In marriage, each partner is to be an encourager rather than a critic; a forgiver rather than a collector of hurts; an enabler rather than a reformer.
-H. Norman Wright
Quotations
Marriage
I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands or commanding wives.
-Benjamin Franklin
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- Ivan Doig
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
If you both care for each other more than you care for yourself, your marriage will endure all.
-Lisa Tawn Bergren
Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habit and then complain that he's not the man she married?
-Barbra Streisand
From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being.
-Baal Shem Tov
Remember that children, marriages and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Marriage isn't about Winning - It's about Lasting
-Mark Gorman
