Sayings about Weddings
One of life’s greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn’t good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~ Jewish Proverbs
One should not think about it too much when marrying or taking pills. ~ Dutch Proverb
Marrying is easy, it’s housework that’s hard. ~ Traditional Proverb
If someone says “There is a wedding ceremony in the clouds,” then the women would soon arrive with their ladders. ~ Arabian Proverb
Be sure before you marry of a house wherein to tarry. ~Italian Proverbs
To marry once is a duty, twice a folly, and three times — madness. ~ Dutch Proverbs
When the ass was invited to the wedding feast he said, “They need more wood and water.” ~ Bosnian Proverb
If you don’t want to be deceived, then marry on February 30th. ~ French Proverb
A young man should not marry yet, an old man not at all. ~ Greek Proverb
Marry in haste and repent at leisure. ~ Dutch Proverb
Eat your fish while it is still fresh and marry the girl while she is still young. ~ German Proverbs
It is difficult to repay the gifts you get at a wedding or a funeral. ~ Chinese Proverb
The day you marry, it is either kill or cure. ~ Spanish Proverb
The wife cries before the wedding, the husband after. ~ Luxembourg Proverb
If you want to be criticized, marry. ~ Irish Proverb
Marry for money, my little sonny, a rich man’s joke is always funny. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Those that marry for money sell their liberty. ~ Traditional Proverb
Wipe the nose of your neighbor’s son and let him marry your daughter. ~ Spanish Proverb
There are three things that have to be done quickly: burying the dead, opening the door for a stranger, and fixing your daughter’s wedding. ~ Iranian Proverbs
If you do not travel, you will marry your own sister. ~ Mozambican Proverb
Marry in May, rue for aye. ~ Traditional Proverb
If you marry a young woman, make sure your friends stay outside. ~ Ukrainian Proverb
You’ll repent if you marry, and repent if you don’t. ~ Traditional Proverb
She who wants to marry her stepfather regrets it in bed. ~ Yiddish Proverb
If you want to marry wisely, marry your equal. ~ Spanish Proverb
The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~ American Proverb
Look at the mother, marry the daughter. ~Hungarian Proverbs
Marry a mountain girl and you marry the whole mountain. ~ Irish Proverbs
Never marry for money. You can borrow it cheaper. ~ Scottish Proverbs
A wedding is like a funeral, but with musicians. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Marry in Lent, and you’ll live to repent. ~ Traditional Proverb
The wedding lasts for two or three days, but the trouble stays longer. ~ Czech Proverb
The pearls of a bride on her wedding day are the tears that will be shed later. ~ Spanish Proverb
Even the thinnest piece of meat will happily marry a piece of bread. ~ Turkish Proverbs
Three rings of marriage are the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering. ~ Author Unknown
Who dances at the wedding, weeps at the funeral. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Never marry a woman who has bigger feet than you. ~ Mozambican Proverb
Girls marry to please parents, widows to please themselves. ~ Chinese Proverb
Don’t marry without love, but don’t love without reason. ~ American Proverb
Advise no one to go to war or to marry. ~ Spanish Proverb
Gentlemen prefer blonds — but marry brunettes. ~ American Proverbs
He who longs too much for a child will marry a pregnant woman. ~ Bambara Proverb
At her wedding, the bride eats the least. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Quotations about Weddings
Our wedding was many years ago. The celebration continues to this day. ~ Gene Perret
Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage. ~ Zig Ziglar
Wedding, what’s a wedding? It’s a prehistoric ritual. True, yes, but a wedding is also life at its most hopeful–full of promise and happiness and love. ~ Jay Mulvaney & Doris Kearns Goodwin
Weddings to me are wondrous because they are so filled with tomorrows. ~ Mary Forsell
Fair weather weddings make fair weather lives. ~ Richard Hovey
Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is. ~ Mignon McLaughlin
A wedding dress is both an intimate and personal for a woman – it must reflect the personality and style of the bride. ~ Carolina Herrera
The most difficult years of marriage are those following the wedding. ~ Gary Smalley
Remember, a wedding is a celebration of your union, and there’s no price tag on what your love and your promises mean to your future. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking a bigger wedding means you love each other more. ~ Karen Schwartz
One of the best wedding gifts God gave you was a full-length mirror called your spouse. Had there been a card attached, it would have said, “Here’s to helping you discover what you’re really like!” ~ Gary & Betsy Ricucci
To marry unequally is to suffer equally. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
It is amazing at how small a price may the wedding ring be placed upon a worthless hand; but, by the beauty of our law, what heaps of gold are indispensable to take it off! ~ Douglas Jerold
A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes. ~ Joseph Addison
For talk six times with the same single lady, and you may get the wedding dresses ready. ~ Lord Byron
“I am” is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that “I do” is the longest sentence? ~ Author Unknown
Every bride and groom would do well to remember that in wedding, the we comes before the I. ~ Evan Esar
