Quotes on Marriage Life

a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude

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.

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

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.

A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.

Marriage is not a process for prolonging the life of love, sir. It merely mummifies its corpse.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.