Short Wedding Toasts

This list of short wedding toasts is all you need to make impactful short wedding toasts.

We’ve included many simple wedding toasts examples for all members of the wedding party. When you’re looking to keep it short and sweet, these are the toasts for you. Just ask the wedding guests to raise their glasses and then deliver your toast to honor the newlyweds on their wedding day!

What Makes a Great Short Wedding Toast?

A short wedding toast doesn’t need to be long to be meaningful. The best ones are simple, sincere, and easy for everyone to follow. Keep these tips in mind:

• Keep it brief (30–60 seconds): Aim for just a few sentences that get straight to the point without rambling.
• Focus on the couple: Share a quick sentiment about their relationship, not a long personal story.
• Make it personal but relatable: A small detail or memory adds warmth, but keep it understandable for all guests.
• End with a clear toast: Wrap up with a simple line like “Here’s to a lifetime of love and happiness.”
• Keep the tone positive: Avoid inside jokes, embarrassing stories, or anything that could make guests uncomfortable.

A great short wedding toast is heartfelt, easy to remember, and leaves the couple—and the room—feeling good.

You’ll also want to review our complete guide to toasts for all occasions.

Best short wedding toasts

These short wedding toasts are easy to remember and the perfect way to wrap up your wedding speech. Celebrate the new couple with a toast!

1.) May the most you wish for be the least you get.

2.) May the best of your yesterdays be the worst of your tomorrows.

3.) To a lifetime where you both live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live.

4.) To the new couple, your fairy tale is only beginning.

5.) Let your love last forever, and be longer than the last sunset.

6.) Wishing you love, health, and wealth, but most importantly, may you have the time to enjoy them all.

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Short wedding toasts about love

7.) To love, laughter, and a happily ever after.

8.) May you be friends to each other as only lovers can, and may you love each other as only best friends can.

9.) Wishing that your joys be as bright as the morning and their sorrows but shadows that fade in the sunlight of love.

Classic wedding toasts

10.) Look down, you gods, and on this couple drop a blessed crown.

11.) Let us raise our glasses to the happy couple. May you grow old on one pillow.

12.) Hoping that God be with you and bless you.

Short wedding toasts by role

Are you a member of the wedding party and would like to deliver a quick toast to honor the newlyweds? Well, we’ve got the right wedding toast for you! Check out the selection below.

1.) Here’s to health and prosperity, to you and all your posterity.

2.) Let your troubles be less, and your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door.

3.) May all your hopes and dreams come true, and may the memory of this day become dearer with each passing year.

4.) May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.

5.) A toast that all days be as happy as your wedding day.

6.) Wishing that you have all the happiness and luck that life can hold. And at the end of all your rainbows, may you find a pot of gold.

7.) May your voyage through life be as happy and as free as the dancing waves on the deep blue sea.

Best Man toasts

8.) Cap off your best man speech with a short toast to honor the new couple!

9.) To long life and happiness — for your life will be my happiness.

10.) To be able to find your soul mate is a true blessing. Let us raise a glass to the new couple. Thank you for sharing your blessing of happiness with all of us.

11.) May the joys you share today be the beginning of a lifetime of great happiness and fulfillment.

12.) May your joys be as deep as the ocean and your troubles as light as its foam.

13.) May you get all your wishes but one, so you always have something to strive for.

14.) May you live as long as you like, and have all you like, for as long as you live.

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Maid of Honor / Bridesmaid toasts

15.) May I see you gray and combing your grandchildren’s hair.

16.) Let’s drink to love, which is nothing, unless it’s divided by two.

17.) May you see each other through many dark days and make all the rest a little brighter.

18.) Wishing that your heart be warm and happy, with the lilt of loud laughter every day in every way, and forever and ever after.

19.) May your love be added – May it never be subtracted – May your household multiply and may your hearts never be divided!

20.) To a lifetime where the light of friendship guides your paths together. May the laughter of children grace the halls of your home. May the joy of living for one another trip a smile from your lips, a twinkle from your eye.

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Father of the Bride toasts

21.) Here’s to your joy and ours, from this day forward.

22.) Live life to the fullest — remember, this is the first day of the rest of your life.