The fact is that no two weddings are alike. Who’s to say what percent of your budget needs to go to food, wine, or your gown? That’s a matter of your personal taste, finances, and circumstances. ~ Marcy Blum & Laura F. Kaiser
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed. ~ Oscar Wilde
Single people are precious fodder at weddings. ~ Rebecca Gregson
It isn’t tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it’s separating himself from all the others. ~ Helen Rowland
A wedding is the last gasp of your childhood family. ~ Karen Schwartz
Three rings of marriage are the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering. ~ Author Unknown
A wedding is the formality a man has to go through before going to work for a new boss. ~ Evan Esar
I dreamed of a wedding of elaborate elegance, a church filled with flowers and friends. I asked him what kind of wedding he wished for; he said one that would make me his wife. ~ Author Unknown
The funny thing is that although we place so much energy and importance on our wedding day, it isn’t the biggest day of our life. The biggest day of your life is every day thereafter. Because it’s not the pledge to love someone that matters, but the act of fulfilling that pledge that is most important. ~ Laura Wolf
Many a wedding takes place when a man can’t afford to go steady with a girl any longer. ~ Evan Esar
A wedding in haste is worth two at leisure. ~ Gelett Burgess
Wedding rings: the world’s smallest handcuffs. ~ Author Unknown
Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition. ~ Samuel Pepys
Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier. ~ H.L. Mencken
Weddings are the biggest relationship killers out there. If you can survive the wedding, they say, the rest is a piece of cake. ~ Noah Hawley
When a girl marries she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one. ~ Helen Rowland
So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three. ~ Alexandre Dumas, fils
The problem with being best man at a wedding is that you never get a chance to prove it. ~ Jason McIntosh
A person’s character is but half formed till after wedlock. ~ Charles Simmons
The surest way to be alone is to get married. ~ Gloria Steinem
I’ve sometimes thought of marrying, and then I’ve thought again. ~ Noel Coward
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~ Paul Sweeney
Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he’ll end up hating you. ~ Jill Bennett
[W]hen 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. ~ Nora Ephron
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well. ~ Oliver Goldsmith
The groom always smiles proudly because he’s convinced he’s accomplished something quite wonderful. The bride smiles because she’s been able to convince him of it. ~ Judith Mcnaught
And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living! ~ Tertullian
Remember that weddings are truly primal rituals and set off chains of chaos in even the most stable of family units. ~ Tess Ayers & Paul Brown
A wedding is not a wedding without the feast — the ceremonial extension of celebration to the community, where the meal laid on is not just a feeding but an elaborate and extravagant bacchanal, accompanied by much drinking and the offering of public toasts. ~ Karl E. Scheibe
If you are afraid of loneliness, don’t marry. ~ Anton Chekhov
An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court. ~ William Feather
Divorce has become so easy nowadays that women have stopped crying at weddings. ~ Evan Esar
Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle. ~ Heinrich Heine
Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. ~ Ambrose Bierce
He’s the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of. ~ Mae West
Weddings are not over until they are sealed with a kiss. ~ Susan Marg
Don’t marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can’t live without. ~ James C. Dobson
A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn’t want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. ~ W. Somerset Maugham
Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise. ~ John Heywood
A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers. ~ Grace Hansen
I cried during my wedding, but my wife did not. That’s natural, because I was losing my freedom, and she was gaining a slave. ~ Jarod Kintz
The sight of a wedding always has a disturbing effect on young girls; at such moments a mysterious sense of solidarity with their own sex takes possession of them. ~ Stefan Zweig
Getting married is a lot like getting into a tub of hot water. After you get used to it, it ain’t so hot. ~ Minnie Pearl
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. ~ Socrates
There’s nothing like a Catholic wedding to make you wish life had a fast forward button. ~ Daniel Chopin
Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her. ~ Helen Rowland
Weddings remind us that our lives have meaning and that love is the strongest bond, the happiest joy, and the loveliest healing we can ever experience. ~ Daphne Rose Kingma
When you’re in a relationship, you’re always surrounded by a ring of circumstances… joined together by a wedding ring, or in a boxing ring. ~ Bob Seger
If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse — as a man shoots himself. ~ H.L. Mencken
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast. ~ Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Weddings are important because they celebrate life and possibility. ~ Anne Hathaway
Never get married in the morning, because you never know who you’ll meet that night. ~ Paul Hornung
It’s not as great a day for the bride as she thinks. She’s not marrying the best man. ~ Author Unknown
A wedding is the only time a woman will ever have veto over what her best friends wear. ~ Amy Cameron