Wedding Toasts and Speeches

We're well into the spring and I can feel the wedding season heating up. Wedding traditions can be tons of fun, but one of the traditions that tends to be dreaded is having to give a speech or toast (or having to listen to them).

Last fall, I had the honor of being the best man at my friend Mike's wedding. As the wedding day drew closer and closer, I started to panic as my preparation of "a few words about the Groom" could not be put off any longer. While my speech came almost entirely from the heart, I did visit the Internet for some inspiration. When all was said and done, I did not fumble over my words to much and even received a genuine laugh or two. Wedding toasts and speeches are an important part of what is usually the most important day in the life of the couple. If you have the honor this summer of public speaking at a wedding this summer, maybe you could use a little inspiration too from some wedding quotes...

• "Friendship and Marriage. The best friend will probably get the best wife, because a good marriage is based on talent for friendship."
  - Friedrich Nietzsche
  
  
• "The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity."
  - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  
  
• "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue."
  - Old English Rhyme
  
  
• "Two souls with but a single thought, two heart that beat as one."
  - Franz Joseph von Munch-Bellinghausen
  
  
• "Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
  - Emily Bronte

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