200 Anniversary Quotes To Express Your Love

Reaching a milestone in your relationship is always an inspiring and romantic time. Whether you’re celebrating your ten-year anniversary, or are taking the opportunity to cheers to 6 months together — these moments are always incredibly impactful! 

If you’re looking for the right words to sum up your relationship on this special occasion, we have the anniversary quotes for you! 

So whether you’re looking for some inspiration, or want a quote to include on your flower delivery, we’ve gathered up 200 quotes suitable for every couple — whether you’re married or not! 

What do you write on an anniversary card for your friends? 

If your favorite couple is celebrating their anniversary, it’s nice to mark their special day with some sweet anniversary wishes. 

Whether you want to give your best wishes to your neighborhood lovebirds or write special wedding anniversary wishes for your mom and dad — it’s important to try and capture the right sentiments! 

While you can go with a simple ‘Happy Wedding Anniversary’ or a ‘Best Wishes’, expressing your love and celebrating their years of marriage with a personal touch is always a good rule! 

100 wedding anniversary quotes for couples 

Are you celebrating your first anniversary? Reminisce on the amazing memories of your wedding day with these romantic quotes, with a focus on the incredible future awaiting you as a couple! 

Classic wedding anniversary quote

1. "Grow old with me, the best is yet to be." — Robert Browning

2. "The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." — Audrey Hepburn

3. "Forever is a long time, but I wouldn't mind spending it by your side." — Unknown 

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

5. "Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply." — Zane Grey

6. "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

7. "Real love stories never have endings." — Richard Bach

8. "To love is nothing. To be loved is something. But to love and be loved, that’s everything." — T. Tolis

9. "An anniversary is a reminder as to why you love and married this person." — Zoe Foster Blake

10. "Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash." — Joyce Brothers

11. "In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine." — Maya Angelou

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

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

14. "Anniversary: A time to celebrate the beauty, gift, and blessing of enduring love." — Unknown

15. "The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage." — William Lyon Phelps

16. "Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century." — Mark Twain

17. "Marriage: A book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters written in prose." — Beverly Nichols

18. "Marriage is the most natural state of man, and the state in which you will find solid happiness." — Benjamin Franklin

19. "You know you are in love when you don’t want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." — Dr. Seuss

20. "May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise." — Rumi

Modern wedding anniversary quotes

1. "Together is a beautiful place to be." — Unknown

2. "Love is not about how many days, months, or years you've been together. Love is about how much you love each other every day." — Unknown

3. "I have found the one whom my soul loves." — Song of Solomon 3:4

4. "In you, I've found the love of my life and my closest, truest friend." — Unknown

5. "Every love story is special, unique, and beautiful—but ours is my favorite." — Unknown

6. "Forever is a measure of time used by people who share an ordinary love. Our extraordinary love is immeasurable... for us, forever just won't do." — Steve Maraboli

7. "I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you." — Ben Folds

8. "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

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

10. "I swear when our lips touch, I can taste the next sixty years of my life." — Unknown

11. "I choose you. And I'll choose you over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat. I'll keep choosing you." — Unknown

12. "In case you ever foolishly forget: I am never not thinking of you." — Virginia Woolf

13. "I didn't marry you so I could live with you. I married you because I cannot live without you." — Unknown

14. "Every day I discover that I love you even more, and in this infinite universe I will love you till the ends." — Alicia N Green

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

16. "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." — John Green

17. "You are my today and all of my tomorrows." — Leo Christopher

18. "Our anniversary is just a momentary celebration, but our marriage is a timeless one." — Unknown

19. "I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more." — Angelita Lim

20. "The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." — Audrey Hepburn

Humorous wedding anniversary quotes 

1. "Marriage is a workshop... where the husband works and the wife shops." — Unknown

2. "Marriage is like a deck of cards. In the beginning, all you need is two hearts and a diamond. After a while, you just wish you had a club and a spade." — Unknown

3. "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

4. "An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her." — Agatha Christie

5. "Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband." — Unknown

6. "Being married is like having a best friend who doesn't remember anything you say." — Unknown

7. "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

8. "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." — Rodney Dangerfield

9. "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

10. "I'll love you even when you're old and wrinkly." — Unknown

11. "A good marriage is like a casserole—only those responsible for it really know what goes in it." — Unknown

12. "In my house, I'm the boss. My wife is just the decision-maker." — Woody Allen

13. "Marriage is like vitamins: we supplement each other's minimum daily requirements." — Kathy Mohnke

14. "Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you." — Helen Rowland

15. "You still behave like newlyweds, happy anniversary!" — Unknown

16. "Marriage: where 'Yes Dear' are the magic words." — Unknown

17. "My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce." — Joyce Brothers

18. "We've been happily married for one year and unhappily married for nine." — Unknown

