30 Marriage Quotes to Celebrate a Forever Kind of Love

Everyone wants to know the secret to everlasting love and a happy marriage. The truth is, no marriage is ever going to be happy 100% of the time. There will be bad days and there will be days when you just want to scream and punch a pillow. The key to surviving these patches is simply recognizing them as that – just patches. When you hit such rough times, you need to remember the big picture and all the reasons you are with one another and try to communicate to get past your problems. We’ve curated a list of 30 marriage quotes that will help you appreciate how special the bond of marriage truly is and cherish one another.

Whether you’re engaged, newly married or are decades into marriage, these marriage quotes will make you smile and want to pull your partner in for a tight hug.

1. A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.

2. “Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.” —Franz Schubert

3. “To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.” —Mark Twain

4. “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

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

6. “A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” —Ruth Bell Graham

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

8. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” —Lao Tzu

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

10. “Being someone’s first love may be great, but to be their last is beyond perfect.”

11. “Love doesn’t make the world go round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” —Elizabeth Barrett Browning

12. “Never marry the one you can live with, marry the one you cannot live without.”

13. “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”—Dr. Seuss

14. “When I feel the support that I have from him, I feel invincible. There’s someone behind you on your good days and someone in front of you on your bad days.” —Emily Blunt

15. “I have someone who I can talk to about anything and someone who I care more about than I’ve cared about anybody.” —George Clooney

16. “To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.” —Robert Brault

17. “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

18. “Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.” —Alexander Smith

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

20. “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you… I could walk through my garden forever.” —Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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

22. “When you end up happily married, even the failed relationships have worked beautifully to get you there.” —Julia Roberts

23. “When a marriage works, nothing on Earth can take its place.” —Helen Gahagan Douglas

24. “There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But who wants easier?” —Marry Oliver

25. “A great marriage isn’t something that just happens; it’s something that must be created.” – Fawn Weaver

26. “My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.” – Winston Churchill

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

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

29. “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

30. “Don’t ever stop dating your wife and don’t ever stop flirting with your husband.”