Best 4897 quotes in «marriage quotes» category

I don't want to get married ... I'm certainly not going to give up the work I've wanted to do all my life for the sake of it, any more than I'd expect my husband, if he were a doctor or a lawyer, for example, to give up practising medicine or law in order to marry me.

If a marriage is going to work well, it must be on a solid footing, namely money, and of that commodity it is the girl with the smallest dowry who, to my knowledge, consumes the most, to infuriate her husband. All the same, it is only fair that the marriage should pay for past pleasures, since it will scarcely procure any in the future.

If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path.

If common sense had been consulted, how many marriages would never have taken place; if uncommon or divine sense, how few marriages such as we witness would ever have taken place!

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.

I feel very deeply about the need to respect and tolerate people of different social - or sexual orientation. But at the same time, I believe marriage should be preserved as an institution for one man and one woman.

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

If I am attached to another person because I cannot stand on my own two feet, he or she may be a life saver, but the relationship is not one of love.

If marriage were only bed, we could have made it.

If I seek to fulfill my own needs at the expense of my partner, we are sure to experience unhappiness, resentment, and conflict. The secret of forming a successful relationship is for both partners to win.

If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage.

If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

If love exists between two persons, it is blessed. If love does not exist between two persons, then all your laws put together cannot bridge them. Then they exist separate, then they exist apart, then they exist in conflict, then they exist always in war. And they create all kinds of trouble for each other. They are nasty to each other, nagging to each other, possessive of each other, violent, oppressive, dominating, dictatorial.

If married couples did not live together, happy marriages would be more frequent.

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.

If we are focusing on our needs, the relationship is in trouble.

If only I had a wife!" I used to think, "who could stay home and keep the children happy, why I could support six of them. A cinch.

If they lost the incredible conviction that they can change their wives or husbands, marriage would collapse at once.

If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal.

If we get into the habit of thinking of ourselves as always owing a debt of love to our spouses, we will be less inclined to take offense when they say or do something that we do not like.

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

If we would truly seek to be more like our Savior and Master, learning to love as He loves should be our highest goal

If you are really Master of your Fate, it shouldn't make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded Lady is your mate.

If you go into it, it is marriage that has created prostitution. And prostitution will never disappear from the world unless marriage disappears; it is the shadow of marriage. In fact prostitutes have been saving marriage. It is a safety measure so the man can go once in a while, just for a change, to any other woman, a prostitute, and save his marriage and its permanency.

If you expect perfection from people your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings, and complaints.

if you get married they think you're finished and if you are without a woman they think you're incomplete.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.

If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently.

If you would marry suitably, marry your equal.

If you will make your first concern the comfort, the well-being, and the happiness of your companion, sublimating any personal concern to that loftier goal, you will be happy, and your marriage will go on through eternity

If you wish to ruin yourself, marry a rich wife.

Ignoring your passion is like dying a slow death...Passion whispers to you through your feelings, beckoning you toward your highest good. Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected, stimulated- what gives you your juice. Do what you love, give it back in the form of service, and you will do more than succeed. You will triumph.

I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage.

I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.

I had a happy marriage and a nice wife. I accomplished everything you can. What more can you want?

I had some short struggle in my mind whether I should resign my lover or my liberty, but this lasted not long. I found myself as free as air and could not bear the thought of putting myself in any man's power for life only from a present capricious inclination.

I had a lousy marriage and I drank too much.

I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.

I hate married men. They never make any sacrifices to the arts, but are always thinking of their duties to their wives and families or some rubbish of that sort.

I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.

I have a wonderful marriage and two great kids.

I have learned that a woman can be a fighter, a freedom fighter, a political activist, and that she can fall in love, and be loved, she can be married, have children, be a mother... Revolution must mean life also; every aspect of life.

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.

I have never been able to sleep with anyone. I require a full-size bed so that I can lie in the middle of it and extend my arms spreadeagle on both sides without being obstructed.

I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.

I have thrust myself into this maze, Haply to wive and thrive as best I may.

I have never heard about any perfect marriage. They say perfect marriages are made in heaven. Nobody comes back from there so maybe it is true, but what kind of marriage will those perfect marriages be? There will be no tension, there will be no individuality in the man or in the woman. They will never collide, they will never fight. They will be too sweet to each other. And too much sweetness brings diabetes! Marriage is an institution that teaches a man regularity, frugality, temperance, forbearance and many other splendid virtues he would not need had he stayed single.

I learned the real meaning of love. Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people, you can set your watch by them. And that's love, even if it doesn't seem very exciting.