Quotes About Marriage

Because the desire and drive for intimacy are at the very heart of marriage, the individuals involved become troubled about their relationship when such intimacy is not attained.

His mother will teach her how to be the wife he needs.

Husbands and wives are designed to complement each other. When the man is weak, his wife is strong; when she stumbles, he is there to pick her up. Life is easier when two hearts and minds are committed to working together to face the challenges of the day.

Gary Chapman

The purpose of life is to know God and to bring glory and honor to his name. For most people, marriage enhances the possibility of achieving this objective.

They fall out of love, and at that point either they withdraw, separate, divorce, and set off in search of a new in-love experience, or they begin the hard work of learning to love each other without the euphoria of the in-love obsession.

First, acknowledge the reality of anger. In the course of marriage, each of us will experience anger from time to time. Some of this anger will be definitive, spurred by wrong action on the part of the spouse. Some of this anger also will be distorted, stimulated by a misunderstanding of what happened. We will each experience a fair share of both types of anger. This is a part of being human and living life with each other.

If I give my wife twenty minutes of quality time, I have given her twenty minutes of my life, and she has done the same for me. It is a powerful emotional communicator of love.

You husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. —1 Peter 3:7

Hurt, anger, disappointment, loneliness, rejection, and sometimes hopelessness are some of the emotions that couples experience when their marriage is in the season of winter.

We can recognize the in-love experience for what it was--a temporary emotional high--and now pursue 'real love' with our spouse. That kind of love is emotional in nature but not obsessional. It is a love that unites reason and emotion. It involves an act of the will and requires discipline, and it recognizes the need for personal growth. Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love that grows out of reason and choice, not instinct.

Some husbands and wives think they are spending time together when, in reality, they are only living in close proximity.

My role is to bring peace to our marriage and lift my husband up in love.

Author photo: P. S. Photography Interior design: Smartt Guys design Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chapman, Gary D.

The wedding festivities last only a few hours, while the marriage, we hope, will last for a lifetime.

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For better or for worse" is easier said than done. — Sarajane Giere —

Marriage can also help you grow as a loving person in a way you might not have otherwise.

Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. —Hebrews 13:4

all wives loved as she does, fewer men would be looking over the fence.

Ann, if you are willing, I would like to do an experiment. I would like to see what would happen if we apply this principle to your marriage.

Some couples believe that the end of the "in-love" experience means they have only two options: resign themselves to a life of misery with their spouse; or jump ship and try again. Our generation has opted for the latter

I am married to you, and I choose to look out for your interests." Then the one who chooses to love will find appropriate ways to express that decision.

If he chooses to begin loving you in your primary language, your positive emotions toward him will begin to resurface. Your emotional tank will begin to fill up and in time the marriage will, in fact, be reborn.