The following list gives ideas for quotes that you may wish to use on your teapot.  Alternatively you can use any wording of your own choice as long as it does not exceed 28 words in length. 

Quotes are generally placed with the first half on one side of the teapot and the second half on the other, but they can also be written all on one side or spiralling around the teapot.

You could choose to have a quote on one side of the teapot and personalise the other side with names and dates for a wedding, birthday or anniversary. 

Please feel free to discuss your ideas with us.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Don’t go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Think of all the beauty left around you and be happy.

To treat life as less than a miracle is to give up on it.

He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Loving people is about accepting them as they are and not trying to change them into what we want them to be.

Relationships are like cars: to last they need regular attention

Success is only worth having when you have people to share it with.

We are stronger together than we are on our own. When you are united with someone you love, there is nothing you cannot do.

Families are never easy, and sometimes we think they are impossible. But in the end, and against all odds, mutual love pulls everyone through.

The key to a successful relationship is in learning to be the sort of person you would like to be with.

A relationship works best if you think more about what you put into it than what you’re getting out of it.

Push each other to be the best you are capable of being. Partners have a unique ability to bring out the best in each other.

To love and be loved, what in the world is greater than that?

Fights aren’t bad. They clear the air and stop you from harbouring resentment. But observe one rule: no one goes to bed mad.

Learn to listen and to understand. Many important messages are conveyed by silence.

Never lose sight of what you want your children to remember about you when they grow up.

No matter how long you have been together never get out of the habit of expressing affection.

A family is a team effort and, like any team, it works best when everyone pulls together.

Families invented the art of the compromise solution.

Never say the unkind thing that immediately comes to mind. Pause, and say something warm and generous.

Look people in the eye and tell them what you think. Never smile and tell them what you think they want to hear.

Laugh loud and often. Laughter lubricates the soul.

Good conversation is always a source of great pleasure.

Partners continue to love each other in spite of their faults.

The difference between a successful marriage and an unsuccessful one is the number of things that are left unsaid.

The secret of a happy marriage is still secret.

Love is not about finding the perfect person but about two people sharing their imperfections.

Being prepared to admit you were wrong is like a great supporting beam in the edifice of marriage.

The best relationships are based on communication. You don’t have to say anything profound but make sure you always keep talking.

Love is about who you want to be with and who you couldn’t bear to be without.

You will never lose anything by loving but you will always lose by holding back.

Moderation in all things - except love.

Habit is the great enemy of love.

Slow down and enjoy life.

Give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Every day stop for a moment and appreciate all that is good in your life.

Happiness is a matter of trial and error. Try it once and if it doesn’t make you happy don’t try it again.

There is nobody I would rather share a pot of tea with than you.

Start everyday with a smile. End everyday with a happy thought.

You make the world a brighter place.

Tea for two, just Me and You.

Happiness is like a butterfly – when pursued it is always out of reach… but if you sit down quietly – it may rest upon you.

What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. Let it be something good.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

You will discover that there will be good days, and there will be bad days. For you, for me and for everyone else. You are never alone.

Success and happiness taste better when shared.

Happiness is contagious.

Smile, make someone’s day.

It is not how old you grow, but how you grow old.

With a cup of tea in your hand anything is possible.

Between me and insanity stand my friends.

A family is a team effort and, like any team it works best when everyone pulls together.

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

A patient heart will not be disappointed.

Yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today, well lived, makes every day a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

In the end nothing we do or say in this lifetime will matter as much as the way we have loved one another.

Happiness is being with you.

We should never be so busy that we cannot find the time to stop for a pot / cup of tea.

You make the world a brighter place just by being in it.

Friends and laughter always welcome here.

Other things may change us but we start and end with family.

Peace, Calm, Beauty, Serenity, Contentment, Restful, Still

You are the sunshine in my life and the rainbow in my sky.

If I had my life over again I would still choose to spend it with you.

Always remember that when the clouds are grey, somewhere the sun is still shining.

Love yourself whatever your faults. Love others despite of their faults.

A friend is one of life’s most beautiful gifts.

Follow your destiny wherever it may lead you.

A teapot just to remind you that I love and appreciate you.

In you Mum I have seen everything that love can be.

May you always have an angel by your side.

Have a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what you are, for what you could become.

Take time to laugh, it is the music of the soul.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you truly love.

Give without remembering and take without forgetting.

You are never too old to dream another dream.

The journey of life is so beautiful that it needs no destination.

Every joy shared adds more love. Every obstacle faced together makes you stronger.

Real love stories never have endings.

Just for today let’s not be grownups.

The stars sparkle so we don’t forget to dream.

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take the chance of being first?

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

There is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.

It’s not what you do, it’s how much love you put into the doing.

Dream, Play, Laugh, Love, Live.

Come grow old with me the best is yet to come.

I love you not only for what you are, but also what I become when I am with you.

The only things that count in life are the imprints of love that we leave after we are gone.

The measure of love is to love without measure.

Love at first sight is easy to understand. It’s when two people have been looking at each other for years that it becomes a miracle.

Our lives are like the course of the sun. At the darkest moments there is the promise of daylight.

Love conquers all things.

You won’t find a better day than today.

All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.

It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end.

Fall down seven times, get up eight.

Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out.

To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than the things that you did.

Words are mere bubbles of water, but deeds are drops of gold.

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.

You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.

Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me, and be my friend.

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.