19. "Love is blind but marriage is a real eye-opener." — Unknown

20. "If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question?" — Lily Tomlin

Inspirational wedding anniversary quotes 

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

2. "Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day." — Unknown

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

4. "Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends." — Harville Hendrix

5. "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

6. "Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate." — Barnett R. Brickner

7. "A good marriage is each for the other and two against the world." — Robert Brault

8. "Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story." — Jennifer Smith

9. "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

10. "The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly." — Peter De Vries

11. "Marriage: The roots are deep, the covenant is solid, love is sweet, life is hard, and God is good." — John Piper

12. "A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers." — Ruth Bell Graham

13. "In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing." — Mignon McLaughlin

14. "The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." — William Saroyan

15. "Marriage is our society’s most pro-child institution. If you want kids to do well, then you want marriage to do well." — David Blankenhorn

16. "Marriage is not about age; it’s about finding the right person." — Sophia Bush

17. "To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the loving cup, whenever you’re wrong to admit it; whenever you’re right shut up." — Ogden Nash

18. "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." — Sam Levenson

19. "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

20. "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

Romantic wedding anniversary quotes 

1. "Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite." — Unknown

2. "If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever." — Alfred Lord Tennyson

3. "In a sea of people, my eyes will always search for you." — Unknown

4. "Your love shines in my heart as the sun that shines upon the earth." — Eleanor Di Guillo

5. "Each year with you is better than the last, a beautiful moment in our endless dance." — Unknown

6. "I would find you in any lifetime." — Kanye West

7. "With you, I am home." — Unknown

8. "You are my today and all of my tomorrows." — Leo Christopher

9. "I have loved you all my life; it has just taken me this long to find you." — Unknown

10. "I swear I couldn't love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow." — Leo Christopher

11. "The best love is the one that makes you a better person, without changing you into someone other than yourself." — Unknown

12. "Forever is a long time, but I wouldn't mind spending it by your side." — Unknown

13. "In case you ever foolishly forget: I am never not thinking of you." — Virginia Woolf

14. "To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you are the world." — Dr. Seuss

15. "I look at you and see the rest of my life in front of my eyes." — Unknown

16. "I love you for all that you are, all that you have been, and all you're yet to be." — Unknown

17. "When I tell you I love you, I am not saying it out of habit, I am reminding you that you are my life." — Unknown

18. "You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought." — Arthur Conan Doyle

19. "I want to be with you until my last page." — A.R. Asher

20. "Our love is the thread in the labyrinth, the net under the high-wire walker, the only real thing in this strange life of mine that I could ever trust." — Unknown

100 anniversary quotes for couples 

While you may not have been married for years, anniversaries are no less special, with incredible relationship quotes to choose from. 

Take the chance to celebrate your togetherness, and remind yourself that you’re the luckiest person in the world with your partner by your side! 

Romantic anniversary quotes for couples 

1. "Together is my favorite place to be." — Unknown

2. "You are my greatest adventure." — Unknown

3. "Our love story is my favorite fairy tale." — Unknown

4. "Every moment with you is a treasure." — Unknown

5. "You are my endless love, my favorite memory, and my forever joy." — Unknown

6. "I find the most beautiful moments of life aren’t just with you but because of you." — Leo Christopher

7. "In you, I've found the love of my life and my closest, truest friend." — Unknown

8. "You are the poem I never knew how to write, and this life is the story I have always wanted to tell." — Tyler Knott Gregson

9. "Every day I'm convinced that I can't possibly love you more... and every day I'm proven wrong." — Steve Maraboli

10. "You are my sun, my moon, and all my stars." — E.E. Cummings

11. "Life with you is a perpetual honeymoon." — Unknown

12. "Our love is a sacred thread, it binds us together and makes us whole." — Unknown

13. "With you, every day is a day worth celebrating." — Unknown

14. "In your arms, I have found home, in your eyes, I have found peace, in your heart, I have found love." — Unknown

15. "Loving you is both my biggest weakness and greatest strength." — Unknown

16. "Our anniversary is a time to look back at the good times and a time to look ahead to live our dreams together." — Unknown

17. "You are not just my better half. You are the half that makes my life better." — Unknown

18. "Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one." — Friedrich Halm

19. "You are my love, my friend, my knight in shining armor. You are my soulmate." — Unknown

20. "Every day with you is another part of our wonderful journey." — Unknown

Long-term relationship anniversary quotes for couples 

1. "You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement." — F. Scott Fitzgerald

2. "We keep this love in a photograph/We made these memories for ourselves/Where our eyes are never closing/Our hearts were never broken/And time's forever frozen, still" — Ed Sheeran

3. "A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year." — Paul Sweeney

4. "Years of love have been forgotten in the hatred of a minute." — Edgar Allan Poe

