Top 151 Spouses Quotes & Sayings

Too often in this world, the things you root for - whether sports teams or spouses to recover from horrible diseases - don't quite pan out.

Sometimes new spouses don't fully process the commitment they've made until after the deal is done, and then they panic.

Maybe I'll create a guidebook for future political spouses: the dos and don'ts in D.C.

Why is it that govt employees makes the best spouses? Because afterthey come back from work, they are not tired and they already readthe newspapers.

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

While it only takes one spouse to be friendly, it takes both spouses to be friends. When both spouses are unfriendly, the marriage is marked by conflict and coldness. When one spouse is friendly and the other is unfriendly, the marriage is marked by selfishness and sadness. But when both spouses each make a deep, heartfelt covenant with God to continually seek to become a better friend, increasing love and laughter mark the marriage.

Most employers see breaks in employment as a blemish on a resume. In the case of military spouses, however, it's due to their frequent moves.

My husband is the first man to consistently be involved in the Senate Spouses group.

Defendants have not explained how allowing same-sex marriage between two consenting adults will at all prevent heterosexual spouses from caring for their biological children.

Those who do not cherish affection for their parents, spouses and children and for their homes, villages and workplaces cannot love their country and fellow people; they can never become genuine patriots.

Democrats hate stay-at-home spouses, no matter what gender or gender preference.

Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.

We're starting to see, as the economy improves, that the unemployment rate among veterans and military spouses - we're seeing some improvement in those numbers. And that's a good thing.

Everyone is lonely sometimes, even married people. But most single women (as well as women with spouses) actually enjoy their solitude.

I always thought that owing to their social standing, army spouses had to maintain a dignified appearance, no matter what, at all times and that their only source of entertainment was the officers' parties.

Men are rarely questioned on their spouses or their partners, and nor should they be. And the question to ask is why is this done to women?

Friends see most of each other’s flaws. Spouses see every awful last bit.

All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses.

I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.

Let us be dreamers, thinkers, speculative philosophers, or as our spouses would have it: Idiots

Constant rotation, based on a 19th century Army model, prevents spouses from putting down roots and gaining meaningful deployment.

Spouses are great impediments to great enterprises.

Mississippi is a welcoming duty station for servicemembers and their working spouses.

Dally not with other folk's spouses or money.

Men, no matter what their promises, rarely leave their spouses... the louses.

I mean, that's the least we should do for these men and women [veterans and military spouses], is to make sure they come back to jobs that pay, to career opportunities, that these spouses are able to add a second income to their households, because these families do not have a lot of resources.

I don't like those men who claim that their wife is their best friend. . . . I think spouses should tolerate each other and occasionally have sex.

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, persists after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

Real giving is when we give to our spouses what's important to them, whether we understand it, like it, agree with it, or not.

Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away, and all my emotions are directed towards what I'm trying to write.

If you think I have the power to determine when people leave their spouses, you attribute far too much credit to me.

Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. It's important for a woman to be able to control her finances.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.

Once an affair is over, the cheaters need to agree not to see each other anymore in order to reestablish trust with their spouses.

I was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.

Chemotherapy can be a long, tough haul - for me, it went on for six months - and the best doctors and nurses become, if only for that period of time, as essential in your life as friends or spouses.

Cabinet spouses are not allowed to lobby other Cabinet members. It's against the rules.

People feel better when their spouses have good friendships, over and above the effects of their own friendships.

Many invest wisely in business matters, but fail to invest time and interest in their most valued possessions: their spouses and children.

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

I'm glad my parents found a perfect match for me in Sonalika. The secret to our successful marriage is that we give each other respect and space. We are friends and not just spouses.

One of the most important thing in families, both for children and spouses, is never to close off possibilities - particularly never to make demands or threats.

A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.

The ability for employment benefits to be shared among spouses, the ability to move people who are dependent on visas for trailing spouses, all hinges on being able to deal with families of gay people in the same way that you deal with families of straight people. Otherwise, they can't move around.

Abuse is always wrong. Some try to excuse it. Most perpetrators have a sense of entitlement, thinking their actions are justified. Ironically, their victims may also believe they deserve to be mistreated. Some will even defend their abuser, citing his or her earnest apologies afterward. But abuse in any form, for any reason, wounds both spouses. It's always sinful, and few things destroy trust in a marriage as quickly. Regardless of childhood pain or marital conflict, mature spouses learn to set limits so anger doesn't become abuse by frequency, degree, or duration.

Men, no matter what their promises, rarely leave their spouses - the louses.

Praying can make a difference, and it is up to all of us to try that, with faith, and see if it will not support these admirable troops, their spouses, and their families.

All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses

Some political spouses are much more comfortable on the campaign trail than others, and they take to it a lot more naturally.

We will all be far better spouses, parents, and leaders as we take time to grow in prayer.

In military families, the service member is frequently the breadwinner. Constant moves make steady employment a challenge for non-military spouses.

Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the wind, ignore the pleas of parents, coaches, spouses, and bosses to be "realistic."

Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. Its important for a woman to be able to control her finances.

Many new lovers and spouses struggle to reconcile themselves with their partners' relationship history, but it's an insecurity I left behind in my 20s.

On average, military spouses are significantly more educated than their civilian counterparts, but much more likely to be unemployed or underemployed.

Military spouses serve, too, and it's critical we work together to ensure our country's military spouses have the jobs they need and deserve.

Ultimately, presidential campaigns are - or at least should be - about the candidates, not their spouses or surrogates.

It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact, so many writers have writer spouses.

As you get older, I have seen it a lot... fighting among siblings. The reason is usually money or spouses. But my kids don't fall into that trap.

If we get into the habit of thinking of ourselves as always owing a debt of love to our spouses, we will be less inclined to take offense when they say or do something that we do not like.