Quotes for All
If there is one word that describes the meaning of character, it is the word honor. Without honor, civilization would not long exist. Without honor, there could be no dependable contracts, no lasting marriages, no trust or happiness. What does the word honor mean to you? To me, honor is summarized in this expression by … Read more
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Friedrich Nietzsche
When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory. Friedrich Nietzsche
Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside. Frank Pittman
Marriage orients men and women toward the future, asking them not just to commit to each other but to plan, to earn, to save, and to devote themselves to advancing their children’s prospects. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
There is such pleasure in long-term marriage that I really would hate to be my age and not have had a long-term marriage. Remember, sustaining a pleasurable, long-term marriage takes effort, deliberateness and an intention to learn about one another. In other words, marriage is for grown-ups. Cokie Roberts
When asked his secret of love, being married fifty-four years to the same person, he said, “Ruth and I are happily incompatible.” Billy Graham
The happy State of Matrimony is, undoubtedly, the surest and most lasting Foundation of Comfort and Love . . . the Cause of all good Order in the World, and what alone preserves it from the utmost Confusion. Benjamin Franklin
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. Benjamin Franklin
The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself. Barbara Walters