Whether you’re aiming for longevity, satisfaction, or tax breaks, these happy marriage quotes, long marriage quotes, and quotes for newly married couples should give you a little perspective for your blessed union.

• “If I get married, I want to be very married.” — Audrey Hepburn
• “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” — Mignon McLaughlin
• “The best way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once.” — E. Joseph Cossman
• “To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.” — Franka Potente
• “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
• “You know you are in love when the two of you can go grocery shopping together.” — Woody Harrelson
• “My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.” — Winston Churchill
• “Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow internet to see who they really are.” — Will Ferrell
• “What greater thing is there for two human souls then to feel that they are joined for life — to strengthen 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
• “Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” — Ursula K. LeGuin, The Lathe of Heaven
• “Let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but not make a bond of love: Let it be rather a moving sea between the shores of your souls.” — Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
• “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” — Dave Meurer
• “There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.” — Martin Luther
• “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
• “A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.” — Andre Marois
• “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
• “The highest happiness on earth is marriage.” — William Lyon Phelps
• “Come, let’s be a comfortable couple and take care of each other! How glad we shall be, that we have somebody we are fond of always, to talk to and sit with.” — Charles Dickens
• “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
• “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