Love Quotes for Your Wedding Invitations
A few words to set the tone
A short quote can be a lovely addition to a wedding invitation, RSVP card, or Order of Service — a small detail that adds warmth before your guests even reach the practical information. Below is a collection of quotes about love and marriage, from classic literature and poetry to timeless proverbs, organised by theme so you can find one that fits the feeling of your day.
Classic lines about choosing one another, well suited to the main invitation or a keepsake card.
There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.
— George SandWhatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
— Emily Brontë, Wuthering HeightsTo love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
— David ViscottGrow old along with me, and the best is yet to be.
— Robert BrowningLove is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
— AristotleLove does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
— Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
— Audrey HepburnTwo souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
— Friedrich HalmWhatever you are, be a good one.
— Abraham LincolnLove is not finding someone to live with — it's finding someone you can't live without.
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
— Victor HugoLines that capture the feeling of starting a new chapter — perfect for the opening of an invitation.
And then there is the most beautiful thing in the world — the heart that knows how to wait, hope, and rejoice in the certainty of being loved.
Love is a moment that lasts forever.
Today, with full hearts, we begin a new chapter — written by the two of us.
A fresh new day, and it is ours — a day of happy beginnings.
From this day forward, you shall not walk alone.
Once upon a time, two strangers met. The rest, as they say, is history.
Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favourite.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step — ours begins here, together.
For couples who think of their relationship first and foremost as a friendship — a gentle, grounded tone.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
— Mignon McLaughlinI will marry my friend — the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
Where there is great love, there are always miracles.
— Willa CatherYou know you're in real love when you can't fall asleep, because reality is finally better than your dreams.
— Dr. SeussLove is friendship that has caught fire.
— Ann LandersThe 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.
A great marriage is not when the perfect couple comes together, but when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
Home is wherever I'm with you.
A little more lyrical — lovely for couples who want their invitation to feel like the opening line of a story.
Love, like a river, will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle.
— Crystal MiddlemasYou know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes, and her eyes everywhere in the world.
Love is like the sun coming out from behind the clouds and warming your soul.
Love is a blazing flame, golden and full of warmth.
Marriage is a garden — with love and tender attention, it will flourish with abundant beauty.
Love is something you can't quite describe, like the look of a rose, the scent of the rain, or the feeling of forever.
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love never fails.
— 1 Corinthians 13 (paraphrased)To the world, you may be one person — but to one person, you may be the whole world.
In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.
— Maya AngelouI have found the one whom my soul loves.
— Song of Solomon 3:4 (paraphrased)Brief, simple lines — ideal for smaller cards, RSVPs, or details where space is limited.
Love is patient. Love is kind.
Together is a beautiful place to be.
Two hearts. One love. Forever.
Better together.
Love is the bridge between two hearts.
And so, the adventure begins.
All you need is love.
Forever starts now.
Adventure awaits.
You and me, always.
Yours, always.
Timeless lines from English literature — a touch of romance with centuries of history behind it.
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.
— William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.
— William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's DreamDoubt thou the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move — but never doubt I love.
— William Shakespeare, HamletMy bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep.
— William Shakespeare, Romeo and JulietIf music be the food of love, play on.
— William Shakespeare, Twelfth NightHow do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
— Elizabeth Barrett BrowningI love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.
— Elizabeth Barrett BrowningThe heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.
— Blaise PascalLines with a long history of being spoken at weddings — fitting for a ceremony with a traditional or religious tone.
Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge.
— Ruth 1:16Set me as a seal upon thine heart, for love is strong.
— Song of Solomon 8:6Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.
— Song of Solomon 8:7And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
— 1 Corinthians 13:13Two are better than one; for if they fall, the one will lift up the other.
— Ecclesiastes 4:9-10May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and the road downhill all the way to your door.
— Traditional Irish blessingWell-loved phrases that have appeared on wedding stationery for generations — simple, familiar, and warm.
Two hearts, one home.
A perfect match, made by fate.
And they lived happily ever after.
Love conquers all.
A toast to love and laughter, and happily ever after.
Hand in hand, heart to heart, together forever, never to part.
Two hearts that beat as one.
From this day forward.
Once you've chosen a quote, let us know where you'd like it placed and our designer will work it into your suite alongside your wording.