Getting married is such a beautiful thing and you’ll need these inspirational and meaningful quotes for a newly married couple if you are getting married or someone close to you is getting married. 

I have attended a lot of weddings and in most of those weddings, the speeches would be about how beautiful and hard marriage is.

I’ve also been married for a couple of years and I know that if you are married to someone that you know very well, who is a right fit for you, marriage can be a bliss. 

I have also written my own personal quotes to summarise navigating marriage when you are still a newly married couple:

“For a marriage to work, it is not about who is right or who is wrong, but about what is right for the relationship.” — Xiren

“Marriage is a full-time job without a break. Yesterday’s glory cannot sustain it.” — Xiren

“The secret ingredients to a successful marriage is love, friendship, being understanding, forgiveness, willing to learn from each other and grow together, never to stop dating and prayer.” — Xiren

It is important to communicate your expectations, appreciation, and frustrations, but in a proper manner and you will see that you will have a better marriage.

If you are in a marriage that feels easy and you are always having your way, chances are that there is one party who is suffering. Marriage is a give and take and both parties must be willing to give and receive. 

So I have handpicked good newly married couple quotes that I find useful, I hope the newly married couple will like them. 

Read more: 10 Reasons why marriage is hard

Table of Contents

• Quotes for a newly married couple
• How do you congratulate a newly married couple?
• How do you wish a happy marriage?
• Positive marriage quotes
• Long-lasting marriage quotes
• Funny marriage quotes
• Happy married life quotes
• Love quotes for newly married couple
• What do you say to a happy couple?

Quotes for a newly married couple

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

2. “The highest happiness on earth is marriage.” —William Lyon Phelps

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

4. “Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.” —Samuel Richardson

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

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

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

8. “The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time.” —Julia Child

9. “Marriage is a risk; I think it’s a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.” —Cate Blanchett

10. “Marriage is like a graph—it has its ups and downs and as long as things bounce back up again, you’ve got a good marriage. If it heads straight down, then you’ve got some problems!” —Julie Andrews

11. “A simple ‘I love you’ means more than money.” —Frank Sinatra

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

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

14. “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

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

16. “When a marriage works, nothing on Earth can take its place.” —Helen Gahagan Douglas
17. “This is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible beings who do not run away from life.” —Paul Tournier
18. “Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.” —Alexander Smith
19. “Being someone’s first love may be great, but to be their last is beyond perfect.” —Anonymous
20. “The greatest marriages are built on teamwork. A mutual respect, a healthy dose of admiration, and a never-ending portion of love and grace.” —Fawn Weaver

21. “Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is.” —Louis de Bernières

22. “I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” —Roy Croft
23. “Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story.” —Jennifer Smith
24. “Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends.” —Harville Hendrix
25. “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
26. “Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we married.” —Tim Mullen
27. “The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.” —Henny Youngman
28. “Compromise, communicate, and never go to bed angry – the three pieces of advice gifted and regifted to all newlyweds.” — Gillian Flynn
29. “Where there is love there is life.” — Mahatma Gandhi
30. “When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again.” — Albert Einstein
31. “One day, in your search for happiness, you discover a partner by your side, and you realize that your happiness has come to help you search.” — Robert Brault
32. “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” — J. R. R. Tolkien
33. “People are weird. When we find someone with weirdness that is compatible with ours, we team up and call it love.” — Dr. Seuss
34. “Marriages, like a garden, take time to grow. But the harvest is rich unto those who patiently and tenderly care for the ground.” — Darlene Schach
35. “It is such a happiness when good people get together—and they always do.” — Jane Austen
36. “Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.” — Simone Signoret
37. “True love stories never have endings.” — Richard Bach
38. “The beauty of marriage is not always seen from the very beginning—but rather as love grows and develops over time.” — Fawn Weaver
39. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine. King Solomon, Song of Songs 1:2
40. “It’s amazing how one day someone walks into your life, and suddenly, you can’t remember how you lived without them.” — Anurag Prakash Ray
41. I am for my beloved, and my beloved is for me. King Solomon, Song of Songs 2:16
42. “Once upon a time, I became yours, and you became mine. And we’ll stay together through the tears and the laughter because that’s what they call happily-ever-after.” — Kathy R. Jeffords

