Marriage Quotes - Page 10

...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.

My wife is my soul mate. I can't imagine being without her.

Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.

Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already.

Wedlock is a padlock.

This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.

'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?

The secret to having a good marriage is to understand that marriage must be total, it must be permanent, and it must be equal.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Nature admits of no permanence in the relation between man and woman. It is only man's egoism that wants to keep woman like some buried treasure. All endeavors to introduce permanence in love, the most changeable thing in this changeable human existence, have gone shipwreck in spite of religious ceremonies, vows, and legalities.

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.

Marriage has been defined by every legislature that has ever sat in the United States from every State, now 50 States, the same way, but now we have unelected judges altering and changing that fundamental institution.

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.

People are weird. When we find someone with weirdness that is compatible with ours, we team up and call it love.

All too often people concentrate on finding the right spouse, little realizing that half of any marriage is being the right spouse.

You know you have found love when you can't find your way back.

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.

One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again.

When the darkness rolls in, I'll be there through thick and thin.

The truth is you can have a great marriage, but there are still no guarantees.

I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much.

We only regard those unions as real examples of love and real marriages in which a fixed and unalterable decision has been taken. If men or women contemplate an escape, they do not collect all their powers for the task. In none of the serious and important tasks of life do we arrange such a "getaway." We cannot love and be limited.

Marriage is a public good, not just a private relationship. We have a public stake in healthy marriages and two-parent families. Our society suffers with the collapse of the relationship of the couple who brings a child into the world.

I was married once--in San Francisco. I haven't seen her for many years. The great earthquake and fire in 1906 destroyed the marriage certificate. There's no legal proof. Which proves that earthquakes aren't all bad.