91 Best Love Quotes & Marriage Sayings For All Occasions

Rounding up some of the most popular quotes and sayings about love and marriage in this post…

From deep and meaningful love quotes to funny marriage sayings, from inspirational sayings about marriage to husband and wife quotes, from marriage advice quotes to happily married life sayings, there’s a love and marriage quotes for everyone (from love birds to newlyweds to couples who have been married for decades), and every occasion (valentine’s day, birthday, anniversary, just because).

I don’t know about you, but I am a full-on quotes and sayings kinda gal.

To me, quotes and sayings are an instant pick me up –

They quickly help elevate my mood when I am already feeling quite energetic and positive
Or they lift me up when I feel low and need that reminder to put things back in perspective and quickly turn things around
Plus, the reassurance that I am not alone and that others have lived through similar situations & similar feelings offers me the much needed additional support and encouragement

That is exactly why you see me use quotes and sayings extensively, both here on my blog (see my signature at the bottom of every blog post that I have ever written) and on my Instagram Stories (share them pretty much every single day, for the most part).

And continuing on with the theme of the month, LOVE, and seeing your love (and reaction) towards these two posts – happy & successful marriage advice and love quotes, I figured that it would be fun and inspiring to put together some of my favorite love quotes and sayings for couples, married or not!

Some of these love quotes and marriage sayings are heartfelt while others are hilarious, some are sweet and romantic while others are hard-hitting. And they perfectly capture the essence of being in love and/or married – the joys, the frustrations, and everything else in between.

HOW TO USE THESE LOVE QUOTES & MARRIAGE SAYINGS?

Sometimes we need an external catalyst to push us in the right direction to take action. So if you too are like me, then you can pick some of your favorite quotes and sayings and –

Print them out, frame them and maybe even make a gallery wall at home
Make posters out of them and put them up in your study or bedroom
Create personalized gifts (mugs, tees, stationery, etc)
Design a book with quotes and sayings printouts
Or simply save them to a photo album on your phone
But more importantly, draw inspiration and live life one meaningful quote at a time!

91 BEST LOVE QUOTES & MARRIAGE SAYINGS

“Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite.”
“A good marriage isn’t something you find, it’s something you make, and you have to keep on making it”
“I want the kind of marriage that makes my kids want to get married.”
“A good marriage is one where each partner secretly suspects they got the better deal.”
“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” – Marilyn Monroe
“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
“Ask yourself each morning, “what can I do to make my spouse’s life better today?”. And then, do it.”
“Make your marriage more awesome than your wedding”
“Your spouse will not be the same person you married, they will evolve through their life, as you should.” – Marcus and Ashley Kusi

“Don’t ever confuse a great marriage with a perfect one. A great marriage is attained through daily effort, love and investment of time. A perfect marriage doesn’t exist because it involves the union of two imperfect people.” – Fawn Weaver
“Happily ever after is not a fairy tale it’s a choice.”
“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
“To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; Whenever you’re right, shut up.” – Ogden Nash
“Love does not mean you will always agree, see eye to eye, or never have an argument. It means despite the bad days you still can’t see yourself without that person.”
“Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.”
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
“A great marriage doesn’t happen because of the love you had in the beginning, but how well you continue building that love until the end.”
“Marriage is a huge investment: of time, of energy and of emotion. Protect and keep contributing to your investment.” – Karen Gordon

“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.”
“The most important four words for a successful marriage: I’ll do the dishes.”
“Marriage cannot thrive on leftover attention. It has to get the best effort!”
“The relationship between husband and wife is very psychological. One is psycho and the other is logical”
“I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands, to speak when words are needed and to share the silence when they are not, to agree to disagree on red velvet cake, and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home.” – The Vow
“Some relationships are like Tom and Jerry, they argue and disagree all the time, but they still can’t live without each other.”
“A strong marriage requires two people who choose to love each other even when they struggle to like each other”
“Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we married.” – Tim Mullen
“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

“Your marriage will not be defined by the size of your struggles, but by the size of your commitment towards your struggles.”
“Sorry, I was late because I had to find all the things for my husband that were in plain sight”
“Sexiness wears thin after a while, and beauty fades. But to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, now that’s a real treat.” – Joanne Woodward
“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 Bernieres
“What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.” – Leo Tolstoy
“Until you learn how to fight together, you will fight against each other.” – Anonymous
“A strong marriage rarely has two strong people at the same time. It is a husband and wife who take turns being strong for each other in the moments when the other feels weak.” – Ashley Willis
“Never marry the one you can live with, marry the one you cannot live without.”
“Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.” – Simone Signoret

