BEAUTIFUL WORDS
Spoken word, speeches, dialogue, voice over, scriptures, poems and readings are all elements that elevate a wedding film to another level. They are what make the film unique to you.
Enjoy reading through poems, readings and scriptures. Choose what relates to you both or what evokes a feeling inside. If you are shy when it comes to making your speech and you’re struggling to find the right words to express what you’re feeling, lean into poems and readings that relate to you. There are endless beautiful words to choose from. It’s not limited to a reading, scripture or poem either, it can be lyrics from a song, a quote from a movie or an excerpt from a book.
Have a read through these beautiful words we have come across over the years. They can be integrated in many parts of your wedding day; the ceremony readings and poems, personal wedding cards and the wedding speeches.
An Uncommon Love
by Tears Cox
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May you have the love only two can know.
May you go where only two as one may go.
May the sun rise and set in your bonded hearts and the moon never find you too long apart.
May you cherish each other’s dreams as your own and turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
May you brave life’s mountains and miles together.
May there be no storm your love cannot weather.
May you be lovers and allies and friends.
May your soul’s conversation never end.
May you capture on earth what’s in heaven above.
May your hearts know the rapture of an uncommon love.
From Beginning to End
by Robert Fulghum
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You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way.
All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks—all those sentences that began with "When we're married" and continued with "I will and you will and we will"—those late night talks that included "someday" and "somehow" and "maybe"—and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart.
All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding. The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, "You know all those things we've promised and hoped and dreamed— well, I meant it all, every word."
Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another—acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years.
Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you. For after these vows, you shall say to the world, this—is my husband, this—is my wife.
Love Sonnet 17
by Pablo Neruda
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I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don’t know any other way of loving
but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.
“But dear, don’t be afraid of love it’s only magic.”
A quote by Robert M Drake
The Art of Marriage
by Wilferd A. Peterson
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The little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands.
It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is at no time taking the other for granted;
the courtship should not end with the honeymoon,
it should continue through all the years.
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating
gratitude in thoughtful ways.
It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an angel.
It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humor.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is finding room for the things of the spirit.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.
Apache Marriage Blessing
Unknown
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Now you will feel no rain,
for each of you will be shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
for each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there will be no loneliness,
for each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two persons,
But there is only one life before you.
May beauty surround you both in the journey ahead and through all the years.
May happiness be your companion to the place where the river meets the sun.
And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Excerpt from It's Okay to Laugh: (Crying Is Cool Too)
by Nora McInerny
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Marry someone you like. Someone you’d want to sit next to on a cross-country greyhound trip with no bathroom or air-conditioning, because he’s the only person who could somehow make that fun and also, he is the kind of person who would’ve packed a snack for you.
Marry someone brave. “For better or worse” means, promotions and babies and cancer and loss. It means having the bathtub leak into the basement because one of you didn’t know you weren’t allowed to fill a bathtub to the very top because that little metal thing on the side? That’s an emergency drain and it’s broken.
Marry someone patient. Let’s face it, you’re not always a walk in the park. And when you throw a fit because you can’t find your keys and he says did you check your purse? and you say of course I checked my purse, do you think I’m a moron?? and then you really check your purse, and there are your keys, you want a person that will just shake his head and smile, and call you in idiot under his breath. But loving.
Scaffolding
by Seamus Heaney
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Masons, when they start upon a building,
Are careful to test out the scaffolding;
Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points,
Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints.
And yet all this comes down when the job’s done
Showing off walls of sure and solid stone.
So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be
Old bridges breaking between you and me
Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall
Confident that we have built our wall.
Traditional Irish Wedding Blessing
Unknown
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May you always walk in sunshine. May you never want for more. May Irish angels rest their wings Right beside your door. May your troubles be less, And your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness, Come through your door.
“Happiness is a decision. And so is love.”
a quote from Jay’s dad
Irish Wedding Blessing
Unknown
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May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
the rain fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of his hand..
This short blessing celebrates life’s core values.
Love, life and happiness;
may your troubles be few and your blessings plenty.
Love
by Bob Marley
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She’s not perfect – you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together – but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold on to her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break – her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyse and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.
Love and Marriage [Chorus]
by Frank Sinatra
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Love and marriage, love and marriage
Go together like a horse and carriage
This I tell ya, brother
Ya can't have one without the other
Love and marriage, love and marriage
It's an institute you can't disparage
Ask the local gentry
And they will say it's elementary
Try, try, try to separate them
It's an illusion
Try, try, try and you will only come
To this conclusion
Love and marriage, love and marriage
Go together like a horse and carriage
This I tell ya, brother
Ya can't have one without the other.
True Friendship
by Judy Bielicki
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It is often said that it is love that makes the world go round. However, without doubt,
it is friendship which keeps our spinning existence on an even keel.
True friendship provides so many of the essentials for a happy life — it is the
foundation on which to build an enduring relationship, it is the mortar which bonds us
together in harmony, and it is the calm, warm protection we sometimes need when
the world outside seems cold and chaotic.
True friendship holds a mirror to our foibles and failings, without destroying our sense
of worthiness. True friendship nurtures our hopes, supports us in our
disappointments, and encourages us to grow to our best potential.
Bride and Groom came together as friends. Today, they pledge to
each other not only their love, but also the strength, warmth and, most importantly,
the fun of true friendship.
Sex and the City
by Carrie Bradshaw
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“His hello was the end of her endings.
Her laugh was their first step down the aisle.
His hand would be hers to hold forever.
His forever was as simple as her smile.
He said she was what was missing.
She said instantly she knew.
She was a question to be answered.
And his answer was ‘I do.”
“The definition of happiness is when reality beats expectation ”
a quote from Nick’s dad
BEAUTIFUL QUOTES
“I’ve fallen in love with her. Her accent is foreign, but it sounds sweet to me. We were born thousands of miles apart, but we were made for each other.” - a line from the film A Matter of Life & Death
“The aim of love is to love, no more, no less” – Oscar Wilde
“The consciousness of loving and being loved brings warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring”– Oscar Wilde
“I would take the world, and break it into pieces in my hands, to see you smile watching it crumble away”– William Butler Yeats
“Hearts are not to be had as a gift, hearts have to be earned” – William Butler Yeats
“First we feel, then we fall”– James Joyce
“They lived and laughed and loved and left.”—James Joyce
BEAUTIFUL QUOTES AS GAEILGE
“Níl leighas ar an ngrá ach pósadh” – There is no cure for love other than marriage.
“Mo chuid den tsaol” – You are my everything.
“Capall an tsaoil an grá” – Love makes the world go around.
“Go maire sibh bhur saol nua” - May you enjoy your new life.
“Go maire tú!” - May you live long.
“Maireann croí éadrom I bhfad” - A light heart lives long.
“Sláinte chuig na fir, agus go mairfidh na mná go deo” - Health to the men and may the women live forever.
“Go n-eirí an t-ádh libh” - Good luck to you both
“Le mo ghrása mise, agus liomsa mo ghrá” - I am my beloved’s and he is mine.