50+ Bridesmaids Quotes That Will Perfect Your Wedding Toast

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From Country Living

Toasting the bride and groom on their wedding day can be pretty intimidating. With all eyes on you, you want to make the perfect bridesmaid speech that shows the newlyweds just how much they mean to you (and maybe even squeeze a laugh or tear out of all of their guests!). If you're not sure where to start, read through our bridesmaid quotes below to get inspired. We rounded up our favorite friendship quotes, sister quotes, marriage quotes, funny quotes, and sentimental quotes that'll make speech-writing a breeze. Now all you have to do is sit back, relax, and enjoy the wedding cake.

Bridesmaid Friendship Quotes


"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'" - C.S. Lewis

"Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget." - G. Randolf

"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you. Spend a lot of time with them and it will change your life." - Amy Poehler

"A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden." - Uknown

"Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer." - Ed Cunningham

"There are some people in life that make you laugh a little louder, smile a little bigger, and live just a little bit better." - Unknown

"A best friend is like a four leaf clover-hard to find and lucky to have." - Irish Proverb

"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart." - Elisabeth Foley

"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same." - Elbert Hubbard

"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose." - Tennessee Williams

"I have learned that the friends who hold your hand through the tough times and watch your soul twirl during the best are the ones you should spend your lifetime dancing with." - Stacie Martin

"A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still gently allows you to grow." - Unknown

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Funny Bridesmaid Quotes


"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." - Oprah Winfrey

"There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate." - Linda Grayson

"If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child." - Linda Sunshine

"It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like, 'What about lunch?'" - A.A. Milne

"In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips." - Salman Rushdie

"Asking your friend to be a bridesmaid is one of the modern paradoxes: No one actually wants to do it, but everyone would be offended if you didn't ask." - Mindy Kaling

"You and I are more than friends. We're like a really small gang." - Unknown

"I love being married. It's so great to find one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life." - Rita Rudner

"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt." - Charles M. Schulz

"I'd take a bullet for you - not in the head, but like in the leg or something." - Unknown

"You are more beautiful than Cinderella. You smell like pine needles and have a face like sunshine." - Bridesmaids

"Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway." - Greg Tamblyn

Sister Bridesmaids Quotes


"A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life." - Isadora James

"There is no better friend than a sister, and there is no better sister than you." - Unknown

"Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there." - Amy Li

"Sisters are different flowers from the same garden." - Unknown

"An older sister is a friend and defender, a listener, conspirator, a counselor and a sharer of delights..." - Pam Brown

"There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family." - Unknown

"Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other." - Carol Saline

"Being sisters means you always have backup." - Unknown

"The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend." - Cali Rae Turner

"Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship." - Margaret Mead

"You're not my best friend; you're my sister, and that's more." - Jenny Han

"A sister is a forever friend." - Unknown

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Quotes About Marriage


"Ultimately, the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation." - Oscar Wilde

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." - When Harry Met Sally

"Love isn't something you find; love is something that finds you." - Loretta Young

"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

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

"To be deeply loved by someone gives you strength, but to love someone deeply gives you courage." - Esther Huertas

"You will always gain by giving love." - Reese Witherspoon

"The more you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes." - Amy Grant

"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

"We are most alive when we're in love." - John Updike

"Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever yours." - Ludwig van Beethoven

"A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short." - Andre Maurois

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Sentimental Bridesmaids Quotes


"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people...For poise, walk with the knowledge you're never alone." - Sam Levenson

"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends leave footprints in your heart." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." - Aristotle

"Where there is great love there are always miracles." - Willa Cather

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are." - Unknown

"You are my sun, my moon, and all of my stars." - E.E. Cummings

"There comes a time when you meet someone and you just want to make them smile for the rest of your life." - Unknown

"We loved with a love that was more than love." - Edgar Allan Poe

"I love you, and that's the beginning and end of everything." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Love is when another person's happiness is equally as important as your own." H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Friends are the siblings God never gave us." - Mencius

"Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly." - Sam Keen

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