For Marriage Quotes

Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband. — Elsa Maxwell

Shame on you. Don't tell me you've been married for an hour and you've already got eyes for another woman. — Mordecai Richler

Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children. — Jack Kingston

I won't remain in a marriage where you refuse to trust me, to take some chances for my sake.
Abigail Mercer — Sabrina Jeffries

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more. — Marc Chagall

Marriage is for noblewomen with nothing else to do. — Tamora Pierce

Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure! — Oscar Wilde

A good marriage is each for the other and two against the world. — Robert Breault

For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures. — Mary Augusta Ward

The moment we decide to throw more energy into fighting for our mate than with him, the crack of a fist on the enemy's jaw splits the ears of angels. — Beth Moore

That was what the season was, after all- a marriage market for the offspring of the aristocracy. — Marissa Doyle

They pine for the hip, frosty girlfriend they abandoned for a pleasant if unexciting marriage to her sunnier, less mentally present sister coast. — Sari Botton

I cannot live without you. For to attempt to do so would be to rob both of us of each other, and that is thievery of the greatest sort. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

If you accept it to be natural and normal to be gay then it follows it is not right for two folk who love each other to be denied marriage, — Kevin Rudd

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. — Rita Rudner

Marriage, done right, can be much more freeing than we give it credit for. — Christopher Husberg

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. — Brendan Francis Brown

A true mother is known for her compassion, love and passion; she is everly dedicated to her calling. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Marriage is slavery, I said. And when God made us human - if God exists - He didn't intend for us to be slaves to each other. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

An industrious mother is an initiator of a good course; always charting new course for her loved ones. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

What else goes wrong for a woman-except her marriage? — Euripides

Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't say they can't marry in your city. — Julian Bond

Men never know how tired they are till their wives sit them down for a nice long talk. — Mignon McLaughlin

Marriage? That's for life! It's like cement! — Woody Allen

A person does not leave a good marriage for someone else. — Doris Day

I'm very old-fashioned. I believe that people should stay married for life, like pigeons and Catholics. — Woody Allen

Im not looking for marriage here, Zach. I just want to fuck her until one of us dies. — Shelly Laurenston

For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat. — Gustave Flaubert

Do not mistake the history you have shared for the slightest understanding of what our marriage is, or how insignificant you are in comparison. — Frank Underwood

Marriage is a big deal, but who's to say I'm not going to pull a Vegas and get married to see what it's like for a minute? — Lindsay Lohan

What's for dinner is the only question many husbands ask their wives, and the only one to which they care about the answer. — Mignon McLaughlin

If you can't ignore imperfections, then your imaginary ideal soulmate will always remain pending till you grow old and die. — Michael Bassey Johnson

I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce. — Catherine Deneuve

P.S. If any boy ever asks for my hand in marriage, show him #4. I'm in love. I'd marry a pirate for a ring like that. — Jillian Dodd

A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman's ailments. — Moliere

I was always on guard and I was always prepared for him to be upset with me. I had lived feeling uneasy and tense for so long. — Brenda Perlin

To bear a child or to get married is not the primary goal for a lady who wants to become successful in life — Sunday Adelaja

Most people spend far more time in preparation for their vocation than they do in preparation for marriage. — Gary Chapman

For me, personally, marriage is a man and a woman living together. — Angela Merkel

I know that now probably isn't the time. But I have been here for the worse, and I want to be here for the rest. — Keira Kroft

Sometimes the one thing you need for growth is the one thing you are afraid to do. — Shannon L. Alder

Their idea is that marriage is for legalized prostitution. They think like that, — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married. — Katharine Hepburn

The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens. — Ted Cruz

A very wise person once told me marriage is hard, that you have to keep fighting for it everyday. — Liz Fenton

Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred. — William O. Douglas

I'd like to have a successful marriage, not for the sake of labelling or branding, but because I believe in the institution of marriage. — Sonam Kapoor

Men marry for the womb. Women marry for their tummy. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

A husband and wife found themselves in love with each other for the first time after twenty-seven years of marriage. — Honore De Balzac

[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin. — Elizabeth I

Marriage isn't for you. It's not about you. Marriage is about the person you marry. — Seth Adam Smith

Marriage, historically, has been one of the best ways for men to assert, reproduce, and pass on their power, to retain their control. — Rebecca Traister

