Quotes About Marriage

You can't build marriage on a foundation of selfish hedonism, because that would be to promise people only roses, and marriage is also thorns.

Marriage -- yes, it is the supreme felicity of life. I concede it. And it is also the supreme tragedy of life. The deeper the love the surer the tragedy. And the more disconsolating when it comes.

Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint, meekness, and a great many other things you wouldn't need if you had stayed single.

Your marriage moves toward a state of isolation. Unless you lovingly and energetically nurture your marriage, you will begin to drift away from your mate.

For many little girls, life with father is a dress rehearsal for love and marriage.

The biggest cause of divorce is marriage.

I haven't been faithful to my wife. Our marriage has been tainted with my infidelities. I was irresponsible.

The secret to a happy marriage is a sense of humor, because marriage throws you curveballs. It is not easy.

This is a way to kill a wife with kindness.

Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

Think to Thank. In these three words are the finest capsule course for a happy marriage, formula for enduring friendship, and a pattern for personal happiness.

In every house of marriage there's room for an interpreter.

It has been said that a bride's attitude towards her betrothed can be summed up in three words: Aisle. Alter. Hymn.

My influences were mostly gospel. So I was playing my twisted Jewish equivalent of gospel music over his twisted equivalent of rock and roll music. And it was a very excellent marriage.

I'm an American for marriage equality. I believe that love comes in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. So whether you're LGBT or straight, your love is valid, beautiful, and an incredible gift.

(When asked who wore the pants in his house:) I do, and I also wash and iron them.

Marriage isn't a tram. It doesn't have to get anywhere.

In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.

Sorrow for not understanding like I understand now the unpredictable, profound journey that marriage is.

The strongest marriage is between two who seek the same God, the strongest friendship between two who flee the same devil.

When I hear that a personal friend has fallen into matrimonial courses, I feel the same sorrow as if I had heard of his lapsing into theism — a holy sorrow, unmixed with anger.

Marriage takes your whole heart; selfish people can't pull it off.

The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.