147 Good Husband Quotes

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Famous Good Husband Quotes

A good husband makes a good wife. — John Florio

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life. - Ouida

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life. — Ouida

A husband with a good wife will never be on the road without supplies. — African Proverbs

A man’s best friend is a good wife. — Thomas A. Edison

A good wife and health is a mans best wealth. — Proverbs

Happy wife, happy life. — Paul Orfalea

Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife. — Euripides

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say. — Alfred Hitchcock

The best way to be a good father to your children is to be a good husband to their mother. — Jay E. Adams

A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong. — Milton Berle

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife. — Cyril Connolly

A righteous wife can make a poor man feel like a king. — Boonaa Mohammed

I try to be the best husband I can be, and if people respect that, that's cool. But there's no "perfect husband." We just all try to do the best we can, you know what I mean? — Nick Lachey

The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find. — Sayings

The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open. — Groucho Marx

Short Good Husband Quotes

  • An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband. — Booth Tarkington
  • If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter. — Thomas Fuller
  • Who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor with the Lord. — Bible
  • An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • It's true what they say - all the good men are married. But it's marriage that makes them good. — Gay Talese
  • Wives and husbands are a dime a dozen but a true partner is worth their weight in gold. — Alex Hormozi
  • Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache. — Samuel Richardson
  • A good marriage is a contest of generosity. — Diane Sawyer
  • a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude — Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law. — Hubert Humphrey

Good Husband Image Quotes

Good husband quote The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anyt
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.

Having A Good Husband Quotes

I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even though we are separated, we are good friends. — Maureen Forrester

Maybe if you're younger you have more energy - but that's a big maybe. Because at this stage of life, I have more patience, understanding, wisdom, resources - and a husband. I didn't get him until I was 39. But I got a good one. — Angela Bassett

When my creative side isn't being fulfilled, I see it affect me in a negative way and I'm not able to become that father/husband/man that I want to be. So it's almost like this dark half that you have to satiate in order to become full, in order to become a good person. — Frank Iero

Good husband quote Persist to overcome. He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.
Persist to overcome. He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.

I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make my marriage vows mean what they say. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. — Anna Quindlen

And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist. — Bob Schieffer

My husband and I don't worry about each other the way we might if we didn't have similar jobs. I sometimes get an email where he tells me he's heading off on a mission to do terrain avoidance 50 feet above the ground at 500 knots. And I just say, "Okay, have a good flight." — Julie Payette

Good husband quote Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.
Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently.

Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his head first, and if it rings solid, don't hesitate. All the unhappy marriages come from husbands having brains. What good are brains to a man? They only unsettle him. — P. G. Wodehouse

My husband is here and I'd like to thank him, for many things, but first of all for pointing out that I had a big hole in my frock and then that my nipples were pointing in different directions. It's good to have an expert there to help you with that sort of thing. — Emma Thompson

You are a good young man," she said. "But I do not like husbands. I will never have another. — George Eliot

I'm a good son, a good father, a good husband - I've been married to the same woman for 30 years. I'm a good friend. I finished college, I have my education, I donate money anonymously. So when people criticize the kind of characters that I play on screen, I go, 'You know, that's part of history.' — Samuel L. Jackson

Being A Good Husband Quotes

A wife and a husband should be regarded as friends for the sake of Allaah. And that friendship is above material needs; each encouraging the other one to do good deeds, which are pleasing to Allaah. — Bilal Philips

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. - Michel de Montaigne

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. — Michel de Montaigne

We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me. — Matthew Modine

Good husband quote Never regret a day in your life: good days give happiness, bad days give experience, worst days give
Never regret a day in your life: good days give happiness, bad days give experience, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories.

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing. — Mark Wahlberg

If we're honest, most of us would accept that a bad boss is a little bit like a bad father or a bad husband ... you find that he tends to do more good than harm. He might be a bad boss but at least he's employing someone while he is in fact a boss. — Tony Abbott

To me, a spouse should be a life partner AND a business partner. Just like any good partner, her strengths must make up for my weaknesses and vice versa. — Robert Kiyosaki

Good husband quote Whatever is good for you soul, do that.
Whatever is good for you soul, do that.

