Great Marriage Quotes - Page 4

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

  Michel de Montaigne

  Love, Marriage, Ifs

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

  Harold Nicolson

  Relationship, Marriage, Successful

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• The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

  Peter De Vries

  Relationship, Anniversary, Marriage

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• Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.

  David Wilkerson

  Love, Relationship, Inspiring

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• The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.

  Henny Youngman

  Love, Anniversary, Marriage

  Forbes Magazine, Volume 166 (p. 156), 2000.

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• As you get older; you've probably noticed that you tend to forget things. You'll be talking with somebody at a party, and you'll know that you know this person, but no matter how hard you try, you can't remember his or her name. This can be very embarassing, especially if he or she turns out to be your spouse.

  Dave Barry

  Marriage, Party, Talking

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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• My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce.

  Joyce Brothers

  Marriage, Husband, Divorce

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• Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Marriage, Couple

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• The triumph of hope over experience.

  Samuel Johnson

  Marriage, Funny Love, Hope

  Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 1770)

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• Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Marriage, Wedding

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• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Married life teaches one invaluable lesson: to think of things far enough ahead not to say them.

  Jefferson Machamer

  Marriage, Wedding Anniversary, Thinking

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• To me, the difference between a good marriage and a great marriage is conviction.

  Diane Greene

  Differences, Good Marriage, Conviction

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• If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control-myself. I can stop trying to shape up my wife and can work on my own weaknesses. I can focus an being a great marriage partner, a source of unconditional love and support. Hopefully, my wife will feel the power of proactive example and respond in kind. But, whether she does or doesn't, the most positive way I can influence my situation is to work on myself, on my being.

  Stephen Covey

  Unconditional Love, Control Myself, Wife

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• If we will do our part and take a strong stand for our families, God will do His part. He'll help us to have great marriages and great relationships with our parents and children.

  Joel Osteen

  Strong, Children, Parent

  Joel Osteen (2012). “It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

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• Friendship is all about trust and sharing. Passionate and romantic love is all about sex and emotions. You have to try to combine those, I think. The great marriages, the great couples I know, have both.

  Isabel Allende

  Sex, Couple, Romantic Love

  "The Lenny Interview: Isabel Allende". Interview with Collier Meyerson, www.lennyletter.com. January 15, 2016.

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• Having a great marriage isn't rocket science. It's simply a choice.

  Kristine Carlson

  Love, Marriage, Choices

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• I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television.

  Jenna Elfman

  Thinking, Example, Television

  Interview with Lila Holland, www.tv.com. June 14, 2006.

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• Everyone saw me on TV or read articles, and it was all about my great marriage, the white picket fence, all this success and my perfect life. But behind the scenes, it was a struggle.

  Lindsey Vonn

  Struggle, White, Perfect

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• My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.

  Candace Bushnell

  Good Relationship, Parent, Made

  "‘The Carrie Diaries’ On The CW: Candace Bushnell, ‘Sex And The City’ Creator, On Carrie’s Backstory And The Boys Before Big". Interview with Laura Prudom, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 14, 2013.

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• It takes both spouses to say, "My self-centeredness is the main problem in my marriage" to have a great marriage.

  Timothy Keller

  Self, Centeredness, Problem

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• Great marriages are like the Higgs Boson particle, its existence has been theorized, but no one has ever seen one.

  Dov Davidoff

  Existence, Particles, Has Beens

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• You shouldn't end a band like Westlife and not be financially secure to some extent, but I wasn't at all - it was the complete opposite. But you look at stuff then, 'Well, what do I have? I don't have money but I have a great marriage, three healthy kids, and I have my voice. I'll just start again.'

  Shane Filan

  Kids, Voice, Opposites

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• Super confident people with no problems and great marriages and great parenting are not good entertainment.

  Matthew Weiner

  People, Entertainment, Problem

  "Not My Job: 'Mad Men' Creator Matthew Weiner Gets Quizzed On Glad Men". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. March 28, 2015.

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• Shaunti wields the researcher's clipboard, the analyst's data, and the counselor's insight to bring the excellent newsflash that great marriages are the culmination of definable, repetitive micromovements that add up to deep relationship satisfaction.

  Anita Renfroe

  Data, Add, Satisfaction

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