Sometimes, you just need a poignant one liner to get the creative juices flowing.

Here is a collection of great one liners that are beautiful and memorable.

• To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage – Lao Tzu

• Love is friendship set to music – Anonymous

• Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

• Love is life – Leo Tolstoy

• We never live so intensely as when we love strongly. We never realize ourselves so vividly as when we are in full glow of love for others – Walter Rauschenbusch

• Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same – Emily Bronte

• There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved – Georges Sand

• Without love, the world itself would not survive – Lope de Vega

• When love reigns, the impossible may be attained – Indian proverb

If you are prepared, you will have less to worry about on your special day.  Trust me when I tell you that there are going to be enough other things to worry about without having to worry about the bride wedding toasts.

Your first step is to find a collection of bride speech examples that will help you get an idea of what is a good speech and what should be included.  There is a certain amount of wedding etiquette that is important to keep to.  Even if you are unconventional, you’ll want to make a speech that is memorable for all the right reasons.

What You’ll Want to Include In Your Speech

When looking for examples, a collection of classic bridal wedding speeches that you can pick and choose sections from will help you get that perfect personal speech for you.  The layout of the best speeches always follows the same theme, so you don’t have to start from scratch – you just have to make it your own.

You’ll also want to include a few one-liners or jokes that will keep your wedding toast light-hearted and memorable.  This is another great way to introduce something that is personal to you, but without getting to personal or to outlandish.  Knowing what works will help you get a better idea for your own funny bits.

Finally, you may want to include some personal poetry or lyrics that say exactly what you really mean to say without sounding corny.  My choice of song lyrics became the punch-line to my one-liner.  It had everyone in fits of laughter and when we the first bar of that song came up as our first dance song – the roof almost came down with the burst of laughter from everyone.

There are also probably going to be many people to thank and you won’t want to forget anyone – including granny who is sitting at the back with a bottle of champagne as I almost did.  With so many things on your mind – being prepared will make the whole experience exactly what you want it to be – UNFORGETABLE!

One of the best ways to get good ideas for your speech is to watch what others have done.  This isn’t so hard as there are so many great little videos available on Youtube and other video sites.

I’ve put together a little compilation of some of the best examples so that you can see what other have done.  The bride speech is one of the least common, but it is gaining in popularity and more and more blushing brides are standing up and proclaiming their love on their special day.

My Favourite Wedding Speech Videos

A great speech from Down Under

Here is another great speech that should give you some ideas.

Bride Speech

As you can see just having a one liner or a joke to work from will help.

Hope these help – I’ll find more and post them soon.

Wedding speeches are such an important part of the day. For myself, my husband and our parents, this is our time to say thank you and to show a little of what we are to our friends and family. Wedding speech jokes are a great way to keep your speech light and fun, but there is more to the speech than funny wedding speech one liners.

I didn’t pay much attention to other peoples toasts at weddings until my husband proposed to me. Then there were no weddings to attend until my own, which meant that I didn’t have the chance to see a wedding speech in action until my big day, so I went on Youtube and watched other people online to get a better idea.

Some of those speeches were pretty good. There were loads of best man speeches to look at as well as quite a few farther of the bride speeches, but not a lot for the bride herself. My maid of honour was also finding it rather difficult to know what her speech should include.

Don’t Forget Wedding Etiquette

There is a certain amount of wedding etiquette when it comes to making wedding toasts. I had no idea, but getting the order right for thank you’s alone will help your speech sound a lot more natural. Another great tip was ending on a high note, such as a joke is always a good idea and for anyone not really able to put their thoughts into words, copying someone else’s words can be a great help too. Just think of your favourite love song or a memorable peom for inspiration.

Deliver Your Speech Like a Pro

I think that the biggest help that I got from the book we got was the chapter on how to remain calm and how to deliver the speech like a pro – even when you have no public talking skills and have never stood before people to make a toast. Just being prepared and keeping the alcohol to a minimum until your bridal speech is over will help, but there are so many other great ways to keep the nerves at bay.
Although I was the one to get the Wedding Speech Guide Book, the whole family landed up using it, from best man all the way to father of the bride. There were so many really good wedding speech examples that catered for everyone that we all managed to put together totally unique and rather entertaining – even if I say so myself – speeches.