With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits. — Eleanor Holmes Norton

See I'm the reckless and wild one who saves him from being boring. It's why we're perfect for each other. We balance. - Madame Selena — Sherrilyn Kenyon

She dated me for 3/4 yrs and liked me so much that she married me and disliked me so much that she divorced me after 4 yrs. — Honeya

I am sure that there is many a young man who would think it a great honor to exchange his name for yours. — Erik Christian Haugaard

I don't want marriage. You know why? Because I did that. I did it for 32 years. — Lynn Redgrave

There are two things for a marriage to be good. One is to work hard on it. The other one is to marry above you. And I succeeded at both of those. — Ben Affleck

Success in relationships takes death to the flesh. Singles stop begging for what you won't die for and couples start dying so your marriage can live. — Hope D. Blackwell

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it. — Josh Billings

Maybe love, unfathomable love, was too much for people, so they had traded it for something easier. — Gwenn Wright

Taking time for each other is the key for harmony in the home [and in marriage]. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

You don't get married for yourself, you get married because you're better together than separate. — Dirk Hayhurst

I used to think marriage was a plate-glass window just begging for a brick. — Jeanette Winterson

A relationship that violates values is simply headed for crisis. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

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

Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely. — William Penn

I was trying to point out I'm not opposed to gays having their partnership. I'm opposed to gays using theterm marriage for their relationship. — Rick Warren

When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one. — Helen Rowland

Sex can be such a stark barometer for a marriage. — John Eldredge

Marriage is the beginning of love for your spouse, not the result of it. — Shannon L. Alder

For the first year of marriage I had basically a bad attitude. I tended to place my wife underneath a pedestal. — Woody Allen

When your wife asks you for your opinion, she doesn't really want your opinion. She wants her opinion - just in a deeper voice. — T. Rafael Cimino

A heart can stop beating for a while, one can still live. — Suzanne Finnamore

If there were no immortality there would be no need for temples. There would be no need for eternal marriage if there were no eternity. — Gordon B. Hinckley

Is there stop 'n' go counseling for couples on the run? — Becky Freeman

Love is no assignment for cowards. — Ovid

When a husband and wife are concerned only about their own individual desires, the stage is set for conflict. — Billy Graham

After awhile, marriage gets a little stale and you're looking for something to scratch that a little. — Boris Kodjoe

Many are busy looking for a life partner and they lose touch of their life's purpose. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

I have someone who loves me for me. Seriously, it REALLY helps! — David Bowie

There is a fundamental flaw in interpretations of sharia that say a woman or man should be punished for sex outside of marriage — Asra Nomani

For this was a kiss of definition. A kiss of understanding. For a marriage absent pretense. And a love without design. — Renee Ahdieh

I dislike arranged marriages. There are some mistakes for which one should not be able to blame one's poor parents. — Salman Rushdie

The only grounds for divorce in California are marriage. — Cher

I'll never know the right answer for sex and marriage, sense and mirage. — James Thurber

So quit looking for 'the one'. You have a better chance of finding an Oompa Loompa riding a unicorn, fighting Bigfoot. — Matt Chandler

You're still the one I run to, the one that I belong to, you're still the one I want for life. — Shania Twain

The Bible stresses that a marriage ideally should be a picture or a reflection of Christ's love for His people. — Billy Graham

A wholesome mother knows the software to delete, download, upgrade and upload for the best results. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people. — Joel Osteen

You have a part of me that no one, and I mean no one, has ever had before. — J.B. McGee

Even a good family can become a trap for one's destiny when the family becomes your aim — Sunday Adelaja

I'm done. I don't need anything more out of life. I have you, and that's enough. — Alessandra Torre

I can't promise you that this will be easy, but I can say that marriage - the way that God intended it to be - is a treasure worth fighting for. — Darlene Schacht

For everything that God desires to do in the earth, He enters into partnership with those to whom He has already given dominion. — Myles Munroe

The formula for a happy marriage is five positive remarks, or interactions, for every one negative. — Nancy Etcoff

How happy a thing were a wedding,
And a bedding,
If a man might purchase a wife
For a twelvemonth and a day — Thomas Flatman

If you want to change the climate of your marriage immediately, start praying for your spouse — Justin Davis

While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage. — Timothy Keller