Quotes About Partnership

When you are given public honor for an accomplishment, be sure to share the credit with your spouse.

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.

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

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. —Ecclesiastes 4:9

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

We know intellectually that we will eventually have differences. But we are certain that we will discuss those differences openly; one of us will always be willing to make concessions, and we will reach agreement.

Olvidamos que el matrimonio es una relación, no un proyecto para terminar ni un problema para resolver.

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.

What would be workable for you?" is a good place to begin. Now we are focusing on resolution rather than differences. Two adults looking for a solution are likely to find one. Father, this question—What would be workable for you?—is eye opening. How often I waste time trying to convince my spouse that my way is right. Please help me instead to join with him or her in looking for a solution that works for both of us. Thank you for making us both unique.

Your words may give your spouse the courage necessary to take that first step.

Love makes requests, not demands. When I demand things from my spouse, I become a parent and she the child.

Los ingredientes esenciales en una actividad de calidad son: (1) que al menos uno de los dos quiera hacerlo, (2) el otro esté dispuesto a hacerlo, y (3) ambos sepan por qué lo hacen: para expresarse amor estando juntos.

If we are to develop an intimate relationship, we need to know each other's desires. If we wish to love each other, we need to know what the other person wants.

The best way to love your children is to love their mother [father]." That's true. The quality of your marriage greatly affects the way you relate to your children—and the way they receive love. If your marriage is healthy—both partners treating each other with kindness, respect, and integrity—you and your spouse will feel and act as partners in parenting.

indebted to Eric von Hippel of MIT, who has inspired my work since we met in the early 1980s and who generously provided detailed comments and suggestions on several chapters.

Had it been just the two of us with the flock, I am sure it would have been a complete disaster. But Louie came with a helper, partner, friend, second brain: a border collie named (he must have wanted the similarities in names) Louise, and she quickly—after watching me for a moment and seeing how useless I was—took over completely.

He didn't love her. They were together for the obvious and timeless reason: It was slightly less painful than being alone.

Genuine love is between two people who know they are already complete. Genuine love is based on a new paradigm in which both partners are committed to the celebration of each other and their loved ones.

people have managed to marry without arithmetic

doctors & druggists wash each other's hands

The weak may not be admired and hero-worshipped; but they are by no means disliked or shunned; and they never seem to have the least difficulty in marrying people who are too good for them. They may fail in emergencies; but life is not one long emergency: it is mostly a string of situations for which no exceptional strength is needed, and with which even rather weak people can cope if they have a stronger partner to help them out.

The man or woman who feels strong enough for two, seeks for every other quality in a partner than strength.

O matrimónio não é a loteria. Na loteria algumas vezes ganha-se.