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Poems & Quotes

Union gives strength.
~ Aesop


...And when two people understand each other in their inmost heats, Their words are sweet and strong like the fragrance of orchids.
~ I Ching


...In marriage, everyday you love, and everyday you forgive. It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness
~ Bill Moyers


The deed of love is stronger than words
~ Pearl Bailey


The first duty of love is to listen
~ Paul Tillich


Love is an act of endless forgiveness,

a tender look which becomes a habit
~ Peter Ustinov


There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company,

than a good marriage.
~ Martin Luther King


...To make One, there must be Two...
~ W.H. Auden


To Be One With Each Other

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labor, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with each other in all gladness, to be one with each other in the silent unspoken memories?
~ George Eliot


“To be loved, be lovable.”
~ Ovine


Love conquers all things;

let us too surrender to love.
~ Virgil


There is only one happiness in life,

to love and be loved.
~ George Sand


Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.

Doubt thou the stars are fire;

doubt that the sun doth move;

doubt truth to be a liar;

but never doubt I love you.

I love thee, I love but thee with a love

that shall not die. Till the sun grows cold

and the stars grow old.
~ William Shakespeare


If love were what the rose is, and I were like the leaf, our lives would grow together in sad or singing weather.
~ Algernon Charles Swinburne


Love me tender, love me sweet,

never let me go.
~ Elivis Presley


You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
~ Henry Drummond


Each moment of a happy love’s hour is worth an age of dull and common life.
~ Aphra Behn


Sometimes the heart sees

what is invisible to the eye.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.


Who, being loved, is poor?
~ Oscar Wilde


There is one pain I often feel, which you’ll never know. It’s caused by absence of you.
~ Ashleigh Brilliant


That farewell kiss which resembles greeting;

that last glance of love which becomes

the sharpest pang of sorrow.
~ George Elliot


It is only with the heart that one can see rightly,what is essential is invisible to the eye.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery


There is no remedy for love than to love more.
~ Henry David Thoreau


If you want to be loved, love and be loveable.

~ Benjamin Franklin


Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind...

~ William


The magic of first love is our ignorance

that it can never end.

~ Benjamin Disraeli


Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the the Gods.

~ Plato

We remember and hold dear ...

{list names}

Although they could not be here to share in our wedding day, they are in our hearts.


Those who love and are loved know that life’s true riches lie in the moments spent with family and friends.  Thank you for sharing this day with us.


We would like to thank God first and foremost for bringing our union together. We also thank and acknowledge our parents for their love, guidance, and influence on our lives. Many thanks to our families and friends who came to share our special day. We love you all.


We would like to thank you, our close family and friends, for traveling the distance to join us in our marriage celebration. We have been blessed by your gracious love, support and friendship over the years, and look forward to its presence in the years ahead.


We thank God for our countless blessings.

We thank our parents for their unconditional love, support and guidance. We also thank all our family and friends for sharing this special day with us.


Thank you to our family and friends for traveling from near and far to share wonderful memories of our wedding day. And thank you to our parents for your continuous love and support.


We would like to thank first and foremost our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for the salvation, daily grace and mercy that He so freely gives. Without Him, we would have never met; and through Him our love will always endure. To our parents and to the Matron of Honor, we thank you so very much for giving us your love, patience and encouragement. We will never forget the countless hours and resources that you dedicated to make this day special for us. We love you.





We would first like to thank our amazing families for all of the love and support they’ve given us throughout our lives and during this special time. They are both our role models and our friends and we love you more than you’ll ever know.

We thank each and every member of our wedding party. You have helped us with so many details and given us the emotional support we needed during the past months. Many of you are standing beside us today despite difficult circumstances and we can’t begin to tell you how honored we are that we mean so much to you.  And to the family and friends who joined us today, in some cases traveling from far away...thank you for making such an effort to share this day with us.  We also honor our grandparents, family and friends that could not be here today. We love you and will be thinking of you. Eat, Drink and Dance!


At this joyous time we wish to remember family and friends who are not able to be here today. And for those loved ones who have gone before, we hold your memory close in our hearts today and always.

In Memory of {list names}


Thank you to our parents who have offered tremendous love and support and who have made this day possible. Thank you to our family and friends who have traveled far and wide to be with us today. We feel truly loved and blessed in your presence.


We thank God Almighty for all of our countless blessings , especially for uniting us and making this special day possible. We thank our parents for the unconditional love, support and guidance they have given us throughout our lives. Most importantly we truly appreciate the values and morals they have instilled in us, which have made us who we are today.

Last but not least, we thank all of our family and dear friends who have traveled from far and near to share with us this weekend. Your presence and participation have made our celebration truly exceptional!


On this most special milestone in our lives, we wish to lovingly remember those close to our hearts who are no longer with us . We know they are here with us in spirit. The wonderful memories of the precious times shared with each of them will be cherished forever...

Thank You & Remembrance

Grow old with me

the best is yet to be.

~ Robert Browning


Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms

without the aid of seasons.

~ Kahlil Gibran


There is only one happiness in life

to love and be loved.

~ George Sand


Marriage Prayer

Lord, help us to remember when we first met

And the strong love that grew between us

Help us to work that love into practical things

So nothing can divide us. Amen.


There is no remedy for love but to love more.

~ William David Thoreau


Where there is love there is life.

~ Mahatma Ghandi


Now join your hands,

and with your hands your hearts.

~ William Shakespeare


There is only one happiness in life,

to love and be loved.

~ George Sands


Let there be spaces in your togetherness

~ Kahlil Gibran


You give but little when you give of your possessions.

It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

~ Kahlil Gibran


I have looked into your eyes with my eyes.

I have put my heart near your heart.

~ Pope John XXIII


God is a great matchmaker.

~ Jewish Proverb


Where there is love there is life.

~ Mahatma Gandhi


Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

~ Ephesians 4:26


There is nothing more lovely in life

than the union of two people whose love

for one another has grown through the years,

from the small acorn of passion,

into a great rooted tree

~ Vita Sackville-West


Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate,

but through being the right mate.

~ Barnett Brickner


What is yours is mine,

and all mine is yours.

~ Titus Maccius Plautus


How do I love thee?

Let me count the ways.

~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning


But love is blind, and lovers cannot see:

The pretty follies that themselves commit.

~ William Shakespeare


Two souls with but a single thought,

Two hearts that beat s one.

~ Freedrich Holm Joseph Von Munch


The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seenor even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

~ Helen Keller


The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.

~ Victor Hugo


Love is a great beautifier.

~ Louisa May Alcott


Love and you shall be loved.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


It is easy to love people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.

~ Mother Theresa


The first duty of love is to listen.

~ Paul Tillich


The best portion of a good man’s life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts, Of kindness and of love.

~ William Wordsworth


When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.

~ Mark Twain


“There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.”

~ Martin Luther


“A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.”

~ Rainer Maria Rilke


If there is such a thing as a good marriage,

it is because it resembles friendship

rather than love.

~ Michel de Montaigne