43. “The only part of marriage you have the power to change is the part you see when you look in the mirror.” — Barnabas Achoki
44. “The only people who never have differences with their spouse are people who don’t have a spouse.” — Ngina Otiende
45. “Your marriage is a glorious bond but don’t take it as an easy task. It is meant to be worked upon similar to all of your other relationships.” — Raymond Eido
46. “There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps.” — Ronald Reagan
47. “A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.” — Pearl S. Buck

48. “I assumed all marriages which fail have one or both of the spouses doing something wrong and the wrongdoing leads to a breakup. I was wrong. Doing nothing is equally as bad. Because people don’t float together, they float apart. To stay together, you need a tether. To thrive, a couple must cling and cleave as if there’s a massive wave coming at them. Because there is a wave called drift – laziness, selfishness, convenience, comfortable, resentment, indiscipline, busy. And before long, you look around, and you lost sight of your spouse. Stay tethered: live your vows. Your relationship is counting on it.” — Ngina Otiende

49. “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
50. “Don’t ever stop dating your wife and don’t ever stop flirting with your husband.” – Unknown
51. “A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.” – Unknown
52. “To love is nothing. To be loved is something. But to be loved by the person you love is everything.” – Unknown
53. “A good marriage is a contest of generosity.” – Diane Sawyer
54. “Marriage is like watching the color of leaves in the fall; ever changing and more stunningly beautiful with each passing day.” – Fawn Weaver
55. “A great marriage isn’t something that just happens; it’s something that must be created.” – Fawn Weaver

How do you congratulate a newly married couple?

1. “Congratulations!”
2. “We’re so happy for you!”
3. “Well wishes!”
4. “May the years ahead be filled with love and joy.”
5. “May your love grow stronger each and every passing year.”
6. “Thank you for letting us share in your special day. We wish you all the happiness in the world.”
7. “Wishing you a lifetime full of happiness and love.”
8. “Wishing you well as you embark on this next chapter of life.”
9. “Here’s to a long, happy life with the one you love. I wish you the very best.”
10. “Wishing you a long and happy marriage!”
11. “Wishing you all of the love and happiness!”
12. “Sending my best wishes to both of you. May you have a wonderful life with your spouse!”
13. “Congratulations! I wish you a happy and prosperous married life that lasts forever.
14. “May God bless you both with long and happy married life.”
15. “Today is the beginning of your new chapter of life. Wishing you all the love, joy, and happiness!”
16. “Wishing you a happy married life!”
17. “Congratulations on your marriage! You two look so good together that it seems like you really are made for each other! Have a wonderful life together!”
18. “Congratulations. May this marriage brings love and happiness and prosperity in your life.”
19. “May you have a prosperous life ahead!”
20. “Congratulations! Always cherish the love you have for each other and never let it fade away.”

How do you wish a happy marriage?

Wishing someone a happy marriage, whether a friend, colleague or family member is quite easy. Sometimes the less words you say, the better. Here are some of the phrases you can say:

