That first year milestone is a big one and deserved to be properly celebrated, which is why we have gathered all the best happy first anniversary quotes and wishes for your next post. And if you’re looking for short first anniversary captions for Instagram, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Happy First Anniversary Quotes
“Marriage opens your eyes to the full spectrum of life.” – Pauline Thomason
“Love is the invisible force that’s palpably present in every moment.” – George Burns
“True love is letting your partner shine, even in karaoke.” – Mindy Kaling
“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
“In loving you, every little quirk becomes a cherished memory.” – Harry, When Harry Met Sally
“You make me a better version of myself.” – Roy Croft
“Our souls dance to the same rhythm, perfectly in sync.” – Cathy, Wuthering Heights
“Marriage is the ultimate test of patience and humor.” – Will Ferrell
“We are all a little weird, and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” – Dr. Seuss
“Love is the most delightful quandary of all.” – Judith Viorst
“Our wedding day: a moment when time stood still, and love reigned.” – Taylor Swift
“Every day my love for you grows, reaching new heights.” – Leo Christopher
“Our love is a timeless melody.” – Nat King Cole
“I wish to be by your side until the end of time.” – Winnie the Pooh
“For you, I’d melt like the winter snow.” – Olaf, Frozen
“My love for you is a constant in the ever-changing tides of life.” – Elaine Davis
“Love exists without reason, and with it, life finds its reason.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“With you, reality surpasses even my sweetest dreams.” – Dr. Seuss
“Love is not love until love’s vulnerable.” – Theodore Roethke
“Anniversaries are a dance of love, trust, and partnership.” – Paul Sweeney
“Life with you makes perfect sense. You’re my best friend.” – Tim McGraw
“To be seen and loved for who you truly are is the most miraculous gift.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
“Falling in love with you is a story written in the stars.” – John Green
“I love you with the simplicity of heart, free from complexities and pride.” – Pablo Neruda
“Love isn’t just the journey; it’s what makes the journey worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones
“My heart is, and always will be, yours.” – Jane Austen
“Marriage is a daily dance of love, patience, and shared responsibilities.” – Joyce Brothers
“Together, we are perfectly foolish in love.” – Paul Valery
“In loving you, I find my own happiness.” – Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
“Your love is the story of my life.” – Herman Hesse
“Marriage is the union of two souls, inseparable in heart and spirit.” – P.S. I Love You
“Love is like the wind; you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks
“My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.” – André Breton
“I never planned to love you this much, and yet, here we are.” – Unknown
“In love, our souls emerge from their hiding places.” – Zora Neale Hurston
“I adore you, just the way you are.” – Mark Darcy, Bridget Jones’s Diary
“In your presence, even the stars pause to gaze.” – Atticus Poetry
“Romance is the glamor which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.” – Elinor Glyn
“Holding on to each other is our life’s most beautiful journey.” – Audrey Hepburn
“You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J. R. R. Tolkien
“You are the essence of my life.” – Julia Child
“Marriage is finding joy in the quirks of your life partner.” – Rita Rudner
“I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.” – Robert Browning
“Destined to find you, love you, and be yours forever.” – Robert Browning
“Finding your soulmate is life’s most beautiful surprise.” – John Krasinski
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
“I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.” – Paulo Coelho
“In love, we find the most poetic and peculiar ways to express our affection.” – John Cooper Clarke
“Please never forget that the sun rises and sets with your smile. At least to me it does.” – Taylor Jenkins Reid
“My love for you grows more profound and slightly more absurd with each passing day.” – Joseph E. Morris
“Love is caring beyond measure.” – Winnie the Pooh
“Love is the unity that completes us.” – Rumi
“Our love makes every place feel like home.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“True love is rediscovering each other, over and over.” – Mignon McLaughlin
“Our love is a battlefield of joy and quirkiness.” – The Wedding Date
“Love is a beautiful challenge, worth every moment.” – Noah, The Notebook
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë
“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Herman Hesse
“To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed.” – Valerie Lombardo
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – A. A. Milne
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
“In case you ever foolishly forget; you are always in my thoughts.” – Virginia Woolf
“Love is the friendship that caught fire.” – Laura Hendricks
“You are the butter to my bread, and the breath to my life.” – Julia Child
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Funny Happy Anniversary Wishes, Happy Anniversary Wishes for Couples, Funny Wedding Captions and Wedding Guest Captions.
Happy First Anniversary Wishes
My love for you continues to grow each day, as I love you more than I did yesterday and less than I will tomorrow. Happy 1-year anniversary, my love.
I’m so grateful I’ve gotten to share this past year with you. Happy anniversary!
Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite. Cheers to us and many more loving years.
Having you by my side makes me the happiest, most grateful, and luckiest person in the world. Happy anniversary to my soulmate.
Saying ‘I do to spending the rest of my life with you was the best decision I’ve ever made. I love you more each day. Happy anniversary.
Sweet, smart, beautiful, amazing, funny, cool—you’re everything I ever hoped for and more. Happy 1-year anniversary.
From sending you good night texts to wishing you good morning, everything seems sweeter since I met you. Happy anniversary.
