Best Marriage Quotes Showcasing mostly the Beauty and Happiness of Marriage
Marriage is what we make it. Some of these marriage quotes can give you a good insight about marriage. Marriage can be good, bad or somewhere in between.
The highest happiness on earth is marriage. ― William Lyon Phelps
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Regardless, unless its a disaster, a little inspiration is always a good thing. In marriage things almost never goes as expected all the time. There will be trying times as well as joyous times.
You can use these marriage quotes to give you a little inspiration. Sometimes you might need a break from rough times.
“The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together.” ― Robert C. Dodds
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Reading some of the more inspirational of these marriage quotes may be all you need to bring some of the joy and happiness in those moments when you may need inspiration.
“(Regarding Marriage) Both people need to care deeply about the other person, to put the other’s needs before their own, and to make a daily commitment to that person to stick it out.”
― Alessandra Torre
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111+ Marriage Quotes Both Young and Older Generations can Relate To
1. “A marriage doesn’t have to be perfect, but you can be perfect for each other.”
― Jessica Simpson
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2. “The essence of marriage is companionship, and the woman you face across the coffee urn every morning for ninety-nine years must be both able to appreciate your jokes and to sympathize with your aspirations.”
― Elbert Hubbard
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3. “Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry.”
― Tom Mullen
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4. “A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”
― André Maurois
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5. Marriage is a risk; I think it’s a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.
― Cate Blanchett
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6. “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”
― Mignon McLaughlin
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7. “A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.”
― Pearl S. Buck
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8. “The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.”
― William Lyon Phelps
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9. “There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.”
― Martin Luther
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10. “The beauty of marriage is not always seen from the very beginning—but rather as love grows and develops over time.”
― Fawn Weaver
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11. “Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.”
― Samuel Richardson
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12. “Marriages, like a garden, take time to grow. But the harvest is rich unto those who patiently and tenderly care for the ground.”
― Darlene Schach
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13. “Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.”
― Simone Signoret
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14. “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.”
― Dave Meurer
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15. Marriage is like watching the color of leaves in the fall; ever changing and more stunningly beautiful with each passing day.
― Fawn Weaver
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16. What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.
― Leo Tolstoy
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17. Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: You have to start over again every morning.
― H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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18. To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.
― Ogden Nash
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19. If I get married, I want to be very married.
― Audrey Hepburn
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20. “A marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s the way you love your partner everyday.”
― Barbara De Angelis
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21. In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money virtue before beauty, the mind before the body, then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
― William Penn
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22. Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.
― Ann Landers
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23. The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time.
― Julia Child
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24. A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
― Dave Meurer
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25. Marriage is the most natural state of man, and the state in which you will find solid happiness.
― Benjamin Franklin
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26. Any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society’s map. What others don’t know about it is what makes it yours.
― Stephen King
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27. Marriage has no guarantees. If that’s what you’re looking for, go live with a car battery.
― Erma Bombeck
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28. One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
― Honoré de Balzac
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29. Marriage is not just spiritual communion; it is also remembering to take out the trash. ― Joyce Brothers
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30. Marriage is our last, best chance to grow up.
― Joseph Barth
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31. A good marriage is one where each partner secretly suspects they got the better deal.
― Unknown
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32. Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can’t sleep with the window open.
― George Bernard Shaw
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33. A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other the guardian of his solitude, and shows him this confidence, the greatest in his power to bestow.
― Rainer Maria Rilke
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34. Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.
― Boris Pasternak
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35. “Love is greater than marriage, love is the greater thing while marriage, though noble and honorable, is questionable in its origins. I question the creations of man, I do not question the masterpieces of God.”
― C. JoyBell C.
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36. “Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different and each one is beautiful.”
– Maggie Reyes
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37. “A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”
– Andre Maurois
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38, “Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”
– Benjamin Franklin
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39. “Marriage a bond between a person who never remembers anniversaries and another who never forgets them.”
– Ogden Nash
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40. “Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we married.”
– Tim Mullen
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41. “Marriage is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.”
– Mae West
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42. “Marriage is a wonderful institution… but who wants to live in an institution?”
– Groucho Marx
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43. “A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.”
– Michel de Montaigne
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44. “Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.”
– Zig Ziglar
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45. “The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It’s a choice you make- not just on your wedding day, but over and over again – and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.”
– Barbara De Angelis
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46. “In other relationships, people are different entities but in marriage, the couple is considered as one. This is what makes marriage a different kind of bond.”
– Mark McGrann
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47. “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
– Fredrich Nietzche
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48. “Love can come when you’re already who you are, when you’re filled with you. Not when you look to someone else to fill the empty space.”
– Deb Caletti
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49. “Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.”
– Simone Signeret
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50. “Marriage is over in an hour, and yet it takes a lifetime to be really married.”
– E. Stanley Jones
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51. “Marriage is a huge investment: of time, of energy and of emotion. Protect and keep contributing to your investment.”
– Karen Gordon
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52. “Your marriage is a glorious bond but don’t take it as an easy task. It is meant to be worked upon similar to all of your other relationships.”
– Raymond Eido
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53. “Simply put, a marriage is not a marriage without the existence of two individuals who promised to love each other.”
– Jessica Gardner
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54. “Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.”
– Samuel Richardson
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55. “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.”
– Dave Meurer
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56. “When two people become one by way of marriage, it is not only their hearts that are united, but their minds and souls as well.”