5. "True love stories never have endings." — Richard Bach

6. "Love is the thing that always has the last word, even when those words are 'I'm sorry,' or 'Forgive me,' or 'I love you no matter what.'" — Unknown

7. "Our love has grown together like two trees, intertwining our roots and creating a beautiful canopy above us." — Unknown

8. "Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

9. "The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more." — Nicholas Sparks

10. "Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'." — Herbert Spencer

11. "It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." — Abraham Lincoln

12. "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

13. "In you, I've found the love of my life and my closest, truest friend." — Unknown

14. "Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply." — Zane Grey

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

16. "Real love stories never have endings." — Richard Bach

17. "An anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow." — Unknown

18. "Forever is a measure of time used by people who share an ordinary love. Our extraordinary love is immeasurable... for us, forever just won't do." — Steve Maraboli

19. "Love is not about how many days, months, or years you've been together. Love is about how much you love each other every day." — Unknown

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

Funny anniversary quotes for couples 

1. "Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up." — Evelyn Hendrickson

2. "Love is blind but marriage is a real eye-opener." — Unknown

3. "My dear husband, I want you. To do more chores around the house." — Unknown

4. "An anniversary is when another year of your life has successfully been wasted with the wrong person." — Unknown

5. "Marriage is a three-ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering." — Unknown

6. "Married life is like a deck of cards. At the start, all you need is two hearts and a diamond. By the end, you wish you had a club and a spade." — Unknown

7. "Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway." — Joey Adams

8. "I love you more than coffee, but please don't make me prove it." — Unknown

9. "Behind every great man - is a woman rolling her eyes." — Jim Carrey

10. "Holy matrimony is like a workshop. The husband works and the wife shops." — Unknown

11. "If love is an amazing dream, then marriage is the alarm clock." — Unknown

12. "They say marriage is grand. Well, divorce is about ten grand!" — Unknown

13. "I'm so happy I married you. I now have one more person to annoy for the rest of my life." — Unknown

14. "A toast to love and laughter, and happily ever after." — Unknown

15. "Marriage lets you annoy one special person for the rest of your life." — Unknown

16. "You're the only one I want to annoy for the rest of my life." — Unknown

17. "Being married is like having a best friend who doesn't remember anything you say." — Unknown

18. "In my house, I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision-maker." — Woody Allen

19. "Marriage: A relationship where one person is always right and the other is the husband." — Unknown

20. "For our anniversary, let's give each other a get-out-of-jail-free card for our usual arguments." — Unknown

Happy anniversary quotes about partnership for couples 

1. "Together, we are an endless conversation." — Unknown

2. "In our partnership, I have found the mirror to my soul." — Unknown

3. "Another year, another great reason to celebrate our wonderful partnership." — Unknown

4. "Partnership: It's not just about loving each other, it's about working together." — Unknown

5. "Our anniversary marks not just our love but our partnership in life's journey." — Unknown

6. "Side by side, year by year, the best is yet to come." — Unknown

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

8. "Our anniversary is a celebration of the twists and turns we navigated together." — Unknown

9. "In our partnership, every day is a celebration of understanding and love." — Unknown

10. "Together we are stronger, together we are unbreakable, together we are perfect." — Unknown

11. "Every anniversary of ours is a testament to our partnership and endurance." — Unknown

12. "In this dance of life, I'm glad you are my partner, every step of the way." — Unknown

13. "Our partnership is my most treasured relationship, today and always." — Unknown

14. "Anniversaries remind us that the best is always yet to come in our partnership." — Unknown

15. "Together we've created a beautiful tapestry of love and partnership." — Unknown

16. "Our love story is my favorite, but our partnership is my treasure." — Unknown

17. "Celebrating our anniversary is a toast to our partnership, love, and resilience." — Unknown

18. "Through thick and thin, our partnership has stood the test of time. Happy anniversary!" — Unknown

19. "Our partnership in love, life, and laughter makes every day an anniversary." — Unknown

20. "Happy anniversary to my partner in love, life's ups and downs, and everything in between." — Unknown

Short and sweet quotes for anniversaries for couples 

1. "Love endures, year after year."

2. "Together, forever, no matter what."

3. "Still falling for you, every day."

4. "Our love story is my favorite."

5. "Years go by, love stays strong."

6. "Another year down, forever to go."

7. "Love you more with each passing year."

8. "In love, we've found our forever."

9. "Our love shines brighter every year."

10. "Together is our favorite place."

11. "Love's journey, year by beautiful year."

12. "Anniversaries pass, our love remains."

13. "Forever and always, no matter what."

14. "Love, laughter, and happily ever after."

15. "Every year with you is sweeter."

16. "Love's journey, growing stronger each year."

17. "Eternally yours, through years and beyond."

18. "Years together, hearts forever entwined."

19. "Our love story never gets old."

20. "Anniversary cheers to us, my love."

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