The Best 20-Year Anniversary Quotes For Your Partner

Celebrating a 20th wedding anniversary is a major milestone in any marriage, marking two decades of love, commitment and shared experiences. If you’re looking to mark this occasion with a special message or tribute, quotes can be a great way to capture the essence of this special time in a relationship.

Here are some of the best 20-year anniversary quotes to celebrate a couple’s love and devotion:

Most Romantic 20-Year Anniversary Quotes

1. “Twenty years of marriage is a long time to be together, but it’s just the beginning of a lifetime of love and happiness.”
2. “Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.” – Ogden Nash
3. “To keep the fire burning brightly, there’s one easy rule: Keep the two logs together, near enough to keep each other warm and far enough apart — about a finger’s breadth — for breathing room.” – Marnie Reed Crowell
4. “Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.” – Franz Schubert
5. “In a great marriage, each partner cherishes the other’s strengths, and graciously accepts their weaknesses.” – Susan Scarf Merrell
6. “Marriage is like a graph — it has its ups and downs and as long as things bounce back up again, you’ve got a good marriage. If it heads straight down, then you’ve got some problems!” – Julie Andrews
7. “The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” – William Saroyan
8. “The secret to a long and happy marriage is forgiveness.” – Jennifer Brown
9. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 
10. “A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.” – Paul Sweeney 
11. “Marriage is a partnership in which each inspires the other and brings fruition to both of their lives.” – Millicent Carey McIntosh
12. “Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music, and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.” – Henny Youngman
13. “I think the best thing about being in a relationship is the comfort that comes with it. It’s a kind of love that you can just be yourself around, and the other person will still love you.” – Taylor Swift
14. “Being in a long marriage is a little bit like that nice cup of coffee every morning. I might have it every day, but I still enjoy it.” – Stephen Gaines
15. “The secret to a happy marriage is if you can be at peace with someone within four walls, if you are content because the one you love is near to you, either upstairs or downstairs, or in the same room, and you feel that warmth that you don’t find very often, then that is what love is all about.” – Bruce Forsyth
16. “I’ve loved you for the last 20 years, and I’ll love you for the next 20.”
17. “In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage.” – Robert Anderson
18. “The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
19. “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” – Dave Meurer
20. “Love is complicated, messy, and all-consuming. But it’s also the most beautiful thing in the world when it’s real.” – Taylor Swift
21. “Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.” – Simone Signoret
22. “To get the full value of a joy, you must have somebody to divide it with.” —Mark Twain
23. “A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.” – Andre Maurois

Quotes About Marriage From Classic Literature 

1. “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
2. “I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.” – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
3. “The essential matrimonial facts: that to be happy you have to find variety in repetition; that to go forward you have to come back to where you begin.” – Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides
4. “Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible—it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment and offer you more joy than any material possession could.” – The Power of Love by Barbara De Angelis
5. “So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.” – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
6. “Love is not just a feeling of happiness. Love is a decision, a judgment, a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes, and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever when my act does not involve judgment and decision.” – The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
7. “Love is not just a word. It’s a verb. Love — the feeling — is just the emotion that results from the decision to love someone, made in the moment and sustained over time.” – The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
8. “When I saw you, I was afraid to meet you. When I met you, I was afraid to kiss you. When I kissed you, I was afraid to love you. Now that I love you, I am afraid to lose you.” – Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

20th Anniversary Quotes To Wish Friends a Happy Day 

1. “Happy 20th anniversary to the couple who personifies true love. Wishing you a lifetime of happiness and love.”
2. “If your marriage were a person, it still wouldn’t be old enough to drink. Maybe we can toast to your marriage next year.”
3. “Marriage is like a guitar string. You have to tune it up occasionally to keep it in harmony. You two are the most in-tune couple I know! Happy anniversary.”
4. “Happy 20th anniversary to a beautiful couple who make love and marriage look like a fairy tale. Wishing you a lifetime of love and happiness.”
5. “Here’s to 20 years of laughter, memories and still looking fabulous! Happy anniversary, my friends.”
6. “You have 20 reasons to be congratulated on this anniversary! Keep being an amazing couple. You’re an inspiration!”
7. “The beauty of marriage is finding someone who accepts all of your imperfections and loves you for who you are.”
8. “It’s been a joy to watch your love and marriage grow over the years. Happy 20th anniversary to a wonderful couple.”
9. “A score is 20 years. Since that’s the case, Abraham Lincoln would wish you a happy ‘Score’ anniversary. I’ll just say happy 20th anniversary! Have an amazing day!”
10. “Here’s to 20 years of memories, love and laughter. Happy anniversary to a couple who truly deserves all the happiness in the world.”
11. “You have consistently proven your commitment to each other at least 20 times.”
12. “You two are a shining example of what true love and commitment can achieve. Happy 20th anniversary to a beautiful couple.”
13. “Marriage is not about age; it’s about finding the right person. I am so glad that you two found each other 20 years ago! Happy anniversary my friends.”
14. “Marriage is a promise, not just between the two of you, but to your families, to each other, to the world. It’s a vow to be there, no matter what.” 
15. “20 years strong and still going strong! Cheers to another year of holy matrimony. Happy anniversary to you two.”
16. “A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.”
17. “May your next decade together be even better than the last two!”
18. “You’ve waited 20 years for this anniversary card! I hope it was worth it.”

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