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100+ Quotes and Sayings For the Sweetest Bridesmaid Proposals

Need help asking the most important women in your life to stand by your side on your wedding day?

Posted 8/25/2025
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Being a bridesmaid is no easy task — between planning a bridal shower and bachelorette party, and not to mention making a toast at the reception — it’s basically a full-time job. It’s a big commitment, and if you want to find the perfect way to ask your friends and family members to stand by your side, try these quotes and sayings for the sweetest bridesmaid proposals. Looking for a funny bridesmaid quote? We got you. In need of a sentimental bridesmaid saying all about celebrating sisterhood? Done and done!

And there's a way to display those wedding photos you love so much (once your bridesmaids say yes and stand by your side on the big day!) — with a photo books to hold ALL the pictures from your wedding! Print your favorite photos in a Layflat or Classic Photo Book (also great options for a guest bookCanvas Wall Tiles!), and add your vows as captions or text pages, so that whenever you look through your wedding pictures, your vows are right there. And don't wait to get pictures of you and your partner (and your gorgeous wedding party) up on the wall with.

Pro tip: Make your request that much sweeter by including a photo book filled with pictures of you and your soon-to-be bridesmaids together! 

Short Bridesmaid Quotes

As nuanced as your love and appreciation for your bridesmaid can be, sometimes a short proposal message is all you need to get your point across. 

These short proposal messages will help you pop the question to your bridesmaid-to-be!

  • "I can't say 'I do' without you."
  • "Will you stand by my side on the happiest day of my life?"
  • "My ‘I do’ crew wouldn’t be complete without you."
  • "It wouldn’t be a party without you."
  • "Will you be part of my most heartfelt 'yes' ever?"
  • "You're my person. Help me tie the knot?"
  • "We’ve shared so many memories, are you ready to make one more?"
  • "Be my bridesmaid?"
  • ​​"A heartfelt ‘yes’ from you would mean the world to me."
  • "Your role: Bridesmaid. Your mission: Keep me calm."
  • "Honorary title: Bridesmaid. Lifetime title: Best friend."
  • "Bride tribe needs you."
  • "Suit up, babe; will you be my bridesmaid?"
  • "I can’t do this without you by my side."
  • "You're part of my story, now be part of my wedding."
  • "My dream day needs my dream girls."
  • "I said yes... now it’s your turn!"
Maid of Honor Quotes & Messages

The maid of honor is the most important bridesmaid of all, so we would be remiss if we did not include meaningful, heartfelt bridesmaid proposal messages just for her! These quotes are perfect for a direct and straightforward approach to your maid of honor proposal.

  • "You’ve been my rock, my sister, my heart — will you be my Maid of Honor?"
  • "You’ve stood by me in life, will you stand by me at the altar?"
  • "Because no one knows me like you do... will you be my Maid of Honor?"
  • "My big day wouldn’t be complete without your love and support."
  • "More than a best friend; my forever person. Be my Maid of Honor?"
  • "Maid of Honor: the title is yours, if you’ll say yes."
  • "Will you be my Maid of Honor and help me say 'I do'?"
  • "All I need is something borrowed, something blue… and you."
  • "I need someone strong, stylish, and slightly sarcastic. You in?"
  • "I found my person… now I need my other one by my side."
  • "Sister by blood (or choice), Maid of Honor by heart."
  • "You’ve always had my back, now I need you at the front with me."
  • "Every bride needs her ride-or-die, will you be mine?"
  • "We’ve done life together. Let’s do this too."
  • "You’re not just in the wedding, you’re leading the love squad."
  • "You’ve been my day one. Now I need you on day 'I do.'"
  • "One best friend, countless memories, and one big question: will you be my Maid of Honor?"
  • "Help me laugh, cry, plan, and dance my way to the aisle. Be my Maid of Honor?"
  • "Not just my best friend, my right hand, my hype girl, my Maid of Honor."
  • "You’ve always been by my side, now I need you front and center."
Classic Quotes and Sayings

Nothing beats the classics. Sometimes cliches can come in handy, and in this case, they most certainly do!

Use these classic bridesmaid messages to ask your girlfriends to be by your side on your special day:

  • I love you and I like you. Will you help me say I do?
  • You’re my best friend, there’s no one else I’d rather stand beside me.
  • As the friend who will be in my life forever, will you help me marry your new best friend?
  • On my wedding day, I will need you more than ever, please say you’ll be my bridesmaid… and my friend forever!
  • I can’t say “I do” without you.
  • I need something old, something new, something borrowed and most importantly… you!
  • White dress, lace and pearls... but I can’t do it without my girls.
  • Life was meant for good friends and great adventures.
  • Pop the bubbly, she’s getting a hubby!
  • I got my rock... now I need my flock.
  • When worst comes to worst, squad comes first.
  • Friends who slay together, stay together.
  • We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.
  • Pop the champagne, she’s changing her name!
  • He’s marrying me but he’s stuck with us
  • I promise, no ruffles or puffy sleeves — will you be my bridesmaid please?
Heartfelt Quotes and Sayings

Make sure to let your friends and loved ones know how much you love them with a heartfelt quote. These heartfelt messages for your bridesmaids will surely touch the deepest chambers of her heart.

