Top 1200 Marriage Work Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is.

Honestly speaking, after seeing my parents' marriage, I have lost all faith in marriage.

Marriage is such hard work. And it's full of rage and real human drama.

I'm endlessly fascinated by parenting, marriage, my wife and the ins and outs of marriage.

One of the differences between marriage and prostitution is that in marriage you only have to make a deal with one man.

Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience.

I think a marriage is as a marriage has always been, between a man and a woman.

It's none of my business what somebody's [orientation is]. Now when somebody makes it my business, like on gay marriage, I'm going to stand up and say I don't support gay marriage. I support marriage between men and women.

It takes both spouses to say, "My self-centeredness is the main problem in my marriage" to have a great marriage.

marriage is an extraordinary thing - and I doubt if any outsider - even a child of the marriage - has the right to judge.

I love the idea of marriage. I definitely want marriage and little Kellans running around.

Marriage includes a spouse, and often children. But the goal, center, and purpose of marriage is not self, spouse, or children. The ultimate goal of marriage and family is the glory of God. Only when marriage and family exist for God's glory - and not to serve as replacement idols - are we able to truly love and be loved. Remember, neither your child nor your husband (or wife) should be who you worship, but instead who you worship with.

Marriage is very secure. It is safe. There is no growth in it. One is simply stuck. Marriage is a sexual arrangement; intimacy is a search for love. Marriage is a sort of prostitution, a permanent sort. One has got married to a woman or to a man - it is a permanent prostitution. The arrangement is economical, not psychological, not of the heart.

Marriage is simply an economic necessity, and so there are no elaborate courtship displays or marriage celebrations among the Eskimo.

Gay marriage won't be more of an issue 25 years from now than interracial marriage is today.

I think marriage becomes a great mirror. My selfishness comes out in my marriage all the time.

Religion exists not because of God or for God; it is because of marriage. Marriage creates so much misery that one has to meditate; meditation is a byproduct. Without marriage, who will bother to meditate? For what? You will be already blissful!

It's terrible to be trapped in a bad marriage. It would be nice if your marriage was forever, but why grudge it for what it was not?

Marriage is not easy, especially when it's a very public marriage. I know firsthand.

Marriage is a beautiful thing if two people work on it and want to be together.

Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.

People can't help the way they feel, only what they do about it. They can no longer not be attracted to someone other than their spouse than they can say they are not hungry or not thirsty or not frightened or embarrassed. It's when you act on that attraction when you know it would be bad for your marriage that is the problem. In a good marriage, the couple are each as committed to the marriage as they are to each other.

The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future.

You will often be in despair. You will sometimes think it's the worst decision in your life. That's fine. That's not a sign your marriage has gone wrong. It's a sign that it's normal; it's on track. And many of the hopes that took you into the marriage will have to die in order for the marriage to continue.

One of the favorite conservative themes is that the cure for poverty is more marriage and earlier marriage. We hear that all the time; there have been billions of dollars now, between the Bush administration and the Obama administration, which has continued the marriage education program, on trying to get more people to get married.

Marriage is actually really terrifying. It doesn't work for many people.

The secret to a happy marriage is a sense of humor, because marriage throws you curveballs. It is not easy.

I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage.

Generally, dictatorships do not work in marriage - or, for that matter, in any other relationship.

Granted, there's been mistakes made immaturely, but a marriage is a marriage.

I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches.

O marriage! marriage! what a curse is thine, Where hands alone consent and hearts abhor.

But people try love and because they are unconscious... their longing is good, but their love is full of jealousy, full of possessiveness, full of anger, full of nastiness. Soon they destroy it. Hence for centuries they have depended on marriage. Better to start by marriage so that the law can protect you from destroying it. The society, the government, the court, the policeman, the priest, they will all force you to live in the institution of marriage, and you will be just a slave. If marriage is an institution, you are going to be a slave in it. Only slaves want to live in institutions.

What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage.

Marriage is amazing, and I wish every person on this planet to have a blissful marriage.

I have no idea if I will go for an arranged marriage or love marriage.

Marriage or non-marriage, good or evil, learning or ignorance, any of these is justified, if it leads to the goal.

Gender no longer forms an essential part of marriage; marriage under law is a union of equals.

Marriage is so much like salvation and our relationship with Christ that you can’t understand marriage w/o looking at the gospel.

Marriage isn't all that it's cracked up to be, let me tell you. Honestly. Marriage is probably the chief cause of divorce.

It is obvious that all sense has gone out of modern marriage; which is, however, no objection to marriage but to modernity.

Determine that there will never be anything that will come between you that will disrupt your marriage. Make it work. Resolve to make it work.

The conservative argument for marriage includes a recognition of the traditional value of marriage as a stabilizing force in society.

Say what you will, making a marriage work is a woman's business.

Ruth and I don't have a perfect marriage, but we have a great one. How can I say two things that seem so contradictory? In a perfect marriage, everything is always the finest and best imaginable; like a Greek statue, the proportions are exact and the finish is unblemished. Who knows any human being lke that? For a marriage couple to expect perfection in each other is unrealistic.

Many Americans believe marriage is between a man and a woman, and we need to celebrate marriage as the best way to provide stability for children. For people who live by the clear teaching of many different faith traditions and people who simply believe in the sanctity of marriage, it is essential that their views are respected.

To me, the difference between a good marriage and a great marriage is conviction.

Those who enter into marriage, must be fully prepared to establish their marriage, as the first priority in their lives.

Marriage is very difficult. Marriage is like a five-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle, all sky.

Writing a biography is not a love affair. It’s not a marriage. It’s a job, it’s a piece of work.

I was one of the first senators to support marriage equality, and led the effort to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

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.

Sometimes the greatest deterrent to a great marriage is believing you have a perfect marriage.

I was a happy person before marriage. I'm definitely happier after marriage.

There is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage: a marriage in which there is love, but on one side only.

You have to do the work in your marriage, but it has to be laid on a strong foundation of love.

Whether it was work, marriage, or family, I've always been a late bloomer.

Marriage is not defined by who is denied it. When gay people share in the freedom to marry, it doesn't change your marriage.

Marriage? I don't know what I really think about marriage. I'm a bit confused on that issue.

No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.