Quotes About Spouse

My wife has been my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy and graciousness.

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.

Lo, thou, my Love, art fair; Myself have made thee so; Yea, thou art fair indeed, Wherefore thou shalt not need In beauty to despair; For I accept thee so, For fair. [excerpt from "Christ to His Spouse"]

Normally, your wife can hear things that no one else on earth can hear. She can hear a dab of jam fall onto a carpet two rooms away. She can hear spilled coffee being furtively mopped up with a good bathtowel. She can hear dirt being tracked across a clean floor. She can hear you just thinking about doing something you shouldn't do. But get yourself stuck in a loft hatch and suddenly it is as if she has been placed in a soundproof chamber.

You're staring.' 'You're my wife. I'm allowed to stare.' 'Is that the rule?' 'Yes. Stare, leer, ogle, anything I want. Trust me. I'm a lawyer.

Before him stood his wife, and he knew this image was the one that would pass before his eyes at his moment of death.

When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being.

A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures.

The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.

The unhappiness of a wife with a good husband is much more devastating than the unhappiness of a wife with a bad husband.

Having a really good partner, whether it's a good friend, someone in your family or a spouse, is always the greatest thing to have when you have a new challenge that you're facing.

The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse.

A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.

By all implies marry if you get a great wife/husband, you are going to be pleased. If you get a bad a single, you are going to become a philosopher.

Choosing a spouse and a choosing career: the two great decisions for which society refuses to set up institutional guidance.

It takes a lot of courage to be happy (after the death of a spouse), but I've got courage, so I think I will be happy again.

To be married to a wife who can set type is happiness indeed.

The better the wife, the happier the man.The happier the man, the happier the wife.

I don't want to sell myself short. You hurt your spouse, not so much by the infidelity, but by the negative feelings about yourself that you bring home.

Why don't you go home to your wife? Better yet, I'll go home to your wife, and outside of the improvement, she won't notice any difference.

Unless you intend your wife to be a true missionary, not merely a wife, home-maker, and friend, do not join us.

I bought a Christmas tree for twenty dollars. When I came home the next day, my wife was wearing it in her hair.

My wife is my in-home editor and reads everything I write.