― Julie Donner Anderson
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57. “The man who puts into marriage only half of what he owns will get that out.”
― Ronald Reagan
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58. “A strong marriage rarely has two people strong at the same time. It is a husband and wife who take turns being strong for each other in the moment the other is weak.”
― Ashley Willis
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59. “Marriage is another momentous life change. Choose right, and it might be the most positive decision you ever make.”
― Patrick Foley
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60. “Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.”
― Khalil
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61. “The greatest marriages are built on teamwork. A mutual respect, a healthy dose of admiration, and a never-ending portion of love and grace.”
― Fawn Weaver
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62. “Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story.”
― Jennifer Smith
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63. “Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends.”
― Harville Hendrix
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64. “Being in a long marriage is a little bit like that nice cup of coffee every morning – I might have it every day, but I still enjoy it.”
― Stephen Gaines
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65. “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
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66. “Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage, he’ll fall asleep before you finish saying it.”
― Helen Rowland
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67. “The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.”
― Henry Youngman
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68. “Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.”
― Oscar Wilde
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69. “Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.”
― Ogden Nash
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70. “Marriage: Love is the reason. Lifelong friendship is the gift. Kindness is the cause. Til’ death do us part is the length.”
― Fawn Weaver
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71. “Marriage is getting to have a sleepover with your best friend, every single night of the week.”
― Christie Cook
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72. “Marriage is a workshop…where the husband works and the wife shops.”
― Riaz Nassurally
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73. “Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.”
― Helen Rowland
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74. “Marriage is a commitment for life. It is a permanent, lifelong relationship.”
― Dada Vaswani
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75. “A marriage doesn’t have to be perfect, but you can be perfect for each other.”
― Jessica Simpson
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76. “Marriage is a commitment- a decision to do, all through life, that which will express your love for one’s spouse.”
― Herman H. Kieval
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77. “I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.”
― Carson Daly
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78. “For my parents’ generation, the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love; it was a partnership. It’s about creating family; it’s about creating offspring.”
― Aasif Mandvi
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79. “Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”
― Robert Kiyosaki
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80. “I say to my children, the reason that marriage – and having children – is so important is that it stops you thinking about yourself. The way to happiness is to give yourself to others and to think of others before you think of yourself.”
– Terry Wogan
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81. “Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.”
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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82. “Marriage provides the solace of worked-on friendship and the joy of being known profoundly.”
― Imogene Stubbs
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83. “When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you’re sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.”
― Joseph Campbell
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84. “Marriage doesn’t make you happy–you make your marriage happy.”
― Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott
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85. “When you have children, your marriage is now more important, not less, because other people are counting on you.”
― Sheila Gregoire
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86. “A good marriage at age 50 predicted positive aging at 80. But, surprisingly, low cholesterol levels did not.”
― George Valliant
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87. “There is no greater risk than matrimony. But there is nothing happier than a happy marriage.”
― Benjamin Disraeli
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88. “Placing blame in marriage is like saying ‘your side of the boat is sinking.’”
― Hank Smith
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89. “When I am frustrated with my husband and feel like giving up on us, I have two choices. One: I can choose love and work on my marriage or, two: I can choose to love and work on my marriage.”
― Darlene Schacht
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90. “It’s a good marriage because each of us is what we are, allows the other one to be themselves, and appreciates each other for the right reason. You know, it’s rare that you’ll find two people who don’t try to change the other person and let everyone be what they are.”
― Peter Marino
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91. “In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage.”
― Robert Anderson
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92. “Marriage can wait, education cannot.”
― Khaled Hosseini
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93. “Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
― Ambrose Bierce
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94. “Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
― Ambrose Bierce
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95. “The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.”
― Gabriel García Márquez
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96. “There are guys who grow up thinking they’ll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they’re pathetic; and the latter, frankly are hard to find.”
― Nicholas Sparks
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97. “A good marriage is where both people feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal.”
― Anne Lamott
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98. “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.”
― John Steinbeck
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99. “If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”
― Michel de Montaigne
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100. “So,” he called to her back, “Just out of curiosity, you know, purely conversation and all, at what age will you be entertaining offers of marriage?”
― Laini Taylor
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101. “Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.”
― Honore de Balzac
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102. “Maybe you expected marriage to be perfect – I guess that’s where you and I are different. See, I thought it would be all about making mistakes, but doing it with someone who’s there to remind you what you learned along the way.”
― Jodi Picoult
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103. “Marriage is not a process for prolonging the life of love, sir. It merely mummifies its corpse.”
― P.G. Wodehouse
104. “Women leave their marriages when they can’t take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.”
― J. Courtney Sullivan
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105. “In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don’t insist on your rights, don’t blame each other, don’t judge or condemn each other, don’t find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts…”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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106. “When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they may live together until death. But if she thinks he is a fool, she will not love him again.”
― Philippa Gregory
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107. “I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That this is the only way to grow together, instead of apart.”
― Emily Giffin
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108. “They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning.”
― Clint Eastwood
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109. “Two people can only live as one when each is prepared to give and receive trust and understanding. Above that lies respect. Without respect for how the other feels, no marriage is worthwhile.”
― Helen Hollick
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110. “I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.”
― Gloria Steinem
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111. “Marriage is about compromise; it’s about doing something for the other person, even when you don’t want to.”
― Nicholas Sparks
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