Quotes about Marriage
My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.
— James Dobson
I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.
— James Dobson
Proverbs 18:22 says, "He who finds a wife finds a good thing."
— James MacDonald
And by the way, my dear,' he said, 'you might just mention to Mrs. Sutton that if she must read the morning paper before I come down, I should be obliged if she would fold it neatly afterwards.' 'What an old fuss-box you are, darling,' said his wife. Mr. Mummery sighed. He could not explain that it was somehow important that the morning paper should come to him fresh and prim, like a virgin. Women did not feel these things. (Suspicion)
— Dorothy Sayers
Peter: Oy! Harriet: Hullo! Peter: I just wanted to ask whether you'd given any further thought to that suggestion about marrying me. Harriet (sarcastically) : I suppose you were thinking how delightful it would be to go through life together like this? Peter: Well, not quite like this. Hand in hand was more my idea. Harriet: What is that in your hand? Peter: A dead starfish. Harriet: Poor fish! Peter: No ill-feeling, I trust? Harriet: Oh, dear no.
— Dorothy Sayers
This, she felt, was her fault. Her idea in the first place. Her house. Her honeymoon. Her — and this was the incalculable factor in the thing — her husband. (A repressive word, that, when you came to think of it, compounded of a grumble and a thump.) The
— Dorothy Sayers
You make every case for marriage but love.
— Rachel Hauck
Marriage is work, Cora, I'm not going to lie. It's glorious some days and not so much on others.
— Rachel Hauck
So there I was sitting next to this vision. Esmerelda Belmont. During the closing song, I held her hand and never let go. I'd met perfection. "We married six months later and enjoyed eight years of wedded bliss before she left this world for the great beyond, letting go of my hand for the very first time. "I miss her every day.
— Rachel Hauck
A man's wife has more power over him than the state has.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
In my long life I have found peace, joy, and happiness beyond my fondest hopes and dreams. One of the supreme benedictions of my life has been my marriage to an elect daughter of God. I love her with all my heart and soul.
— James Faust
I'm quite surprised I ever got married in the first place.
— Anne Reid