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We men really, really, really like sex. We like sex so much, many of us are willing to risk getting in serious trouble to get it. That's why laws against rape haven't stopped rape, and why laws against prostitution haven't stopped prostitution, and why men who cheat on their wives would continue to cheat even if it was illegal, and why gay men continue to be gay even in fundamentalist religious countries like Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is punishable by death.

When boundaries are not established in the beginning of a marriage, or when they break down, marriages break down as well. Or such marriages don't grow past the initial attraction and transform into real intimacy. They never reach the true "knowing" of each other and the ongoing ability to abide in love and to grow as individuals and as a couple-the long-term fulfillment that was God's design.

When a person in your life continuously displays to you they do not care, there comes a point where you may want to start believing them.

When two people love each other sacrificially, they will find happiness. If they aim for happiness instead of aiming to love, they will ultimately fail to achieve either.

When you cease to blame your spous eand own the problem as yours, you are then empowered to make changes to solve your problem.

When you've made up your mind to marry, take the first respectable body that comes to hand - she's as good as any other; they be all alike in groundwork: 'tis only in the flourishes there's a difference.

WE MUST ENJOY THE PRESENT, EVERYDAY THERE IS SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING THAT WE CAN BE GRATEFUL FOR.

Whenever your foundation is laid in God, there will be nothing that can shake it, no matter how strong the storm is.

When we are at peace within our marriage, the effects can be astounding! We will raise happier children, become better employees, and overall find the joy in life.

WHEN YOU ARE GREATFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE OR RECEIVE, THE UNIVERSE AND YOUR MAN WANT TO GIVE YOU MORE.

Wherever you are lacking, your obedience in working on that before your mate comes is vital.

Where darkness had once overshadowed many of us, the radiant light of Christ exposed the truth that not one of us is truly ever alone.

With perseverance and endurance you can survive any storm.

Wives...believe in your husband’s capabilities and he’ll give you warmth and gentleness. Affirm his achievements and he will affirm his love for you daily. Respect him and he’ll be your trusted companion. Accept him and he’ll listen with patience and care. Give him affection and he’ll proudly take better care of himself. Trust him and you’ll know no greater friend. If you lift him up; he WILL carry you. ~Jason Versey

You are your partner are on the same side - it's the side of the living.

You don't need a great cathedral for a great marriage. All you need is fate to be on your side

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO KEEP HIS LOVE ALIVE, BUT YOU MUST TAKE IN CONSIDERATION WHAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR MAN” ― Linda Alfiori

Your husband is not responsible for your happiness

You want to know the secret to raising good kids?” “What’s that? asked Thomas. “High expectations.” Thomas laughed. “Alright, well what’s the secret to a happy marriage?” Clyde smiled back, but his face started to fall, and he chose his words carefully. “… Low expectations.

Abstaining from sex is a small fraction of the chastity process. Your intentions are just as important as the act of sex itself" The Ultimate Guide to Chastity

A distracted mind or absent heart creates a rift which, unless addressed, becomes a chasm separating you from each other.

A fulfilling long-term relationship is not accomplished by just finding the one. It is rather a co-operation between two passionate and highly motivated partners working together, figuring out every single situation holding hands. If there is trust at the root of the relationship, if the partners make an effort to keep it interesting, if difficulties are handled tactfully and if you can appreciate every single deed of your partner no matter how insignificant it is, the flames of love would never burn out and your love can truly live happily ever after.

A happy marriage is a personal choice. The same way you decide to GET married? It's the same way you decide to STAY happily married!

A judgment with an evil design comes about when we compare a person to our pre-conceived beliefs about what is right or wrong and then condemn that person.

All the vital components that make a relationship successful, without any of the emotional messiness to drag it down. It's about respect, caring, and commitment. Shared goals and compatible priorities. It's about treating marriage like a partnership instead of some romantic fantasy. It's about two people liking each other.

All things are made beautiful at a timely hour.

Wife: a former girlfriend

You don't force your spouse to be perfect, you influence her with your perfection.

You'll marry your studies? Marry your books? You already have one degree but you want another. You'll marry your degrees?

You must not give up in the middle of the journey. May you have grace to travel onward.

Grow up, Bailey." "That is precisely what I'm doing," Bailey says. "I don't care if you don't understand that. Staying here won't make me happy. It will make you happy because you're insipid and boring, and an insipid, boring life is enough for you. It's not enough for me. It will never be enough for me. So I'm leaving. Do me a favor and marry someone who will take decent care of the sheep.

A defeatist attitude kills almost as many marriages as affairs do.

Admit when you're wrong. It doesn't fix a busted leg, of course, but it's a nice gesture none-the-less.

A happy wife is the key to a happy home.

A joyful soul, a grateful spirit full of love and light!

A marriage is a way of accepting love and commitment of a man and woman in front of God, before moving to a new life.

A man had better study what a human being is, because he's marrying one - assuming that merely being one has not been sufficient stimulus to that study.

And things don't change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it.

Anytime, someone gives you advice, rethink if it will lead to personal progress.

A sensitive person must find a sensitive life partner otherwise a raw life partner would become a puzzle for his/her entire life

A sensitivity is a true beauty of a woman

...and no man gave you a fur coat without expecting to receive something in return. Except for one's husband, of course, who expected nothing beyond modest gratitude.

Ask any successfully married couple what keeps their relationship alive and they will tell you, "interest." It's as simple as that.

As spouses, we play a big role in the development of each other's self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-worth. An entire personality can be destroyed and a marriage ripped apart over the course of just months. It's important that husbands and wives take this subject seriously and learn to build each other up through the simple concepts of dating. It's critical that the older we get, the younger we feel. As the years pass, our attitudes towards each other and our relationships should become more positive and our lives more meaningful.

A successful marriage needs much more than, love, care, and feelings. A woman can choose to be totally submissive in a marriage, like in a patriarchal set-up where she will have a happy married life, but not guaranteed if she will be happy or not. Or she can decide on what makes her happy and choose that life. Marriage is not about the happiness of one person at the cost of other.

A successful marriage was a balancing act-that was a thing everyone knew. A successful marriage was also dependent on a high tolerance for irritation.

A wife's power is not to prove her husband but rather to improve him.

A wise woman has already a rite Where she knows right from left. She usually writes when she's right And always leaves before she's left.

Beauty is irrelevant to human life, especially in a relationship. What you today perceive as beautiful and special, over time, becomes not so special. That’s how the human brain works. It is not beauty that keeps a relationship alive, it is attachment. Without attachment, a naked body is merely a lifeless sex toy.

Beauty is an illusion, created by Mother Nature to drive the human species in the path of reproduction. In reality, beauty is irrelevant to human life, especially in a relationship. What you today perceive as beautiful and special, over time, becomes not so special. That’s how the human brain works. It is not beauty that keeps a relationship alive, it is attachment. Without attachment, a naked body is merely a lifeless sex toy.