Spouse Quotes - Page 12

• Each of us owes it to our spouse, our children, our friends, to be as happy as we can be. And if you don't believe me, ask a child what it's like to grow up with an unhappy parent, or ask parents what they suffer if they have an unhappy child.

  Dennis Prager

  Happy, Children, Growing Up

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• The public never appears to tire of endless courses of strawberries and cream, and the theory that you run the risk of boring people with endless photo montages of the Chelsea Pensioners in their dress reds, or close-ups of a Pimm's Cup sprouting all kinda of flora, has yet to be proven. People like Wimbledon in the same way they like blue jeans or even their own spouses: for the pleasure yielded by their reliable sameness.

  Peter Bodo

  Running, Jeans, Blue

  Peter Bodo (1995). “The Courts of Babylon: Tales of Greed and Glory in a Harsh New World of Professional Tennis”, Scribner Book Company

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• Forget the resolutions. Forget control and discipline... too much work. Instead try experimenting. Go in search of something to fall in love with... something about yourself, your career, your spouse

  Dale Dauten

  Inspirational, Falling In Love, Careers

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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, Divorce, Weakness

  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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• A lot of people depend on their mate or spouse to make them happy and those are the people that are the most miserable.

  Cindy Meehl

  People, Miserable, Mates

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• The American servicemen and women of the Guard and Reserve leave their jobs, their spouses and their children to wear the uniform that defends our country. This selfless commitment should be honored by businesses across Massachusetts as we work to ensure they are treated fairly while they balance their employment responsibilities and obligations to the armed services. No business should ever put the bottom line ahead of America's front line.

  Mitt Romney

  Country, Jobs, Children

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• I was shocked [of Sarah Palin ], because beating up, you know, your girlfriend, your spouse, or acts of violence aren`t one of the core symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

  Jon Soltz

  Girlfriend, Stress, Violence

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Your DVD collection is organized, and so is your walk-in closet. Your car is clean and vacuumed, your frequently dialed numbers are programmed into your cordless phone, your telephone plan is suited to your needs, and your various gizmos interact without conflict. Your spouse is athletic, your kids are bright, your job is rewarding, your promotions are inevitable, everywhere you need to be comes with its own accessible parking. You look great in casual slacks.

  David Brooks

  Jobs, Kids, Phones

  David Brooks (2004). “On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• Why do so many marriages fail? Because nobody gets taught how to be married. We're not taught how to pick a mate, or why to pick a mate; we don't know how to manage our emotions once we're in a marriage; we don't know how to resolve marital conflict. Married people have never been taught why they or their spouses feel the way they do and act the way they do. Nobody has ever taught us the fundamentals.

  Phil McGraw

  Marriage, Taught Us, People

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• To reduce stress, avoid excitement. Spend more time with your spouse.

  Robert Orben

  Work, Stress, Excitement

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• Thoughtfulness is like a glue that hold a married couple together. Be creative and consistent in finding thoughtful ways to show your spouse that you love them and they are always on your mind.

  Dave Willis

  Love, Relationship, Marriage

  FaceBook post by Dave Willis from Mar 10, 2017

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• If we get into the habit of thinking of ourselves as always owing a debt of love to our spouses, we will be less inclined to take offense when they say or do something that we do not like.

  Myles Munroe

  Relationship, Marriage, Thinking

  Myles Munroe (2005). “The Purpose and Power of Love & Marriage”, p.251, Destiny Image Publishers

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• Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses.

  Fred Rogers

  Family, Brother, Children

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• Believe in miracles but don't depend on them. When you hear kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so. Spoil your spouse, not your children. Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Children

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• Your security is not your job, or your bank account, or your investments, or your spouse or your parents. Your security is your ability to connect with the cosmic power that creates all things.

  Louise Hay

  Jobs, Creativity, Ideas

  Louise L. Hay (1999). “You Can Heal Your Life Gift”, p.184, Hay House, Inc

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• Women want a family life that glitters and is stable. They don't want some lump spouse watching ice hockey in the late hours of his eighteenth beer. They want a family that is so much fun and is so smart that they look forward to Thanksgiving rather than regarding it with a shudder. That's the glitter part. The stable part is, obviously, they don't want to be one bead on a long necklace of wives. They want, just like men, fun, love, fame, money and power. And equal pay for equal work.

  Carolyn See

  Fun, Women, Smart

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• It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact, so many writers have writer spouses.

  Heidi Julavits

  Successful, Thinking, Two

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The more valuable you become [in your company], the more influence you have, the better communicator you are, you manage your time better, and you recognize people for their contributions. You also become more valuable as a spouse, parent and friend.

  Jim Rohn

  People, Parent, Influence

  Source: www.selfgrowth.com

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• There was no singles problem until singles got so single-minded that they stopped wasting time with anyone ineligible. Before that, it was understood that one of society's main tasks was matchmaking. People with lifelong friendships and ties to local nonprofessional organizations did not have to fear that isolation would accompany retirement, old age, or losing a spouse. Overburdened householders could count on the assistance not only of their own extended families, but of the American tradition of neighborliness.

  Judith Martin

  Retirement, Organization, Ties

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• I was most incorrigibly devoted to versifying, and all my spouse's wholesome admonitions had no manner of effect on me; in short, I believe this scribbling itch is an incurable disease.

  Laetitia Pilkington

  Believe, Disease, Admonition

  Laetitia Pilkington (1997). “Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington”, p.56, University of Georgia Press

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• Choosing a spouse and a choosing career: the two great decisions for which society refuses to set up institutional guidance.

  Alain de Botton

  Careers, Two, Decision

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• There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty.

  Brandi Carlile

  Love Life, Gay, Issues

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• My wife, as proud as she was of me, hated show business for good reasons. There was something about the spouse always being pushed out of the way, shoved aside. She wanted to get away from it.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Wife, Proud, Way

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• When a couple gets to the last stage, one or both partners may have an affair. But an affair is usually a symptom of a dying marriage, not the cause. The end of that marriage could have been predicted long before either spouse strayed.

  John M. Gottman

  Couple, Long, Dying

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• Have we arrived at our own faith and our own path or simply internalized the beliefs of parents, clergy, spouse, or friends?

  Joan Z. Borysenko

  Parent, Path, Belief

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