A woman must be a genius to create a good husband. — Honore de Balzac

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish. — H. L. Mencken

Being a good husband is like being a good stand-up comic - you need ten years before you can even call yourself a beginner. — Jerry Seinfeld

I attribute all of my success to my Catholic faith. My faith has given me the ability to be a good father, a good husband and most importantly a good person. — Mark Wahlberg

I Am Not A Good Husband Quotes

If a good mother is one who loves her child more than anyone else in the world, I am not a good mother. I am in fact a bad mother. I love my husband more than I love my children. — Ayelet Waldman

I can take my wife out for a lovely evening this Friday, which is a to do. But being a good husband is not an event; it needs to be part of my nature—my character, or who I am. — Lynn G. Robbins

I would like to be remembered as a good father. A good husband. A good brother. A good friend. A good man. But that is simply not going to happen. Like it or not, I have reached the point of infamy when I am going to be remembered simply as 'Ronnie Biggs', whatever or whoever he is in your mind. — Ronald Biggs

Good husband quote Try no to resist the changes that come in your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not w
Try no to resist the changes that come in your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come? How Rumi Can Change Your Life?

My judgement is not good when I am on a book tour. I am not thinking about it that much. What happens is I will go back home. I have a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old and a wife who is now taking care of them who is wondering where her husband is. — Michael Lewis

Hip-hop is my girlfriend, hip-hop is my kid. Hip-Hop fills the void of the things that I don't have. I pay it 101% attention. I don't think I could be as good a father, or as good a husband or anything like that - the way I am as an artist - until I'm not an artist anymore. — Lloyd Banks

Yes, I have four children. Four children with whom I spend a good part of every day: bathing them, combing their hair, sitting with them while they do their homework, holding them while they weep their tragic tears. But I'm not in love with any of them. I am in love with my husband. — Ayelet Waldman

Good husband quote Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, It is not good for a woman to live alone. — Anna Held

Not Good Husband Quotes

Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door. — Indra Devi

Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers. — Mary Wollstonecraft

I dream of a true husband—a good man, not a brute, nor a champion of men on the battlefield; I dream but of a gentle man, one who neither speaks too loud nor ignores evil. — A.A. Attanasio

Good husband quote There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment
There is a battle of two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, lies, inferiority and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth. The wolf that wins? The one you feed.

When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands. — Sheryl Sandberg

My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason why I should not see him. Larry and I are very much in love. — Vivien Leigh

O, Men's vows are women's traitors! All good seeming, By thy revolt, O husband, shall be thought Put on for villainy, not born where't grows, But worn a bait for ladies. — William Shakespeare

Good husband quote You have to fight through the bad days in order to earn the best days.
You have to fight through the bad days in order to earn the best days.

They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not. — Oscar Wilde

I should like to see any kind of a man, distinguishable from a gorilla that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

I just want to say, I'm not interest in politics. Politics is my husband, and since he's not interested in politics anymore, then I'm not interested in politics. I wish good luck to Mr and Mrs Trump, I wish good luck to Mr and Mrs Macron, and I don't care, do you understand? — Carla Bruni

I understood somehow my mother's frustration. And that it was no good not only for her, but for her children or her husband, that she didn't have a real use of her ability. — Betty Friedan

Great Husband Quotes

Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them. — Dorothy L. Sayers

I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, but there are others who do it every day and don't have a high-profile job as I do. — Marlee Matlin

My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age. His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country. — Betty Ford

Good husband quote No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love. — Shmuley Boteach

My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce. — Joyce Brothers

It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Good husband quote Friendship picks you up when the world lets you down.
Friendship picks you up when the world lets you down.

Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil. — W. C. Fields

Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. — Paul the Apostle

It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. — Oscar Wilde

Women in general seem to me to be appreciably more intelligent than men. A great many of them suffer in silence from the imbecilities of their husbands. — H. L. Mencken

Perfect Husband Quotes

When talking about marriage, Allah says your spouses are garments for you. A garment may or may not fit perfectly-but either way, it covers imperfections, protects, and beautifies. — Yasmin Mogahed

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious. — Oscar Wilde

The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one's clean linen in public. — Oscar Wilde

Perfection is a theory. You cannot be a perfect human being, perfect artist. You cannot be a perfect husband, you cannot be a perfect father probably and probably I am not. But go through your daily routine with hope you will be a little better in all respects, and do something meaningful — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths — Mark Twain

O, if my husband could only love me even a little and not seem to be perfectly indifferent to any sensation of that kind... O my poor aching heart when shall it rest its burden only on the Lord. — Emmeline B. Wells

I would love to have the power to be the just eternally perfect husband so my wife would always be happy; that would take me to heaven if I could figure that one out. — Robert Knepper

