26 Beautiful Wedding Quotes For Your Happily Ever After

Proof that love is in the air.

Weddings are a time to celebrate a momentous commitment to unconditional love. Your wedding day is deemed one of the greatest days of your life. Prepare to wear your best waterproof mascara and have your trusty handkerchief ready, because just the essence of the Big Day will give you butterflies. The memories created that day are sure to be everlasting, from the walk down the aisle to the first dance as husband and wife. Whether you're part of the significant day or just in attendance for this sacred ceremony, weddings are a special time to share your best wishes and words of wisdom to the bride and groom. Handwritten vows are often a thing of the past, but in case you need some inspiration for your honey-to-be or you need a good cry to go with that wedding cake, we've got you covered.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi Quote
Southern Living

"Where there is love there is life." Mahatma Gandhi

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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quote

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leap fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." Maya Angelou

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Phoebe Cary

Phoebe Cary Quote

"…true love is never blind, but rather brings an added light." Phoebe Cary

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Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu Quote

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." Lao Tzu

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe Quote

"We loved with a love that was more than love." Edgar Allan Poe

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William Lyon Phelps

William Lyon Phelps Quote

"The highest happiness on earth is marriage." William Lyon Phelps

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"When Harry Met Sally"

When Harry Met Sally Quote

"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

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Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë Quote
Southern Living

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." Emily Brontë

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"The Notebook"

Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook Quote

"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds." Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

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Robert Browning

Robert Browning Quote

"Grow old with me! The best is yet to be." Robert Browning

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Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown Quote

"Happiness is anyone and anything at all, that's loved by you." Charlie Brown

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Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

"Two hearts in love need no words." Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

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Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell Quote

"Before you marry a person you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are." Will Ferrell

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"Finding Nemo"

Dory Finding Nemo Quote

"When I look at you, I can feel it. I look at you and I'm home." Dory, Finding Nemo

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"Modern Family"

Cameron Modern Family Quote

"There are dreamers and there are realists in this world. You'd think the dreamers would find the dreamers and the realists would find the realists, but more often than not the opposite is true. You see, the dreamers need the realists to keep them from soaring too close to the sun. And the realists, well, without dreamers, they might not ever get off the ground." Cameron, Modern Family

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"The Catcher in the Rye"

JD Salinger The Catcher in the Rye Quote

"Marry someone who laughs at the same things you do." J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

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Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy Quote
Southern Living

"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love." Leo Tolstoy

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Roy Croft

Roy Croft Quote

"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 that you are making of me." Roy Croft

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde Quote

"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

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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Quote

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

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Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen Quote

"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment." Sarah Dessen

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Mignon McLaughlin

Mignon McLaughlin Quote

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

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Dr. Seuss

Dr Seuss Quote

"People are weird. When we find someone with weirdness that is compatible with ours, we team up and call it love." Dr. Seuss

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Henry Drummond

Henry Drummond Quote
Southern Living

"You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments where you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of live." Henry Drummond

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Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw Quote

"I don't know where I'd be without you here with me. Life with you makes perfect sense. You're my best friend." Tim McGraw

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Corinthians 13:7

Corinthians 13:7
Southern Living

"Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful and endures through every circumstance." Corinthians 13:7

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Let's face it: When it comes to love, words often fall short, but these heartfelt wedding quotes will make your heart flutter with joy.

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