“Love may be blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener.” – Unknown
“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
“Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends.” – Harville Hendrix
“Marriage stands the test of times when both you and your spouse work towards making things better. And we are tested the most when we face adversities. If you can sail through the adversities as one, as a team, then you have won half the battle.” – Unknown
“The greatest marriages are built on teamwork. Mutual respect, a healthy dose of admiration, and a never-ending portion of love and grace.” – Fawn Weaver
“Every woman’s dream is that a man will take her in his arms, throw her into bed… and clean the whole house while she sleeps”
“In every disagreement in marriage, remember this one important truth: My spouse is my partner, not my enemy. We will either win together or we’ll lose together.”
“You are my greatest adventure.”
“More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.”

“A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” – Dave Meurer
“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half-shut afterwards.” – Benjamin Franklin
“I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.”– Lyndon B. Johnson
“There is no feeling in the world like knowing you have a partner to face whatever life throws at you.” – A. M. Kusi The Orchard Inn
“Love itself is calm; turbulence arrives from individuals.” – Chinese proverb
“Couples who make it aren’t the ones who never had a reason to get divorced; they are simply the ones who decide that their commitment to each other is always more important than their differences and flaws”
“To couples that are meant to be are the ones who go through everything that’s designed to tear them apart and come out stronger than ever before.”
“Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage, he’ll fall asleep before you finish saying it.” – Helen Rowland
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mingon McLaughlin

“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.”
“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.” – Mark Twain
“Always strive to give your spouse the very best of yourself not what’s left over after you gave your best to everyone else”
“Great marriages are contagious. If you want a great marriage, surround yourself with couples who have one.”
“The great marriages are partnerships. It can’t be a great marriage without being a partnership.” – Helen Mirren
“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
“Marriage isn’t “I promise to love you until I stop loving you.” It’s “I promise to make a conscious decision to continue to love you even when it’s hard because I’m aware no one is perfect, but you are worth it.”
“Don’t ever stop dating your wife and don’t ever stop flirting with your husband.”
“Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different, and each one is beautiful.” – Maggie Reyes

“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
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Henry Ford
“Women aren’t that difficult. If you made a mistake, tell her you’re sorry. If she made a mistake, tell her you’re sorry”
“Marriage doesn’t make you happy–you make your marriage happy.”
“Marriage is like watching the color of leaves in the fall; ever changing and more stunningly beautiful with each passing day.” Fawn Weaver
“After seven years of marriage, I am sure of two things: First, never wallpaper together and second, you’ll need two bathrooms … both for her. The rest is a mystery, but a mystery I love to be involved in.” – Dennis Miller
“You will forever be my always.”
“By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you will be happy. If you get a bad one, you will be a philosopher.” – Socrates
“Gratitude is the fastest road to happiness in a marriage.” – Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott

“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones
“I vow to always love you, even during the football season!”
“Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.”
“When you see a married couple walking down the street, the one that’s a few steps ahead is the one that’s mad.”
“The more you invest in marriage, the more valuable it becomes.”
“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” – Roy Croft
“If I get married, I want to be very married.” – Audrey Hepburn
“If you want to have a great marriage you need to be humble enough to ask yourself ‘what changes do I need to make?’”
“A great relationship is about two things: First, appreciating the similarities, and second, respecting the differences.”

“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” – Ruth Bell Graham
“A great marriage doesn’t happen when the “perfect couple” gets together. It happens when an imperfect couple gets together and learns to enjoy each other’s differences.”
“Make your marriage your own. Don’t look at other marriages and wish you had something else. Work to shape your marriage so that it is satisfying for both of you.”
“To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.” – Bill Wilson
“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
“Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story.” – Jennifer Smith
“The goal in marriage isn’t to think alike, but to think together” – Robert C Doods
“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
“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
“In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything and two minus one equals nothing.”

So to sum up, the three ABC’s for a happy and successful marriage is –

Abundance of love,

Boatloads of humor,

Constant prompting through verbal cues (aka love quotes and marriage sayings)

And of course, everything else that I have extensively spoken about in this post (if you are yet to read it, I highly recommend that you do so NOW!).