Marriage & Partnership: Engagement Quotes

Explore a curated collection of engagement quotes that honor promises, proposals, and the shared step toward marriage. Find heartfelt, witty, and reflective lines suitable for announcements, toasts, and keepsakes. Whether you are celebrating a new commitment or gathering words for a card, these quotes highlight partnership, trust, and the excitement of planning a life together. Use them to spark conversations, caption photos, or simply reflect on the meaning of saying yes.

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"You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong - it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes"

Prince William, Royalty

Prince William

"I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness"

Lord Byron, Poet

Lord Byron

"I like it, but it's yellow, and I'm like, I didn't want yellow for my engagement ring"

Paris Hilton, Celebrity

Paris Hilton

"Chris proposed exactly the way I've always dreamed. Our families were close by, but it was just us out on a beautiful deck overlooking a lake in East Tennessee. We had just been on a hike and - in our workout clothes - he hit the knee! We feel so blessed by God that He sent us each other, and we are looking so forward to forever together"

Hillary Scott, Musician

Hillary Scott

"An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done"

Jane Austen, Writer

Jane Austen

"A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other"

Anton Chekhov, Dramatist

Anton Chekhov

"Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I said yes"

Shelley Duvall, Actress

Shelley Duvall

"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"

Nora Ephron, Author

"My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked"

Elizabeth Taylor, Actress

"I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old"

Winona Ryder, Actress

"My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now? Shall I begin the practice of law, or continue being the successful wine salesman I had become, working my way through law school?"

Emanuel Celler, Politician

"I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring. It's a grave thing, getting married"

Gwyneth Paltrow, Actress

"I am pleased that Prince Charles and Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles have decided to take this important step"

Rowan Williams, Theologian

"And I have no idea who this man is. And then turns out, I think they, like, broke their engagement off that night"

Sophie Turner, Actress

Sophie Turner

"I knew we were going to marry someday, but I was absolutely surprised when he actually proposed. And surprised he had bought a ring. I ran around the yard screaming"

Jennifer Garner, Actress

"She didn't break his heart, but I feel like a man is supposed to be a man, he ain't supposed to be all involved in that. That's why she got sisters and friend for. Just show up with the ring and act right"

Mike Epps, Comedian

"We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date"

Michael W. Smith, Musician

"One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked me to marry her. She was serious. It was pretty funny"

Bryan White, Musician

"It's almost scary how good things are right now. I've been engaged now for about a year, and it's the first time anything like that has happened to me"

Bryan White, Musician

"He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking"

Kyra Sedgwick, Actress

"The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again"

Nicholas Sparks, Author

"When David Arquette and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the first year of marriage is the hardest, so we decided to work through all that stuff early"

Courteney Cox, Actress

"I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer"

Pat Sajak, Entertainer

"I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money"

Ruth Rendell, Writer

"I met Jeb Bush in 1971 in my hometown in Mexico. We dated for three years back and forth. Then, after three years, he proposed to me"

Columba Bush, Celebrity

"About six weeks later, she called because she had found a dress. And then she said yes"

Maury Povich, Celebrity

Maury Povich

"I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman"

Vince Gill, Musician

"It's nice to know you have support. Last night I got a marriage proposal. I just laughed"

Carrie Underwood, Musician

Carrie Underwood