. “The concerts you enjoy together, / Neighbors you annoy together, / Children you destroy together, / That keep marriage intact.” — Stephen Sondheim

7. “True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.” ― Antoine De Saint-Exupery

8. “But we loved with a love that was more than love.” ― Edgar Allen Poe

9. “Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.” ― J.D. Salinger

10. “Love is most nearly itself / When here and now cease to matter.” ― T.S. Eliot

11. “A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.” ― André Maurois

12. “The way I feel about him is like a heartbeat ― soft and persistent, underlying everything.”― Becky Albertalli

13. “What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.” ― Leo Tolstoy

14. “The art of love…is largely the art of persistence.” ― Albert Ellis

15. “My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.” ― Winston S. Churchill

16. “The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.” ― Henny Youngman

17. “Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.” — George Bernard Shaw

18. “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.” — Princess Diana

19. “Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.” — Robert Browning

20. “Marriage is like life in this — that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

21. “Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments. Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration finds, / Or bends with the remover to remove: / O no! it is an ever-fixed mark.” — William Shakespeare

22. “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

23. “To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

24. “I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you, not only for what you have made of yourself but for what you are making of me.” ― Roy Croft

25. “Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin

26. “Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.” — Benjamin Franklin

27. “Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.” ― Henny Youngman

28. “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” — Mignon McLaughlin

29. “Deceive not thyself by overexpecting happiness in the married estate…Remember the nightingales which sing only some months in the spring, but commonly are silent when they have hatched their eggs.” — Thomas Fuller

30. “The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

31. “Marriage has no guarantees. If that’s what you’re looking for, go live with a car battery.” ― Erma Bombeck

32. “Any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society’s map. What others don’t know about it is what makes it yours.” ― Stephen King

33. “A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.” ― Pearl Buck

34. “Kiss me, Kate, we will be married o’Sunday.” — William Shakespeare

35.”I will follow you to the ends of the world.” ― Khaled Hosseini

36. “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” – Dave Meurer

37. “Marriage lets you annoy one special person for the rest of your life.” – Unknown

38. “Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it.” – Susan B. Anthony

39. “Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry.” – Tom Mullen

40. “Marriage is the most natural state of man, and the state in which you will find solid happiness.” – Benjamin Frank

41. “If I get married, I want to be very married.” – Audrey Hepburn

42. “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

43. “A husband and wife may disagree on many things but they must absolutely agree on this: to never, ever give up.” – Unknown

44. “Marriage is like watching the color of leaves in the fall; ever changing and more stunningly beautiful with each passing day.” – Fawn Weaver

45. “The great marriages are partnerships. It can’t be a great marriage without being a partnership.” – Helen Mirren

46. “Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.” – Joyce Brothers

47. “Never marry the one you can live with, marry the one you cannot live without.” – Unknown

48. “My husband has made me laugh. Wiped my tears. Hugged me tight. Watched me succeed. Seen me fail. Kept me strong. My husband is a promise that I will have a friend forever.” – Unknown

49. “Marriage stands the test of times when both you and your spouse work towards making things better.” – Unknown

50. “I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.” – Carson Daly

51. “A good marriage is a contest of generosity.” – Diane Sawyer

52. “Marriage is not about age; it’s about finding the right person.” – Sophia Bush

53. “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

54. “My husband is my best friend, my greatest support, my biggest comfort, my strongest motivation, my truest smile, my deepest love, my favorite, my forever. He has me. Entirely.” – Unknown

55. “The difference between an ordinary marriage and an extraordinary marriage is in giving just a little extra every day, as often as possible, for as long as we both shall live.” – Fawn Weaver

56. “There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.” – Martin Luther

57. “True love stands by each other’s side on good days and stands closer on bad days.” – Unknown

58. “An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.” – Agatha Christie

59. “Husband and wife relationships are like the relationship of Tom and Jerry. Though they are teasing and fighting, but can’t live without each other.” – Unknown

60. “There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.” – Menander

61. “A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.” – Unknown

62. “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

63. “I want to marry a [guy], so I can rest my soul with [him] till we both get old. This can’t go on all the time ― all this franticness and jumping around. We’ve got to go someplace, find something.” ― Jack Kerouac

64. “You don’t stop loving a person when they’re hurt. You get stronger so they can lean on you.” – Kristin Hannah, “The Great Alone”

Let these quotes serve as a gentle reminder that the path of love, though not always smooth, is one worth walking. 

Whether you’re just starting your journey or have been side by side for decades, may these words of wisdom inspire you to cherish the little moments, embrace the challenges, and never stop finding joy in each other’s company.

After all, perfection doesn’t make a marriage happy, but two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.