Watch a few wedding speech videos I’ve put together to see how other ladies did it.

Getting married is a once in a lifetime experience – well at least for the fortunate few. Giving bride speeches has to be one of the most stressful experiences. I know it was for me. Standing in front of all my family and friends, wanting to add humor without sounding silly and wanting to sound confident and convincing when my little white stockinged feet were shaking in my little white shoes.  Not an easy task.

Before I got married, I wanted our wedding vows to be personal and heartfelt, but I also wanted us both to have the opportunity to address our love for each other at the reception. It was my dream to be able to speak at my wedding, but when it came to writing my wedding speech, I had no idea where to start.

Spiking Your Speech With Humor!

I wanted to add some unique humor into my speech, but didn’t really know where to put it or how personal a blushing bride should be.  Getting a clear idea of how to set out a speech to include everything without leaving anything in the wings was very helpful.

A funny bride speech is all about getting timing right.  When you’re not a natural it helps to keep the speech feeling natural.  Sometimes it helps to slow things down when your nervous, which gives you time to breath between sentences.

Remembering Not To Forget Anyone.

When under the spotlight, it is often difficult to remember everything you need to remember.  Having your bridal speeches prewritten and getting in a rhythm will help to keep your mind focused on what you need to say and when.  It also helps to keep the champagne to a minimum until the wedding toasts have been delivered.  My bridesmaid also used got help with her bridesmaid speech and she did a great job too.

I think the most useful thing was to have example bride speeches to choose from.  My dad had such a great selection of father of the bride speeches to chose from that he landed up with the best wedding toast of all.  Having a funny wedding speech full of wedding speech jokes is one way to get a response, but a heartfelt toast to the bride and groom is always well received.

In Victorian times, it was very uncommon for a women to speak at her wedding.  The men were the sole entertainers at these events, but as life as changed and the world has become more liberated, women now have the opportunity to have their say, thank their friends and family and entertain their guests.

Because there is no real tradition to making a brides speech, there is no formal structure, but it has become common practise to include the following.

- Thank all your guests  for coming
- Remember to also thank those who were invited and wished to come, but were unable to due to health or other issues.
- Include an antidote about how you met the groom, some funny story that involves not humiliating either yourselves or anyone else, perhaps replacing a personal story with a tasteful joke.
- Add some poignant heartfelt words for your groom

Getting the speech just right is about being yourself and adding a personal touch to your speech.  Practise your speech so that it feels natural.  Making speeches might not be your strong point.  If you need help with this, consider relaxation techniques to keep you calm and tips to deliver your speech effortlessly.

It can be very difficult as a bride to find a tasteful joke or one liner.  The main problem is that bride speeches are still very new and there are few examples to chose from.

Here is a small collection of different one liners that I have found.  They work really well because they are quoted by famous people and will appeal to just about any age.  No offending any member of the family.

Great One Liners:-

• Husbands are like fires. They go out if left unattended. -Zsa Zsa Gabor

• Most girls seem to marry men who happen to be like their fathers. Maybe that’s why so many mothers cry at weddings! – Jenny Éclair

• A young couple, just married, were in their honeymoon suite on their wedding night. As ____ undressed for bed, her husband (who was a burly bruiser) tossed his pants to his bride and said, “Here, put these on.” She put them on and the waist was twice the size of her body. “I can’t wear your pants,” she said. “That’s right,” said the husband, “and don’t you ever forget it. I’m the man who wears the pants in this family!” With that, she flipped him her panties and said, “Try these on.” He tried them on, and found he could only get them on as far as his kneecaps. He said, “Hell, I can’t get into your panties!” She said, “That’s right and that’s the way it’s going to be until your damn attitude changes.

• Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet. — Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

• The brain is a wonderful thing. It never stops functioning from the time you’re born until the moment you stand up to make a speech. – Herbert V Prochnow and Herbert V Prochnow Jnr

• I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewellery. (Rita Rudner)

• A husband is like a fire, he goes out when unattended. (Evan Esar)

Just a few ideas to get your bride speech going.  Think about personal experiences, funny happenings and crazy things you have done to give you an idea of a great story to tell.  Once you have a good idea of what you want to say, then you’ll also want to make sure that you don’t forget anyone or anything important.  Knowing the basic structure of a bride speech will help you include everything.