1. I pray for your marriage to be filled with happiness, love, and long-life. Have the happiest married life.
2. May all your dreams come true and struggle end as you start a new chapter of your life. Best wishes.
3. May your married life be filled with the kind of love that comes directly from heaven. Best wishes to both of you!
4. May God guide you both towards a joyous and meaningful life. May your love deepen through the years to come! Best wishes to both of you!
5. Congratulations on your marriage! Wishing you years of happiness and happy marriage.
6. Warm wishes for your beautiful wedding. May your love last forever and wishing you a happy married life.
7. May you have a happy and fruitful marriage, may nothing ever separate your love
8. Let the flowers of love bloom in your heart for today and forever. You deserve a life full of happiness and cheers. Happy wedding!
9. Congrats! May you both stay in love forever and wishing you a happy marriage!
10. Marriage is the gift from God. May God bless you. Wishing you two a very happy and blessed marriage!
11. May the delight in your eyes today stay with you through the thicks and thins of married life. Many good wishes for your new life!
12. Congratulations on tying the knot! May you have a happy marriage!
13. As you blend your lives together with each other, I want to wish you a married life full of romance and a lifetime of happiness!
14. May the love you share right now grow stronger with the years.
15. Seeing two people in love and finding happiness with each other is the best and beautiful thing. Best Wishes to you!
16. I pray all the happiness comes to you. The warmest Congratulations on the wedding!
17. I’m happy for you. Enjoy an exciting post-marriage life!
18. Congratulations on getting married. May you experience years of marital bliss!
19. Married life is always full of new adventures and new experiences. Always keep each other in your heart and let the passion of love overwhelm you!
20. I wish you may never stop being amazed by each other and never stop falling in love with each other. May your house be filled with happiness!

Positive marriage quotes

1. “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” -Mignon McLaughlin
2. “Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different and each one is beautiful.” – Maggie Reyes
3. “Being in a long marriage is a little bit like that nice cup of coffee every morning – I might have it every day, but I still enjoy it.”- Stephen Gaines
4. “A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” – Robert Quillen
5. “To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.” – Robert Brault
6. “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
7. “We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” – Sam Keen
8. “Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story.” – Jennifer Smith
9. “The greatest marriages are built on teamwork. A mutual respect, a healthy dose of admiration, and a never-ending portion of love and grace.” -Fawn Weaver
10. “Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends.” – Harville Hendrix
11. “A long-lasting marriage is built by two people who believe in -and live by- the solemn promise they made.” – Darlene Schacht
12. “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” – Dave Meurer
13. “A great marriage isn’t something that just happens; it’s something that must be created.” -Fawn Weaver
14. “Marriage is a commitment- a decision to do, all through life, that which will express your love for one’s spouse.” – Herman H. Kieval
15. “Love is a partnership of two unique people who bring out the very best in each other, and who know that even though they are wonderful as individuals, they are even better together.” – Barbara Cage
16. “Marriage is like watching the color of leaves in the fall; ever changing and more stunningly beautiful with each passing day.” -Fawn Weaver
17. “Keep the fire lit in your marriage and your life will be filled with warmth.” -Fawn Weaver
18. “You don’t marry one person; you marry three: the person you think they are, the person they are, and the person they are going to become as a result of being married to you.” – Richard Needham
19. “In marriage, when we honor and celebrate each other, we’re freed up to be the best people we can be.” – Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott
20. “Marriage doesn’t make you happy–you make your marriage happy.” -Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott
21. “A successful marriage isn’t the union of two perfect people. It’s that of two imperfect people who have learned the value of forgiveness and grace.” -Darlene Schacht
22. “Being loved just as you are is the greatest currency on earth. It is immeasurable in value and can never truly be repaid.” -Fawn Weaver
23. “Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate.” -Barnett R. Brickner
24. “Happiness in marriage is a moment by moment choice. A decision to love, forgive, grow and grow old together.” -Fawn Weaver

Long-lasting marriage quotes

1. “What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.” – Leo Tolstoy
2. “Don’t marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can’t live without.” – James Dobson
3. “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
4. “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – A. A. Milne
5. “Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; Whenever you’re right, shut up.” – Ogden Nash
6. “Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside.” – Frank Pittman
7. “A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” – Ruth Graham
8. “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
9. “People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.” – Paul Newman
10. “Marriage is a career which brings about more benefits than many others.” – Simone de Beauvoir
11. “Two things are owed to truthfulness: lasting marriages and short friendships.” – Robert Breault
12. “Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.” – Oscar Wilde
13. “As for his secret to staying married: “My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me.”” – Jon Bon Jovi
14. “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin
15. “There is such pleasure in long-term marriage that I really would hate to be my age and not have had a long-term marriage. Remember, sustaining a pleasurable, long-term marriage takes effort, deliberateness and an intention to learn about one another. In other words, marriage is for grown-ups.” – Cokie Roberts

