Quotes About Partnership

But women had to overlook men's personality flaws, else nobody would ever wed and/or reproduce and the human race would come to an end.

I can take a joke," she said. "I've married you, haven't I?

What makes for a good marriage isn't necessarily what makes for a good romantic relationship. Marriage isn't a passion-fest; it's a partnership formed to run a very small, mundane and often boring non-profit business. And I mean this in a good way.

Marriage isn't a constant passion-fest; it's more like a partnership formed to run a very small, mundane nonprofit business.

The Basic Five are these: (1) a man who can fix things, (2) a man you can dance with, (3) a man who can pay for things, (4) a man you can talk to, and (5) a man to have great sex with. As I said, this is the rudimentary team you need to form, according to our sage adviser. Certainly other functions can be added to suit your more refined tastes, but with this starting lineup, you can at least avoid abject misery.

When I married Mr. Right, I didn't realize his first name was ALWAYS.

How about we give each other everything we can and not blame each other for what we can't.

A person who's willing to meet you halfway is usually, conveniently, a poor judge of distance.

Yes, she whispered against his mouth. I'll be yours. And that makes you mine as well, you know. You ready for that? He grinned. It's all I ever wanted.

Love isn't pretty and romantic. You know that, right? Love is just stumbling through life with your best friend.

You don't need protecting. You actually don't need anything. That's what makes you so attractive to me. You want someone to stand at your side, not at your back.

He cupped her face in his big, callused hands and dropped his forehead to hers. It's all about the we, he murmured. Don't ever think otherwise.

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Far too many couples settle for mediocrity in their marriage when they would never settle for second-best in other areas of their life.

Look," I said. "Me and the island are . . . kind of partners." "Oh, right," Thomas said. He looked at Karrin and said, "Harry's a geosexual.

He fell into step beside me and we both got into the Blue Beetle — he got in the red door. I got in the white one, and we peered out over the grey hood[...]

You can make your marriage a little bit of heaven on earth by following God's plan of teamwork.

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

Before you and your spouse can work as a team raising your children, you must first work as a team in your marriage.

As for working with a partner, he didn't like that either. It cut the score right down the middle. It put an apple on your head, and handed the other guy a shotgun. Because grifters, it seemed, suffered an irresistible urge to beat their colleagues. There was little glory in whipping a fool—hell, fools were made to be whipped. But to take a professional, even if it cost you in the long run, ah, that was something to polish your pride.

For the rest of your life, you must work every day at your marriage for it to be rewarding and healthy.

Because we were both writers and both worked at home our days were filled with the sound of each other's voice

I thought about the way we danced, close.

I can't understand people being rude to their spouses. Your husband or wife should be the one person in the world you treat with loving patience. He or she chose you above all others-for a lifetime! And yet I see women who are nicer to their girlfriends, and men who are more thoughtful toward their employees. That's meshuganeh. Friends come and go. Employees move on. Your partner is there for the long haul. He deserves your best every day of your life.