23.) May all your troubles be little ones and all your little ones be trouble-free.

24.) Wishing that there be a generation of children on the children of your children.

25.) May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and the road downhill all the way to your door.

26.) May your wedding days be few and your anniversaries many.

27.) Wishing your love be modern enough to survive the times and old-fashioned enough to last forever.

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Groomsmen toasts

28.) May your hearts be as warm as your hearthstone.

29.) May good fortune follow you all your days, and never catch up with you.

30.) To the lamp of love — may it burn brightest in the darkest hours and never flicker in the winds of trial.

One-Line Wedding Toasts

Sometimes the simplest words make the biggest impact. These one-line wedding toasts are perfect when you want to keep it short, memorable, and heartfelt:

• To love, laughter, and happily ever after.
• Here’s to a lifetime of love and happiness.
• To the happy couple—may your love grow stronger every day.
• Wishing you both a lifetime of joy, love, and adventure.
• To a beautiful beginning and a lifetime of togetherness.
• May your life together be filled with endless love and laughter.
• Here’s to love, friendship, and a lifetime of memories.
• To the newlyweds—may your future be as bright as your love.
• Wishing you a marriage full of love, laughter, and happiness.
• To a lifetime of shared dreams and cherished moments.
• May your love story continue to grow with each passing year.
• Here’s to forever, together.
• To a lifetime of love and a home filled with happiness.
• May your hearts always be as full as they are today.
• To love that lasts a lifetime and happiness that never fades.
• Here’s to the start of something beautiful.

Advice toasts for newlyweds

Incorporate a little advice in your short wedding toast with these wise words.

1.) Never forget what is worth remembering and what is best forgotten.

2.) Remember the love you feel today. Look back on it daily and measure how much it has grown.

3.) May the love you’ve expressed to each other today always be the first thought during any trying times in the future.

4.) To keep your marriage brimming with love in the wedding cup, whenever you’re wrong, admit it, and whenever you’re right, shut up.

5.) A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck and finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.

6.) Here’s to the two secrets to a long-lasting, happy marriage: A good sense of humor – and a short memory!

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Short, funny toasts for a laugh

Make a big impact at the wedding with a funny toast. These cheers are sure to elicit an unexpected laugh at rehearsal dinners and wedding receptions.

1.) May ‘for better or worse’ be far better than worse.

2.) Here’s to the bride, may she share everything with her husband, and that includes the housework.

3.) Here’s to the groom, a man who was able to keep his head but lost his heart.

4.) Always remember the most important four words for a successful marriage: ‘I’ll do the dishes.’

5.) May you live each day like your last and live each night like your first.

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Funny quotes to toast the new couple

6.) Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterward.
Benjamin Franklin

7.) The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.
Henny Youngman

8.) By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
Socrates

9.) Love is blind — marriage is the eye-opener.
Pauline Thomason

10.) It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
Rita Rudner

11.) Marriage is not just spiritual communion; it is also remembering to take out the trash.
Joyce Brothers

12.) Marry a man your own age; as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.
Phyllis Diller

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Short wedding toast quotes

A unique way to toast the happy couple is with a famous quote. Just say something like, “I’d like to toast the new couple with these words from _________,” followed by the quote.

1.) May a flock of blessings light upon thy back.
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

2.) You are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.
E.E. Cummings

3.) The more you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.
Amy Grant

4.) May their joys be as deep as the ocean and their misfortunes as light as the foam.
Unknown

5.) Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and blossom when we love the ones we marry.
Tom Mullen

6.) The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.
William Lyon Phelps

7.) What’s meant to be will always find a way.
Trisha Yearwood

8.) May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise.
Rumi

9.) Happiness is only real when shared.
Jon Krakauer

10.) There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day, knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps.
Ronald Reagan

11.) God, the best maker of all marriages, combine your hearts in one.
William Shakespeare, King Henry V

12.) 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

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Fun wedding toast quotes

13.) For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

14.) Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.
Loretta Young

15.) True love is wealth… with it, you need nothing else.
Unknown

16.) Love is a present, so open it happily.
Sepatu Usang

17.) A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
Mignon McLaughlin

18.) Nothing is real but dreams and love.
Anna de Noailles

19.) Love doesn’t make the world go ‘round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
Franklin P. Jones

20.) There is only one happiness in life — to love and be loved.
George Sand

Traditional proverbs and blessings

If you want to take a more traditional approach to toasting, these time-tested lines and bible verses can be used to honor the newlyweds.