A perfect wife is one who helps her husband with the dishes. — Unknown

I imagined that the priestly ceremony was perfect sanctification, and that the sin of sins was for either husband or wife to be false to that relation. — Victoria Woodhull

I have three wonderful children. My husband is an absolutely wonderful, perfect husband and a father, most of all. — Columba Bush

Bad Husband Quotes

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too. — Ernest Hemingway

Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father - and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer. — Marco Rubio

Bad marriages don't cause infidelity; infidelity causes bad marriages. — Frank Pittman

I felt really bad for someone who is swimming in so much hate. I just thought, that's someone who's in a really bad spot, and I am in such a happy spot. I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids who are mooning me and singing me songs. — Melissa McCarthy

Just don’t go to a place where everything is too expensive… it’ll put your husband in a bad mood. — Diane Von Furstenberg

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband! — Samuel Richardson

The doctor told Phil, my then husband, that my condition was really bad news. They had found an artery tearing and said I could die. They said they could try to patch it up but it could go horribly wrong. It all turned out okay in the end but it was touch and go. — Sharon Stone

Art is a jealous mistress; and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

She is always married too soon, who gets a bad husband, and she is never married too late, who gets a good one. — Daniel Defoe

I think a bad husband is far worse than no husband. — Margaret Cavendish

Wonderful Husband Quotes

The reason why Englishmen are the best husbands in the world is because they want to be faithful. A Frenchman or an Italian will wake up in the morning and wonder what girl he will meet. An Englishman wakes up and wonders what the cricket score is. — Barbara Cartland

Firefly: Where is your husband? Mrs. Teasdale: Why, he's dead. Firefly: I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse. Mrs. Teasdale: I was with him to the very end. Firefly: Hmmph. No wonder he passed away. Mrs. Teasdale: I held him in my arms and kissed him. Firefly: Oh I see. Then, it was murder. — Groucho Marx

Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful. — Cindy Crawford

Tennis is like a wonderful, longstanding relationship with a husband. Golf is a tempestuous, lousy lover; it's totally unpredicatable, a constant surprise. — Dinah Shore

Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me. — Pierre Salinger

Life is all about making choices and I'm very happy with mine. I have had a wonderful time raising four children and I've also been lucky to have the support of a wonderful husband. — Meryl Streep

You can live a wonderful life, you can love God with all your heart, and you can love your husband or wife very passionately and have a balance in your life. I live by balance. — Yolanda Adams

I don't think I am a traditional romantic who thinks about candlelight dinners and wonders if my husband is going to bring me flowers, though I'm delighted if he does. I'm more practical-minded. I find it incredibly romantic that my husband does the dishes. — Nora Roberts

My wife wonders why all women do not seek anglers for husbands. She has come in contact with many in her life with me and she claims that they all have a sweetness in their nature which others lack. — Ray Bergman

There’s nothing like the first kiss once you’ve been pronounced husband and wife. It’s such a wonderful moment! — Sayings

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More Good Husband Quotes

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night. — Chanakya

Arianna Huffington is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man - he made a good decision. — Donald Trump

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way to lose him is to keep him a little more jealous. — H. L. Mencken

There is no one perfect way to be a good mother... Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children... What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else. — M. Russell Ballard

It's no good choosing your first husband from a school for evil geniuses. Much too difficult to kill. — Gail Carriger

I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought, and lived. I saw some of them die. I saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty than could exist under tyranny. — Bob Hope

Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion's joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion — Henry B. Eyring

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee. — Anne Bradstreet

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And ... she's not somebody who looks to the limelight, or even is wild about me being in politics. And that's a good reality check on me. When I go home, she wants me to be a good father and a good husband. And everything else is secondary to that. — Barack Obama

To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely on their husbands. Meek wives are, in general, foolish mothers; wanting their children to love them best, and take their part, in secret, against the father, who is held up as a scarecrow. — Mary Wollstonecraft

I also know that there are a lot of people around the United States who want my husband to win and who are for him and who support our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I feel good about those people, too. — Laura Bush

One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued. — Benjamin Franklin

I live on a boat, which is in the midst of renovation. I figure the good Lord will put me in the right place and hopefully I'll have the right clothes on. I think what we're going to do is bring the boat through the Panama Canal. My husband has always wanted to do that. So I think we'll do that and have the boat in Florida for the winter. — Florence Henderson

Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be. — Angelina Jolie

A good husband makes a good wife at any time. — George Farquhar

When a wife has a good husband it is easily seen in her face. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

A good husband is healthy and absent. — Japanese Proverbs

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient. — H. L. Mencken

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