  • You’ve been by my side for years, will you stand by my side again?
  • We’ve talked about walking down the aisle for so long, will you stand by my side as I make the walk?
  • Soon you’ll be my sister, but until then… will you be my bridesmaid?
  • I don’t know what I’d do without you, will you do me the honor of being my bridesmaid?
  • “It’s not that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but it’s your best friends who are your diamonds.” —Gina Barreca
  • Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know that they’re there.
  • “It’s not what we have in our life, but who we have in our life that counts.” —J. M. Laurence
  • True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.
  • “A good friend is like a four leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.” —Irish Proverb
  • There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship.
  • “True love is finding your soulmate in your best friend.” —Faye Hall
  • Bridesmaid for a day, but best friend for life.
  • “We have been friends together in sunshine and in shade.” —Caroline Sheridan Norton
  • Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don’t say.
Funny Quotes and Sayings

Sometimes the best approach to a serious conversation is a little comedic relief. Use one of our funny messages to invite your girls to be bridesmaids:

  • No, bridesmaid duties do not include actual maid duties.
  • You said you’d always catch me if I fall — will you hold the train of my wedding dress?
  • “A true friend is someone who thinks that you’re a good egg even though he knows that you’re slightly cracked.” —Bernard Meltzer
  • It’s my turn to pop the question… Will you be my bridesmaid?
  • Friendship is when people know all about you but like you anyway.
  • Unlike Barbies, me and my girls aren’t sold separately.
  • Friends bring happiness, my squad brings the wine!
  • We’re not your typical bridesmaids, we’re women of awesomeness.
  • Time to drink champagne and dance on the table.
  • All you have to do is show up (and hold my dress when I pee).
  • We’ve been friends for so long, I can’t remember which one of us was the bad influence.
  • The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever.
  • Find your tribe. Love them hard.
  • Turns out I like him more than I originally planned…Will you be my bridesmaid?
  • A bridesmaid’s super powers include loyalty, humor, and punctuality.
  • Good friends don’t let you do stupid things…alone.
  • I don’t know what’s tighter, our jeans or our friendship.
  • Keep calm and get your bachelorette on.
  • As in cases of wine that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
  • ‘Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense and have her nonsense respected.
  • Yes, we know how obnoxious we’re together. We don’t care.
  • Obviously, you’ll be my bridesmaid. So let’s make it official. 
  • F.R.I.E.N.D.S stands for: Fight for you. Respect you. Include you. Encourage you. Need you. Deserve you. Stand by you.
  • Without you, it wouldn’t be a bridal party. Help me make the day even better. Will you be my bridesmaid?
  • “Asking your friend to be a bridesmaid is one of the modern paradoxes: no one actually wants to do it, but everyone would be offended if you didn’t ask.” —Mindy Kaling
  • There’ll be single groomsmen. Will you be my bridesmaid?
Celebrity Quotes and Sayings

Sometimes, celebrities say it best! Here are fun and meaningful quotes from people of stature you can draw inspiration from for asking friends to be your bridesmaids:

  • “You think your friends have good taste in fashion, until they ask you to wear an ugly bridesmaid dress!” —Wendi McLendon-Covey
  • “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” —Amy Poehler
  • “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” —Helen Keller
  • “There’s nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.” —Sylvia Plath
  • “A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.” —Erma Bombeck
  • “We all wish there were more Bridesmaids out there.” —Gillian Jacobs
  • “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” —Oprah Winfrey
  • “True friends are the ones who know you but love you anyway.” —Edna Buchanan
  • “Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” —Mencius
  • "In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips." —Salman Rushdie
  • “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
  • "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'" —C.S. Lewis
  • “Good friends are hard to find and impossible to forget.”—John Green
  • “Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.” —Otto von Bismarck
  • “True friends are like diamonds — bright, beautiful, valuable and always in style.” —Nicole Richie
  • “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” —Henry Ford
  • “Surround yourself with all those that are the same frequency as you.” —Mimi Novic
  • “Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them…your smile, your hope and your courage.” —Doe Zantamata
  • “Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.” —Charles R Swindoll
  • “True friendship is as rare as twin lotuses on a single stalk.” —Lauren Bjorkman
  • “Bridesmaids are never going to upstage the bride.” —Georgina Chapman
  • “A happy bridesmaid makes a happy bride.” —Alfred Tennyson
  • You can kid the world, but not your sister.” —Charlotte Gray
  • “What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined… to strengthen each other…to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.” —George Eliot
  • “Because there’s one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood.” —Robin Benway
  • A sister smiles when one tells stories — for she knows where the decoration has been added.” —Chris Montaigne
  • True love is finding your soulmate in your best friend.
  • “A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves — a special kind of double.” —Toni Morrison
Share Your Favorite Bridesmaid Proposal Messages in a Custom Photo Book

Finding the perfect message for your bridesmaid proposal can be a unique and authentic way to let your bridesmaid know how much you value her as an individual.

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