Marriage Quotes Page 2

In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

I have learned that a woman can be a fighter, a freedom fighter, a political activist, and that she can fall in love, and be loved, she can be married, have children, be a mother... Revolution must mean life also; every aspect of life.

I have no way of knowing whether or not you married the wrong person.

But I do know that if you treat the wrong person like the right person, you could well end up having married the right person after all. It is far more important to BE the right kind of person than it is to marry the right person.

I came seriously close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another. Each occasion was different, but in hindsight when I look at the people involved, it wasn't a bad thing what I did. I think it may have been more complex had the marriage taken place.

Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.

How old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I've got a cousin who is 18... Yeah, still believes in gay marriage.

If you want to follow Jesus because He'll fix your marriage, if you want to follow Jesus because He'll give you a better life, that's idolatry. Follow Christ for the sake of Christ; He is worthy!

Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner.

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

I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God.

We need better government, no doubt about it.

But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities.

Love has no awareness of merit or demerit; it has no scale... Love loves; this is its nature.

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.

If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't be married at city hall. Marriage is a civil rite as well a civil right, and we can't let religious bigotry close the door to justice to anyone.

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

Don't marry the person you think you can live with;

marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden.

Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.

(Was he talking about a polar expedition, or marriage?) -Jorge Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.

Many sisters complain that people don't want to marry them unless they stop wearing hijab. No man is worth your hijab, and a real man wouldn't request you to take it off in the first place.

giving the utmost of herself to three absorbing interests [marriage, motherhood, career] ... was a problem for a superwoman, and a job for a superwoman, and only some such fabled being could have accomplished it with success.

Nothing-was more degrading than for a woman to have to marry for a home.

Love should be the sole reason. Surely those with a brain-to think, eyes to see and a mind-to reason must realise that the capitalist system must cease and a co-operative system prevail in its place.

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you;

after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him.

After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

Don't instill, or allow anybody else to instill into the hearts of your girls the idea that marriage is the chief end of life. If you do, don't be surprised if they get engaged to the first empty, useless fool they come across.

[Friendship] is a relationship that has no formal shape, there are no rules or obligations or bonds as in marriage or the family, it is held together by neither law nor property nor blood, there is no glue in it but mutual liking. It is therefore rare.

The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you.

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.

Marriages should culminate on account of the wishes of the couple.

It is their knitting of the hearts that should lead to marriages.

Again, our marriage problems are not really marriage problems.

They are heart problems. They are God problems. Our lack of intimacy with God causes a void that we try to fill with the frailest of substitutes. Like wealth or pleasure. Like fame or respect. Like people. Like marriage.