I don’t know how I got so lucky to find a girl like you, but I’m thankful every single day. Happy 1-year!
It’s wild how one year can change everything. I can’t wait to see where we are in another 365 days—I know it’ll be together.
Even when I don’t say it, I’m always thinking it: I love you. Happy anniversary, babe.
Happy anniversary, my love! You mean more to me than you’ll ever know.
To the most beautiful woman who has given me the most beautiful life—happy anniversary.
If I had my life to live over again, I would find you sooner so that I could love you longer. Happy anniversary, my love.
Happy anniversary, darling. Here’s to love, laughter, and our continued happily ever after.
Marrying you was the smartest thing I ever did. Happy anniversary, my love.
Our anniversary marks 365 more days you’ve made me laugh, learn, grow, and be oh-so-glad we’re together!
Words can’t express how much I love having you in my life. Happy anniversary!
My teammate, my rock, and my best friend, happy anniversary!
The good things in life are better with you. Happy 1-year anniversary!
A year after our wedding day, and I’m still falling for you. Our future together couldn’t be brighter, and I can’t wait to see what’s in store.
You’re the most amazing person I’ve ever met! Happy 1st anniversary. I love you!
Life has never been so beautiful as it has been this past year with you by my side. Happy 1-year anniversary!
Loving you is my favorite thing to do. Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary! I don’t know if you knew this, but I totally have a crush on you.
Happy 1st anniversary! Let’s order takeout and be in bed by 10pm for the rest of our lives.
Happy 1-year anniversary, darling. Here’s to a million more mornings waking up in your arms.
You are my best friend, my lover, and someone I’m happy to call my boyfriend. Happy anniversary!
Even after a year, you still give me butterflies! Happy 1-year anniversary!
Happy 1st anniversary. You make me so happy.
The best thing about having forever is you. Happy 1-year anniversary.
Of all the love stories in the world, ours will always be my favorite. Happy 1st anniversary.
Same day and time next year? Happy anniversary!
Happy 1-year anniversary. May our trust and love keep growing with the passing of each year, in good times and bad.
I’m so happy we found each other. Here’s to one year down and many more to come!
Happy 1-year anniversary! Now if I can just remember your birthday, too!
Happy anniversary to my favorite person! This year was so great, I can’t wait to see what’s in store for us.
Happy 1st anniversary! I love you more than chocolate!
This year of being married to you has been the best year of my life. I love you. Happy anniversary.
Sleeping by your side guarantees sweet dreams. Happy anniversary. I love you so much.
Happy 1-year! Thank you for being my safe place, my dearest friend, and the person who always brightens my day!
Feels like just yesterday I was dropping heart-eye emojis in your DMs! How time flies! Happy anniversary—I love you!
In a sea of people, my eyes always search for you. Happy 1st anniversary!
I’ve been smiling since the day I met you. My face hurts. Happy anniversary!
Life with you is much happier than it was before you came into the picture. Happy anniversary!
Here’s to 356 days of mastering the art of agreeing to disagree. Love that for us.
You’ll always be my happy place. Here’s to 1 year of marriage and many more to come.
Happy 1st anniversary, darling. I want to love you, adore you, take care of you, and make you happy for the rest of my life.
I love you more than yesterday—yesterday you really got on my nerves. Happy 1-year anniversary!
You’re my biggest smile, my best day, and my perfect match. I can’t wait to spend many more years by your side.
Happy anniversary, my love. Our first year of marriage has been better than I ever imagined.
I’m really happy we found each other. Happy 1-year!
Every day with you is a new adventure. Here’s to another year of love!
Being married is really something! I’ll let you decide exactly what it is. Happy anniversary!
It started with a dream of a life together, and the dream only gets better. Cheers to one year of marriage!
We’ve been married for 365 days, and I’ve loved every second of it. Happy anniversary to my incredible wife.
Happy anniversary to the love of my life. Here’s to many more years of happiness to come.
I’m lucky to know you, lucky to love you, and lucky to share a life with you. Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary, sweetheart. Thanks for making ‘love’ mean more than I ever thought it could.
In a world where so many things can be uncertain, you are the one thing that I will always be sure of. Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary! I’m thankful for you every day and not just for the milestones.
Who knew that following my heart would lead to so much laundry? Happy anniversary, anyway!
I’m really liking this whole marriage thing. 10/10 would recommend.
From romantic dates to cuddles on the couch, this year with you has given me the sweetest memories. Happy anniversary.
Forever feels like home with you. Happy anniversary.
Happy anniversary! I hope that I bring as much warmth to your life as you bring to my toes in the middle of the night.
Forever wouldn’t be long enough with you. Happy anniversary, with all my love.
You’re my today and all of my tomorrows. Happy anniversary to my one and only.
It is such a privilege to be loved by you. Happy anniversary, my love.
Like the smiles in our selfies, you light up my life. I love you! Happy anniversary.
Thank you for letting me be completely myself around you. And for being exactly who you are—amazing! Happy anniversary.
I’m yours. No refunds. Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary to the only person in the world I would share my food with.
Happy anniversary! I’m so lucky you’re my boyfriend.