Funny marriage quotes

1. “When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.” – Prince Philip
2. “My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.” – Winston Churchill
3. “If I get married, I want to be very married.” – Audrey Hepburn
4. “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
5. “An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.” – Agatha Christie
6. “Marriage lets you annoy one special person for the rest of your life.” – Unknown
7. “Husbands are like wine, they take a long time to mature.” —Donatella in Letters to Juliet
8. “Look, you want to know what marriage is really like? Fine. You wake up, she’s there. You come back from work, she’s there. You fall asleep, she’s there. You eat dinner, she’s there. You know? I mean, I know that sounds like a bad thing, but it’s not.” —Ray on Everybody Loves Raymond
9. “Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.” —H. Jackson Brown, Jr
10. “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
11. “You know there is a name for people who are always wrong about everything all the time… Husband!” —Bill Maher
12. “Spend a few minutes a day really listening to your spouse. No matter how stupid his problems sound to you.” —Megan Mullally
13. “Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces; marriage is also three meals a day and remembering to carry the trash out.” —Joyce Brothers
14. “We were married for better or worse. I couldn’t have done better and she couldn’t have done worse.” —Henry Youngman
15. “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
16. “Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.” — Albert Einstein
17. “When you see a married couple walking down the street, the one that’s a few steps ahead is the one that’s mad.” ― Helen Rowland
18. “Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
19. “The man who says his wife can’t take a joke, forgets that she took him.” — Oscar Wilde
20. “Marriage a bond between a person who never remembers anniversaries and another who never forgets them.” — Ogden Nash
21. “We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness–and call it love–true love.” — Robert Fulgham
22. “Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what’s more life-affirming than cold, hard cash?” — Dennis Miller
23. “Marriages are made in heaven. But so again, are thunder and lightning.” — Clint Eastwood
24. “Husbands and wives are irritating. But without them, who would we blame for misplacing our socks?” – Janet Periat

Happy married life quotes

1. “Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.” —Franz Schubert
2. “Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.” —Ann Landers
3. “The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time.” —Julia Child
4. “Marriage is like watching the color of leaves in the fall; ever changing and more stunningly beautiful with each passing day.” —Fawn Weaver
5. “The highest happiness on earth is marriage.” —William Lyon Phelps
6. “Marriage is a risk; I think it’s a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.” —Cate Blanchett
7. “To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow—this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
8. “Marriage is like a graph—it has its ups and downs and as long as things bounce back up again, you’ve got a good marriage. If it heads straight down, then you’ve got some problems!” —Julie Andrews
9. “We have a couple of rules in our relationship. The first rule is that I make her feel like she’s getting everything. The second rule is that I actually do let her have her way in everything. And, so far, it’s working.” —Justin Timberlake
10. “I got gaps; you got gaps; we fill each other’s gaps…Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people; you can set your watch by them. And that’s love, even if it doesn’t seem very exciting.” —Sylvester Stallone
11. “A simple ‘I love you’ means more than money.” —Frank Sinatra

Love quotes for newly married couple

1. “Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
2. “To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow–this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
3. “I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate then when I fall asleep your eyes close.” – Pablo Neruda
4. “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
5. “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin
6. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
7. “We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness–and call it love–true love.” – Robert Fulghum, True Love
8. “What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life–to strength each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?” – George Eliot
9. “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
10. “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, The Lathe of Heaven
11. “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” – Dave Meurer

What do you say to a happy couple?

1. “I love you guys and the bond you share. May you always be happy”
2. “Your love inspires me, may your love grow from strength to strength.”
3. “You look so great together, may you always be in love”
4. “Wishing you a lifetime of love and happiness.”
5. “May your love forever grow”
6. “What you have is special, please continue loving each other”