Quotes on Great Marriage

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat.

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?

I didn't marry you because you were perfect. I didn't even marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise. That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married and it was the promise that made the marriage. And when our children were growing up, it wasn't a house that protected them; and it wasn't our love that protected them--it was that promise.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership.

Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.

And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Sometimes the greatest deterrent to a great marriage is believing you have a perfect marriage.

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.

Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does.

A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.