Marriage Quotes - Page 44

Women have a mother-nature and a daughter-nature; there are no women with a wife-nature. The quality of wife is an acquired character; it is a combination of mother and daughter.

It was only long after the ceremony that we learned why we got married in the first place.

The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.

A mother is a mother all of your life,but a father is a father only when he has a wife.

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.

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

If you want to make the days of your life really matter, then you must love something.

I love marriage. I failed at marriage, but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.

You never marry the person you first see 'Casablanca' with.

A fellow ought to save a few of the long evenings he spends with his girl till after they're married.

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

In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.

I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.

Marriage is the beginning and pinnacle of civilization.

There's nothing a woman hates more than her fiance's best friend. He knows all the secrets she's going to spend the rest of her life trying to find out.

I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.

I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that.

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.

There is no place love is not.

A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.

Happiness is love, nothing else.

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.

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.

Aim high, but do not aim so high that you totally miss the target. What really matters is that he will love you, that he will respect you, that he will honor you, that he will be absolutely true to you, that he will give you the freedom of expression and let you fly in the development of your own talents. He is not going to be perfect, but if he is kind and thoughtful, if he knows how to work and earn a living, if he is honest and full of faith, the chances are you will not go wrong, that you will be immensely happy.

True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion.