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80 Happy Anniversary Quotes to Keep the Romance Alive
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80 Happy Anniversary Quotes to Keep the Romance Alive

Couples that make it through 50 years of marriage do so by taking care of their relationship and celebrating it. Your anniversary is the perfect day to honor your commitment.

No matter if the two of you just got together one year ago or if you’ve been happily married for years, you should always take a little time to remember the first day you met, your first “I love you,” or your wedding day. Do you have a funny wedding anniversary quote or story?


Look how far you’ve come together! If that’s not enough reason to celebrate, show some love, and look forward to the years to come, then what is?

Even if you choose to celebrate by thinking up great gift ideas or by having dinner at your favorite restaurant, you can always hide a little note or an anniversary card for your life partner somewhere, to remind each other of how you feel.

We know words don’t always come easy when it comes to expressing your feelings, whether it’s on Father’s Day or at a graduation with family members. So when it comes to that special wedding milestone, we’ve got what you need to be prepared in terms of cute anniversary quotes. Now you have something beautiful to say or write on that card!  You’re welcome! (If you don’t find what you need in our anniversary wishes below, you can also check out our romantic love quotes here).

Here are 80 happy anniversary quotes to keep the romance alive:

Anniversary quotes for him

The ladies can be very romantic when it comes to expressing their feelings for their loved one. However, if you are struggling with finding the right words for your man, we’ve prepared a list of anniversary quotes for him that you will both love!

I love you more than my own skin.

 FRIDA KAHLO

I ask you to pass through life at my side – to be my second self, and best earthly companion.

CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Judy Garland-Happy Anniversary Quotes 1

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. 

JUDY GARLAND

Everyday I discover that I love you even more, and in this infinite universe I will love you till the ends.

ALICIA N GREEN

I don’t want our lives to be quoted as an example of the perfect marriage, but as the coolest adventure ride that two people ever took.

UNKNOWN

Biology says that a man’s behavior changes as he ages. But you have proved that wrong because you’re still as romantic and charming as you were when we started dating. Happy anniversary.

UNKNOWN

Thank you for always being my rainbow after a storm.

UNKNOWN

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

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead.

MARILYN MONROE
Marilyn Monroe
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I am so totally, completely, overwhelmingly, eye-poppingly, life-changingly, spectacularly, passionately, deliciously in love with you.

UNKNOWN

You have touched a part of my heart that no one else has ever been able to get to. I will love you forever.

UNKNOWN

As we grow older together, As we continue to change with age, There is one thing that will never change … I will always keep falling in love with you.

KAREN CLODFELDER

I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands, to speak when words are needed and to share the silence when they are not and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home.

THE VOW

You make me laugh even when I don’t want to smile.

UNKNOWN

The most wonderful thing I decided to do was to share my life and heart with you.

UNKNOWN

Thanks for being my handyman even when nothing between us ever feels broken.

UNKNOWN

For better or worse, I still choose you.

UNKNOWN

Funny anniversary quotes

How could love last without a bit of sense of humor? The following funny anniversary quotes are not for the fainthearted, but definitely for those who enjoy a funny saying, even on their anniversary.

It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. 

RITA RUDNER

We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it Love.

DR. SEUSS
Dr Seuss and his wife
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I love you more than coffee, but please don’t make me prove it.

ELIZABETH EVANS

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

Unless you want to forget your marriage, it’s a good idea to remember your anniversary.

MELANIE WHITE

I’m so privileged that you chose me to be that special woman in your life who will forever have the honor of picking up your socks and washing your underwear.

UNKNOWN

I love you so much I’d fight a bear for you. Well not a grizzly bear because they have claws, and not a panda bear because they know kung fu… but a care bear, I’d definitely fight a care bear for you.

UNKNOWN

On our anniversary, I want you to know how much happiness and satisfaction I got from annoying the hell out of you all these years. I also want you to know that have no plans of stopping anytime soon. Happy anniversary, dear husband!

UNKNOWN

God proved two things when he brought us together: his genius and his sense of humor.

UNKNOWN

Happy anniversary! I want to spend the rest of my money with you.

UNKNOWN

You have me, so I don’t know what else you could wish for. But knock yourself out.

UNKNOWN

Well, we made it another year without one of us either ending up dead or in jail. I call that a win. Happy Anniversary!

UNKNOWN

A wedding band is the smallest handcuff ever made, I’m glad I chose my cellmate wisely.

