The problem with marriage
The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Positive Marriage
In marriage there are
In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring. Enid Bagnold
It is not a
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Friedrich Nietzsche
We tend to forget
We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. Friedrich Koenig
Happy is the man
Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife. Franz Schubert
It is necessary but
It is necessary but insufficient to stay married for the children’s sake. It is also necessary to stay happily married for the children’s sake. I’m so glad someone noticed that marriage doesn’t have to make you miserable. It is just so easy to be happy I don’t understand why it isn’t more popular. Frank Pittman
Common courtesy plays a
Common courtesy plays a big role in happy marriages. People who are permanently married are polite to one another. They don’t want to hurt one another’s feelings, and they don’t try to make the other one feel humiliated. People who are married for life are extremely kind to one another. Frank Pittman
Marriage, like a submarine,
Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside. Frank Pittman
The more things we
The more things we can laugh about, the more alive we become: The more things we can laugh about together, the more connected we become. Frank Pittman
The secret to having
The secret to having a good marriage is to understand that marriage must be total, it must be permanent, and it must be equal. Frank Pittman