Lasting Marriage Quotes - Page 2

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  There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

  Martin Luther

  Love, Friendship, Relationship

  "Table Talk" by Martin Luther, (p. 292), 1569.

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  A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Relationship, Anniversary

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.32, BookBaby

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• As for his secret to staying married: "My wife tells me that if I ever
  decide to leave, she is coming with me."

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Marriage, Wife, Secret

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• A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Love, Change, Anniversary

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• Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

  Joyce Brothers

  Love, Marriage, Spiritual

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• It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Marriage, Husband, Wife

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• Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.

  Gloria Steinem

  Relationship, Marriage, Married

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• Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

  Madeleine de Scudery

  Marriage, Eye, Men

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• The divorce rate would be lower if instead of marrying for better or worse
  people would marry for good.

  Ruby Dee

  Marriage, Divorce, People

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• I am convinced that if we as a society work diligently in every other area of life and neglect
  the family, it would be analogous to straightening deck chairs on the Titanic.

  Stephen Covey

  Marriage, Would Be, Neglect

  Stephen R. Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families”, p.2, St. Martin's Press

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• Love the family! Defend and promote it as the basic cell of human
  society; nurture it as the prime sanctuary of life. Give great care to the
  preparation of engaged couples and be close to young married couples, so
  that they will be for their children and the whole community an eloquent
  testimony of God's love.

  Pope John Paul II

  Marriage, Children, Couple

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• Marriage, the family unit, was the "original Department of Health, Education and Welfare."

  Michael Novak

  Marriage, Health Education, Welfare

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• A heart isn't something you get. It's something that's born.

  Yukiru Sugisaki

  Marriage, Heart, Nouns

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• Let there be spaces in your togetherness

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Inspirational, Relationship

  The Prophet "On Marriage" (1923)

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• Lust fades, so you'd better be with someone who can stand you.

  Alan Zweibel

  Love, Sexy, Lust

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• Two things are owed to truthfulness: lasting marriages and short friendships.

  Robert Breault

  Love, Marriage, Two

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• And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

  Khalil Gibran

  Relationship, Marriage, Dance

  Khalil Gibran “Selected Short Works of Khalil Gibran”, Library of Alexandria

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• Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and halfway closed there after.

  James Dobson

  Love, Marriage, Eye

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• What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Love, Marriage, Fashion

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (1972). “Love letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1839-1863”

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• Marriage is a career which brings about more benefits than many others.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Marriage, Careers, Benefits

  “Why do we do it?” by Blake Morrison, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2002.

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• A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

  Theodore Parker

  Marriage, Falling In Love, Long

  Theodore Parker (1872). “The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Lessons from the world of matter and the world of man”, p.151

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• Between husband and wife friendship seems to exist by nature, for man is naturally disposed to pairing.

  Aristotle

  Marriage, Husband, Men

  Aristotle (1963). “Ethics”, Dutton Adult

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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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• The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.

  Barbara Walters

  Motivation, Trust Yourself, Drawn Together

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• Marriage is a public good, not just a private relationship. We have a public stake in healthy marriages and two-parent families. Our society suffers with the collapse of the relationship of the couple who brings a child into the world.

  William J Doherty

  Marriage, Children, Couple

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