1.) Where there is love, there is no darkness.
Burundi proverb

2.) Deep love is stronger than life.
Jewish proverb

3.) But rich or poor, quick or slow, may you know nothing but happiness from this day forward.
Irish toast

4.) May your love be like the misty rain, gentle coming in but flooding the river.
Traditional African blessing

5.) For each petal on the shamrock, it brings a wish your way. Good health, good luck, and happiness for today and every day.
Irish blessing

Short Bible verses

6.) Follow the way of love.
I Corinthians 14:1

7.) I found the one whom my soul loves.
Song of Solomon 3:4

8.) Two are better than one.
Ecclesiastes 4:9

Short wedding toasts to the bride and groom

9.) Here’s to the bride and groom with hearts of gold, may their love continue to grow as they grow old.

10.) To the bride and groom, may your love be as endless as your wedding rings.

11.) Here’s to the husband and here’s to the wife. May the two of you continue to remain lovers for life.

12.) To the bride and groom, may we all be invited to your golden wedding celebrations.

13.) Here is to the groom with a bride so fair, and here is to a bride with a groom who is so rare.

14.) Here’s to love, laughter, and happily ever after. As the groom and bride start their new life, let’s toast the new husband and wife!

Short Wedding Toast Template

If you’re not sure what to say, use this simple fill-in-the-blank template to create a meaningful toast in seconds:

Template:

To [Name], who has always been [kind, supportive, funny, etc.]…
And to [Partner], who brings [joy, love, balance, laughter, etc.] into their life…
Here’s to a lifetime of [love, happiness, adventure, and unforgettable memories]. Cheers!

Example:

To Sarah, who has always been kind and thoughtful…
And to James, who brings so much joy and laughter into her life…
Here’s to a lifetime of love, happiness, and adventure. Cheers!

This structure keeps your toast short, personal, and easy to deliver—while still feeling heartfelt and polished.

Uses for short wedding toasts

• Engagement celebrations
• Rehearsal dinner
• Wedding reception
• Wedding speeches
• Wedding cards
• Wedding anniversaries

Who Gives Short Wedding Toasts?

Short wedding toasts aren’t limited to just one person—several people may be invited to say a few words during the celebration. Here’s a quick guide to who typically gives a toast:

• Best man: Often delivers a mix of humor and heartfelt wishes for the couple.
• Maid of honor: Shares a personal and emotional message celebrating the relationship.
• Parents: Offer meaningful words, blessings, or advice for the newlyweds.
• Guests: At smaller or more informal weddings, close friends or family members may also give a brief toast.

Tips for Giving a Short Wedding Toast

Delivering a short wedding toast is all about confidence, clarity, and keeping things meaningful without overthinking it. These simple tips will help you make a great impression:

• Keep it under 60 seconds: Aim for a few sentences that are easy to follow and won’t lose the room’s attention.
• Practice once or twice: A quick run-through helps you feel more confident and keeps your delivery smooth.
• Avoid inside jokes: Make sure everyone can understand and appreciate what you’re saying.
• Speak slowly and clearly: Nerves can make you rush—take your time so your words land.
• End with a clear toast: Pause, raise your glass, and invite everyone to join you in celebrating the couple.

Final Thoughts on Short Wedding Toasts

A great wedding toast doesn’t have to be long to be meaningful. In fact, the most memorable toasts are often the ones that are simple, sincere, and spoken from the heart.

As you prepare your words, remember to keep your toast short, focus on the couple, and speak with genuine warmth. You don’t need to be perfect—just be thoughtful and authentic.

Raise your glass, share your message, and celebrate the moment. That’s what truly makes a short wedding toast unforgettable.

By Mike O’Halloran
Mike is an author and the founder of ListCaboodle.com

Thank you for reading these short wedding toasts. You’ll find more useful toasts, cheers, and blessings here:

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Originally published on 10/28/2022