UNKNOWN

Like a kick to the gut, you'll always take my breath away.

UNKNOWN

Anniversary quotes for her

Women love it when their partners manage to do something romantic on their anniversary. So whether you’re preparing something fancy or simply decide to stay in and enjoy each other’s company, a romantic quote would always come in handy.

Here are some of the best anniversary quotes for her to bring a smile on your special lady’s face:

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. 

A. A. MILNE

Grow old with me, the best is yet to be. 

ROBERT BROWNING

The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.

RUMI

I want you for always… days, years, eternities.  

FRANZ SCHUBERT

So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.

PAULO COELHO

I wish there was a word more than ‘love’ to convey what I feel for you.

FARAAZ KAZI

The first time I heard my name in your mouth, the ground felt like a language I hadn’t spoken in years. I forgot everything I knew about gravity.

RUDY FRANCISCO

You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known and even that is an understatement.

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
Zelda Sayre and F. Scott Fitzgerald
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With that ring, I gave you my heart. I promised from that day forward, you would never walk alone; my heart would be your shelter, and my arms would be your home.

UNKNOWN

Here’s to all the places we went. And all the places we’ll go. And here’s to me, whispering again and again and again and again: I love you.

JOHN GREEN

Because of you I can feel myself slowly but surely becoming the me I have always dreamed of being.

TYLER KNOTT GREGSON

When I saw you first, it took every ounce of me not to kiss you. When I saw you laugh, it took every ounce of me not to fall in love. And when i saw your soul  it took every ounce of me.

ATTICUS

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

PAUL SWEENEY

All that you are is all that I’ll ever need.

ED SHEERAN
Ed Sheeran
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The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together.

ROBERT C. DODDS

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

ROY CROFT

You're as beautiful today as you were on our wedding day.

UNKNOWN

Romantic anniversary quotes

Looking for romantic anniversary quotes? Look no further! Below, you’ll find some of the most beautiful and romantic quotes for your anniversary. And if you’re not celebrating anything yet, why not surprise your partner by texting them one of the cute quotes we’ve prepared? After all, love should be celebrated every day.

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

DR. SEUSS

In case you ever foolishly forget: I am never not thinking of you.

VIRGINIA WOOLF

You are my today and all of my tomorrows. 

LEE CHRISTOPHER

If I know what love is, it is because of you. 

HERMAN HESSE

I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home. 

DOROTHY L. SAYERS

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. 

EMILY BRONTE

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

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way.  

PABLO NERUDA

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

With our love, we could save the world.

GEORGE HARRISON
George Harrison and his wife
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I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.

JOHN KEATS

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

PLATO

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you… I could walk through my garden forever.

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON

All that you are, all that I owe to you, justifies my love. 

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

I will spend an eternity loving you, caring for you, respecting you, showing you every day that I hold you as high as the stars.

STEVE MARABOLI
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So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s going to be really hard; we’re gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me… everyday.

NICHOLAS SPARKS

Of all the love stories in the world, ours will always be my favorite.

UNKNOWN

On this day, and every day, I am reminded why we are meant for each other.

UNKNOWN

In life, it's not where you go, it's who you travel with.

CHARLES SCHULZ

One year anniversary quotes

Celebrating your first year together is indeed special. It’s a perfect time to remember all the adventures you’ve been through and think about all the wonderful times that are yet to come.

Here are some cute one year anniversary quotes to send to your loved one:

One year ago, you kissed me goodnight for the first time.

UNKNOWN

No matter how much time goes by, I’ll never forget the first time you looked at me and how I fell in love.

UNKNOWN

They say the first year is the hardest, but when you’re married to your best friend nothing could be easier.

UNKNOWN

It’s all about the first person you want to tell the good news to.

UNKNOWN

When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

The best feeling in the world is kissing someone for the first time when you’ve really wanted to kiss them for a long time.

UNKNOWN

A year has flown by, and I didn’t even realize it. Is the rest of our lives together going to run just as smoothly? I hope so.

UNKNOWN

Spending one year with you in pure bliss equals a thousand years of experiencing all the other pleasures of life.

UNKNOWN

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Happy first anniversary.

UNKNOWN

Best day in my life. Ηappy anniversary to you, my dear.

UNKNOWN

Here's wishing you another year of true love. Happy Anniversary!

UNKNOWN

Another year with you makes me hope we live forever.

UNKNOWN

Only one year in and you're making Mr. and Mrs. look easy.

UNKNOWN

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