If you are trying to write a wedding card or a speech, finding words of congratulations for a wedding can sometimes be difficult. If you are close to the couple you do not want the wording to sound too formal or indeed to mushy.

If you are the father of the bride, the best man or maid of honour you will most likely be asked to make a speech. During the speech is it important to offer words of congratulations for a wedding that has brought two special people together.

There are many places you can get help with words of congratulations for a wedding, some people may even offer to write the speech on your behalf or give you some great tips and advice on writing your own.

Examples of Words of Congratulations for a Wedding

•    To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up. ~ Ogden Nash
•    If two stand shoulder to shoulder against the gods,
happy together, the gods themselves are helpless
against them while they stand so. ~Maxwell Anderson
•    The man or woman you really love will never grow old to you. Through the wrinkles of time, through the bowed frame of years, you will always see the dear face and feel the warm heart union of your eternal love.
•    I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~ Rita Rudner
•    To a wonderful couple on their wedding day, with warm wishes for a bright and happy future

•    Wishing you words of congratulations for a wedding that is full of joy and happiness

•    Two souls with but a single thought,
two hearts that beat as one. ~ Friedrich Halm

Writing words of congratulations for a wedding is probably one of the most important messages you will deliver especially for the bride’s father and the groom. You will need to take your time and consider the very essence of what you are saying about your new bride or your daughter.

Make sure you also take your time when you are delivering your words of congratulation so that the sentiment is not lost and the message does not come across garbled rushed or thoughtless as though you are simply reading from a script and not from the heart.

In order to combat any nerves practice what you are going to say until such time that you know them of by heart and can deliver your congratulations without the need for prompt cards.  Whilst it is always handy to have prompt cards and notes in case you do forget or freeze, practicing what you are going to say will build your confidence up.