Happy 1-year, babe! You’re amazing, and I’m so grateful to have you in my life!
It’s been short but sweet. I can’t wait for our future together! Happy anniversary—I love you so much!
I didn’t think it was possible to love you any more than I did the day I married you, but somehow my love only grows. I love you today and always.
Thank you for always loving and supporting me no matter what. I can’t wait to spend the rest of our lives together. Happy anniversary.
Happy anniversary, babe! See, I told you I wouldn’t forget!
Happy anniversary to the best thing that ever happened to me. You will always be my forever.
If I told you everything I love about you, I’d never be able to finish. Happy anniversary, my love.
Happy 1-year anniversary, babe. I can’t wait to write the next chapter of our love story together.
You’re my best friend, the girl of my dreams, and one of the most amazing people I know. Happy 1st anniversary!
Happy 1-year anniversary! You’re my favorite.
Cheers to a year of laughter, love, and putting up with each other’s mothers! I love you so much. Happy one year anniversary!
Every day, I fall more and more in love with you. Happy 1st anniversary, sweetheart.
You can’t get rid of me—try as you might. Happy anniversary!
You always know just how to make me smile. Happy anniversary, babe.
For better or for worse, I still choose you. Happy 1st anniversary!
Love you then, love you still, love you now and always will. Happy anniversary!
How lucky I am to have fallen in love with my best friend. Happy 1-year anniversary!
I’m glad I asked you out on this day one year ago. Happy anniversary!
Being with you makes life so much more fun. Happy 1-year!
I think it’s time to let you know that I’ve been dating someone, and I really love them. It’s you! Happy 1-year anniversary!
You’re my best friend, my partner, my everything. Happy anniversary.
I don’t remember life without you and I don’t intend on ever trying. I love you. Happy anniversary.
Happy anniversary, my love. Thanks for not holding out for something better.
My life with you is so much sweeter than life before you. Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary! It’s been a year since we walked down the aisle, and I’ve never loved you more.
You make every day more magical than the last. Happy anniversary, my sweet husband.
You’re my favorite person to annoy for the rest of my life. Happy anniversary!
There are no words to describe the love I feel for you on our first anniversary—unwavering, tender, and boundless only begin to sum it up.
When a love is true, there is no ending. I hope we get to celebrate for many years to come. Happy anniversary!
I can’t wait to see what’s to come for us. Thanks for sticking with me—there’s no one I’d rather experience life with! Happy anniversary!
See this smile? It’s the same one you gave me on my wedding day. Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary to my most amazing wife. You’re as beautiful today as you were on our wedding day.
Happy 1-year anniversary to my soulmate. You make me the happiest person in the world.
Happy anniversary to the only person in the world that I want beside me every day and every night for the rest of my life. I love you, sweetheart.
Our marriage is like a workshop. You work, and I shop. Happy anniversary!
I’ve been thinking about you 24/7 for 365 days. Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary, love. On this day, and every day, I am reminded why we are meant for each other.
You’re my favorite. Happy anniversary!
Thanks for putting up with me for 365 days! I’ll try to make the next year easier on you (maybe).
First Anniversary Captions
Life with you just keeps getting better.
365 days of us.
Twin flame forever.
One down, forever to go
525,600 minutes of love
One year down and it’s only the beginning.
A year in, and still my #1
A year later and you still give me butterflies.
The first of many.
Time flies when you’re married to your best friend.
One year down and a lifetime to go.
Found my forever first dance partner
Still crushing on you, one year later
Celebrate love’s milestone with us!
A year of giggles and snuggles
Lots of laughs, 365 days straight
“Us” anniversary: 1 year down!
Time flies when you’re in love
Year one, they said it wouldn’t last… We proved them wrong!
Today, tomorrow, always.
Our forever began 1 year ago today
Forever feels good with you
Happy one-year anniversary to the best party we’ve ever thrown.
Yep, saying “yes” to you was still the smartest thing I ever did.
Cheers to our first of many
One year down, forever to go
More to come.
You will always be my forever.
Married & merry: Year one
Adventure partners for life
One year married to you.
Toasting to our first love-versary
365 days of smiles, laughs and reminders to take the trash out.
Found my forever in one year’s time
525,600 minutes as a married couple.
Our love story’s first anniversary chapter
Love’s in the air, and it’s here to stay
One year in and I’m still smitten
Cheers to yet another trip around the sun.
Soul mates & couch date
52 weeks of being inseparable
365 days with my favorite human️
8760 hours of togetherness
A one-year adventure with my love
Cheers to 365 days of wedded bliss
To many more.
A year of love and Netflix binges️
Love’s journey, year one completed
Annual, like my love (never expiring)
Year one: Completed it, mate!
Here’s to another year with my better half.
Chapters of love: 12 months edition
& to many more.
Same time, next year?
Romance level: Expert
Sappy love story, epic first chapter
The good things in life are better with you.
I remember our wedding like it was one year ago.
365 days of pure awesomeness together
You made one year feel like a day.
Year one: Unforgettable
So that is it for our list of First Anniversary Quotes, Wishes and Captions. We hope you found the perfect one!
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