Daughter's Marriage Quotes

Happy is it to place a daughter; yet it pains a father's heart when he delivers to another's house a child, the object of his tender care.

No one wanted that marriage, no one. Even Mahatma Gandhi wasn't happy about it. As for my father...it's not true that he opposed it, as people say, but he wasn't eager for it. I suppose because the fathers of only daughters would prefer to see them get married as late as possible.

If thy daughter marry well, thou hast found a son; if not, thou hast lost a daughter.

Personally, my daughter's wedding gave me a tremendous pleasure. And the wedding was a radiant event and I enjoyed it. I was afraid I'd cry. I'm given to crying at odd times, and I was very much afraid of the emotionalism of that moment, but I didn't even come close to crying.

While visiting Kenya, former President Clinton was offered 40 goats and 20 cows for his daughter, Chelsea, by a love struck government official. Bill said, "No way!" How does that make Hillary feel? Bill almost gave her up for one cow.

A father who sees his daughter leave in the arms of another man does not feel the same as a mother. It is heartrending for her, too. But it is not the same.

When they [the Briton Nobles] are sufficiently inebriated, I will cry out, 'Nimed eure Saxes,' then let each draw his knife, and kill his man; but spare the king [Vortigern], on account of his marriage with my daughter, for it is better that he should be ransomed than killed.

I may not be able to lead my daughters to the altar when they marry, but I know they are in good hands, and all of them.

The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.