Divorce Quotes - Page 39

• Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Children, Want, Young

  "Lindsay Davenport On Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods’ Wife: 'Very Loving, Very Loyal'". www.huffingtonpost.com. Mach 18, 2010.

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• In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

  Anne Frank

  Motivational, Believe, Heart

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Apr 07, 2015

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• Dad could talk about peace and love out loud to the world, but he could never show it to the people who supposedly meant the most to him: his wife and son. How can you talk about peace and love and have a family in bits and pieces - no communication, adultery, divorce? You can't do it, not if you're being true and honest with yourself.

  Julian Lennon

  Dad, Communication, Son

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• You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it.

  Willie Nelson

  Knows, Expensive, Worth It

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• Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes.

  Todd Tiahrt

  Mother, Children, Father

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• great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Kindness, People

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• The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. I didn't want to destroy anything or anybody. I just wanted to slip quietly out the back door, without causing any fuss or consequences, and then not stop running until I reached Greenland.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Running, Doors, Leaving

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.13, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• The WWII generation shares so many common values: duty, honor, country, personal responsibility and the marriage vow " For better or for worse--it was the last generation in which, broadly speaking, marriage was a commitment and divorce was not an option

  Tom Brokaw

  Country, Commitment, Responsibility

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• The divorce has lasted way longer than the marriage, but finally it's over. Enough about that. The point is that for a long time, the fact that I was divorced was the most important thing about me. And now it's not.

  Nora Ephron

  Long, Important, Way

  "I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections". Book by Nora Ephron, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2010.

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• Bad divorce?" Hardy asked, his gaze falling to my hands. I realized I was clutching my purse in a death grip. “No, the divorce was great,” I said. “It was the marriage that sucked.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Fall, Hands, Purses

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.66, St. Martin's Press

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• When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children

  Pat Conroy

  Mom, Children, Dad

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• The peace we are offered is not a peace that is free from tragedy, illness, bankruptcy, divorce, depression, or heartache. It is peace rooted in the trust that the life Jesus gives us is deeper, wider, stronger, and more enduring than whatever our current circumstances are, because all we see is not all there is and the last word about us and our struggle has not yet been spoken.

  Rob Bell

  Jesus, Struggle, Heartache

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• Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.

  Joseph Heller

  Funny, Success, Suicide

  1975 Interview in Playboy, Jun.

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• Marriage is the hardest thing you will ever do. The secret is removing divorce as
  an option. Anybody who gives themselves that option will get a divorce.

  Will Smith

  Marriage, Giving, Secret

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• Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu.

  Ha Jin

  Summer, Wife, Village

  FaceBook post by Ha Jin from Feb 25, 2012

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• Marriage is grand. Divorce is about twenty grand.

  Jay Leno

  Twenties, After Divorce

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• I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth.

  Alana Stewart

  Thinking, Self, Growth

  "Is ‘I Do’ Supposed To Be Forever?" by Alana Stewart, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2013.

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• I wouldn't be surprised if many marriages end in divorce largely because one or both partners are running from their own revealed weaknesses as much as they are running from something they can't tolerate in their spouse.

  Gary L. Thomas

  Running, Weakness, Ends

  Gary L. Thomas (2010). “Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? (Large Print 16pt)”, p.125, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Studies find top 3 most stressful moments in people's lives: death, divorce, and properly pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce."

  Tony Hsieh

  Food, People, Sauce

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• I was very happy in both my marriages. I was unfaithful and so were they, just like any other normal couple.

  Paulo Coelho

  Couple, Normal, Unfaithful

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• I do believe in forgiving and forgetting. There was a reason we were together. I just want to hold on to the good times.

  Eva Longoria

  Believe, Forgiving, Together

  "Tony Parker Engaged? Eva Longoria’s NBA Star Ex Calls Axelle Francine ‘Fiance’ On Twitter", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 27, 2013.

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• Is a Christian- one who communicates daily with the Creator- to divorce himself from the things God created and intended man to have, and which demonstrate the fact that man has been made in the image of God? In other words, are we who have been made in the image of our creator to be less creative than those who do not know the Creator? The Christian should have more vividly expressed creativity in his daily life.

  Edith Schaeffer

  Christian, Creativity, Men

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• God loves you simply because He has chosen to do so. He loves you when you don't feel lovely. He loves you when no one else loves you. Others may abandon you, divorce you, and ignore you, but God will love you always. No matter what!

  Max Lucado

  Love You, Lovely, May

  Max Lucado (2007). “God's Promises for You: Scripture Selections from Max Lucado”, p.25, Thomas Nelson

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• Some couples divorce because of a misunderstandin g; others, because they understand each other too well.

  Evan Esar

  Couple, Wells

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• We as a culture are forgetting that we are actually natural organisms and that we have this very, very deep connection and contact with nature. You can’t divorce civilization from nature - we totally depend on it.

  James Balog

  Civilization, Connections, Culture

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