Part of

60 Romantic Anniversary Quotes for Your Wife

Wish your wife a happy anniversary with these sweet quotes.

A bride and groom smiling and embracing on their wedding day.

Photo by Jami Laree Jeskey / Design by Tiana Crispino

The amazing thing about love is that it can be wonderfully magical and infinitely complex. Undoubtedly, when you love someone, you only want to shout it from the rooftops. Unfortunately, though, when you’re face to face, staring at a blank text box, or trying to put pen to paper, finding the right words to express the depth and breadth of your love is likely one of the hardest things you’ve ever done—especially when it comes to anniversary wishes for your wife.

Words can be elusive, but here’s a little secret: You don’t have to use your own! There are plenty of professional wordsmiths in the world, and if you look in the right places, you’ll find the right ones to help you express your love to your favorite lady on your anniversary.

But, of course, time is always of the essence, so if you’re at a loss for words, here are 60 love quotes that perfectly express "Happy Anniversary" to your wife.

A couple holding hands in front of the sunset.

Siam Pukkato / EyeEm / Getty Images

Quotes From Songs 

  • “I've known it from the moment that we met/no doubt in my mind where you belong.” — “Make You Feel My Love” by Adele
  • “And the songbirds are singing/Like they know the score/And I love you, I love you, I love you/Like never before.” — “Songbird” by Fleetwood Mac
  • "I can hear her heartbeat for a thousand miles/and the heavens open every time she smiles..." — “Crazy Love” by Van Morrison 
  • “The very thought of you makes my heart sing/Like an April breeze on the wings of spring.” — “My One And Only Love” by Sting 
  • “You’re always the first and the last thing on this heart of mine/No matter where I go, or what I do/I’m thinking of you.” — “Thinking Of You” by Dierks Bentley
  • “I said I love you, that’s forever.” — “Just the Way You Are” by Billy Joel
  • “If I go a million miles away/I'd write a letter, each and everyday/'Cause I know that nothing/Nothing can ever change that love I have for you.” — “Nothin’ Can Change This Love” by Sam Cooke
  • “Take my hand, take my whole life too/For I can’t help falling in love with you.” — “Can’t Help Falling In Love” by Elvis Presley
  •  “You’re the closest to heaven, that I’ll ever be.” — “Iris” by Goo Goo Dolls
  • "I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words/How wonderful life is while you’re in the world.” — “Your Song“ by Elton John
  • "You smiled, you smiled/Oh, and then the spell was cast/And here we are in Heaven/For you are mine at last" — "At Last" by Etta James
  • "Something in the way she knows/And all I have to do is think of her/Something in the things she shows me/I don't want to leave her now/You know I believe and how" — "Something" by the Beatles
  • "'Cause all of me/Loves all of you/Love your curves and all your edges/All your perfect imperfections/Give your all to me/I'll give my all to you/You're my end and my beginning/Even when I lose, I'm winning" — "All of Me" by John Legend
A young couple in love walking through a city.

Marko Geber / Getty Images

Quotes From Film and Literature 

  • "If I know what love is, it is because of you." — Narcissus and Goldmund by Herman Hesse
  • “I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever.” — Rabindranath Tagore
  • “Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born—you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.”― E. E. Cummings
  • “I swear I couldn’t love you more than I do right now, and yet I know I will tomorrow.” — Leo Christopher
  • “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.” — Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • “You make me want to be a better man.” — As Good As It Gets by Melvin Udall
  • “If I had to dream up the perfect woman, she wouldn’t even come close to you.” — Cory Matthews in Boy Meets World
  • “I know that somehow, every step I took since the moment I could walk was a step towards finding you.” — Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
  • “No matter what happens, I will never, not in a thousand tragic outcomes, ever regret loving you.” — Frost Like Night by Sara Raasch
  • “If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” — Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 
  • “I love you. You…you complete me.” — Jerry Maguire
  • “I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” — The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 
  • ”Take love, multiply it by infinity and take it to the depths of forever, and you still have only a glimpse of how I feel for you.” — Meet Joe Black
  • "It’s like in that moment the whole universe existed just to bring us together." — Serendipity
  • "We loved with a love that was more than love." — Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe
  • “He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” - Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
  • “You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how." - Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
  • “This is the miracle that I’ve been dreaming of. So, this is love.” — Cinderella
  • "Some people are worth melting for." — Olaf, Frozen
  • "I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day.” — The Notebook

Romantic Love Quotes 

  • “You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known and even that is an understatement.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • “I love you for all that you are, all that you have been and all that you will be.” — Unknown
  • “I’ve tried so many times to think of a new way to say it, and it’s still I love you.” — Zelda Fitzgerald
  • “A sky full of stars and he was staring at her” — Atticus Poetry
  • ”When I look into your eyes, I know I have found the mirror of my soul.” — Joey W. Hill
  • “Every time I see you, I fall in love all over again.” — Unknown
  • "I will follow you, my love, to the edge of all our days, to our very last tomorrows." ― Atticus Poetry
  • "A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love." — Max Muller
  • “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” — Maya Angelou
  • “Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.” — Lao Tzu
A couple on a swing with the full moon and sunset in a heart-shaped cave.

Artur Debat / Getty Images

Short Love Quotes 

  • “My soul and your soul are forever tangled.” — N.R. Hart
  • “I look at you and see the rest of my life in front of my eyes.“ — Unknown
  • “I love you, not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you.“ — Roy Croft 
  • “A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you.“ — Henry Wadsworth
  • “So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.” — Paulo Coehlo
  • “I love you, and that’s the beginning and end of everything.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • "I love you past the moon and miss you beyond the stars." — J. M. Storm 
  • “There are only two times I want to be with you—now and forever.” — Unknown
  • “You are my today and all of my tomorrows.” — Unknown
  • “I have found the one whom my soul loves.” — Song of Solomon 3:4
  • “Your hand touching mine. This is how galaxies collide.” ― Sanober Khan
  • “True love stories never have endings.” — Richard Bach
  • “Where there is love there is life.” — Mahatma Gandhi 
  • “If forever does exist, please let it be you...“ — A.R Asher
  • “Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • "All you need is love." — The Beatles
  • “Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” – Victor Hugo
explore

A Guide to First Anniversaries

Related Stories