Marriage Quotes - Page 11

In so many senseless deaths, beauty is to blame.

Fidelity is a living, breathing entity. On wobbly footing, it can wander, becoming something different entirely.

A sacrament-like marriage-means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up.

Marriage isn't about Winning - It's about Lasting

But he looks no more than thirty. He's very handsome- so much you will admit; nor will you deny that he is very wealthy and very powerful; the greatest nobleman in Brittany. He will make me a great lady.'
'God made you that, Aline.

...Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don't develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.

If a couple isn’t following God’s guidelines for life or being led by the Holy Spirit, disagreements and misunderstandings skyrocket.

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.

Housewife: a position requiring great ambition to fill. Must have the determination to scrub mold, the good taste to distribute a checking account, and the good will to repeat this at a maid service or department store after her husband starts coming home drunk.

Every culture has some ritual for joining two people together and making them stay that way, and ours is giving tax breaks.

The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases.

I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.

Divorce runs high these days, but I’m an exception to the norm. I got divorced when marriage was still popular.

Mom, camping is not a date; it's an endurance test. If you can survive camping with someone, you should marry them on the way home.

Modern wife: A position thought to require great ambition to fill. After initially showing some skill at a maid service or department store, the husband takes her home to find that she has risen too high in the world to generalize that skill, which drives him to drink.

I only hope, for the sake of the rising male sex generally, that you may be found in as vulnerable and soft-hearted a mood by the first eligible young fellow who appeals to your compassion.

A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.

you can take this mouth
this wound you want
but you can't kiss
and make it
better.

I can’t help but notice that you keep writing love poetry to my wife. Well, you see, I married her, which makes her my wife. You know what you might want to try? Writing some poems about the sunset. The sunset isn’t fucking married.

The Apache don't have a word for love," he said.
"Know what they both say at the marriage? The squaw-taking ceremony?"
"Tell me."
"Varlebena. It means forever. That's all they say.