What Is Marriage Quotes

Modern marriage has lost its meaning--consequently it is being abolished.

Miss Grantham gave a shriek. 'You have trifled with me!' she said, into the folds of her handkerchief. 'You promised me marriage, and now you mean to cast me off for Another!

Antagonistic cooperation is the principle of all markets and many marriages.

In a society which really supported marriage the wife would be encouraged to go to the office and make love to her husband on the company's time and with its blessing.

A bilingual marriage, by the way, is a great way to stay together for longer than you normally would because you can't understand each other very well.

I married him for better or worse. I didn't marry him for lunch.

My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.

Marriage is forever. It's like cement.

The only time some fellows are seen with their wives is after they're indicted.

The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law.

There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.

marriage is usually considered the grave, and not the cradle of love.

It will be your duty, and it will be your pleasure too to estimate her (as you chose her) by the qualities that she has, and not by the qualities she may not have.

Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them.

[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.

A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage.

I would rather not be engaged. When people are engaged, they begin to think of being married soon, and I should like everything to go on for a long while just as it is.

And too soon Marred are those so early Made.

It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.

They are the we of me.

Marriage cannot be a job as it has become.

Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one's other self listening.

When you love someone - when you create a child with him - you don't just suddenly lose that bond. Like any other energy, it can't be destroyed, just channeled into something else.

A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same.

Some marriages are made in heaven, Mine was made in Hong Kong, by the same people who make those little rubber pork chops they sell in the pet department at Kmart.

Well, the one thing I've thought about is having dad give me away. You know when he takes your hand and he puts it in the hand of the person you marry? That's the only part I've ever wanted.

The words marriage and divorce were always used together, like they went hand in hand together.

I love you, Daisy. I love you so much I hurt.

You may forsake a person, a family, some location of the heart, but scars and memories cannot be discarded like used clothing.

The marriage bond is more than a civil contract. It is a reward for loving well.

Just start off with the same goals in mind. If you have the same values, same goals then you'll be on track for the same future.

There is something revolting about the way girls' minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love.

Artist colonies are notorious for breaking up marriages and housing affairs.

It would take a helluva man to replace no man at all.

If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.

Not only is love blind, it’s a little hard of hearing.

But they love each other. Isn't that what love means? That you're supposed to be there for the other person to turn to, no matter what?

No marriage stays in the same pattern forever. It is both the best feature of marriage and the worst, that it inevitably changes.

Marriage is a team effort. Grow closer to each other as you grow closer to God.

To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.

When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife.

Communication is not a one-way street.

God has given you two ears--that should tell you something about the importance of listening.

A man will strategically organize his life in boxes and then spend most of his time in the boxes he can succeed in.

You, Jane, I must have you for my own--entirely my own.

Your positive impact on the generations to come will be directly related to the ministry you have in that little place called home.

Every good marriage must be a friendship between two people who are willing to sacrifice for the other person.

I think women sign on for some ideal when they get married, and when they realise they haven't got anything close to what they want, they bury their disappointment.

If I ever meet with the man who fulfills my ideal, I shall make it a condition of the marriage settlement, that I am to have chocolate under the pillow.

It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.