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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
- St. Jerome
And it is good for a man not to touch a woman. And, he that is unmarried thinketh of the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but he that is married careth for the things of this world, how he may please his wife.
- St. Augustine
Christ Himself has said: They are no longer two, but they are one flesh (Matt. 19:6). Is it strange then, if they are one flesh, that they should have one tongue and should say the same words, since they are one flesh, Head and body? Let us therefore hear them as one. But let us listen to the Head speaking as Head, and to the body speaking as the body. We do not separate the two realities, but two different dignities; for the Head saves, and the body is saved.
- St. Augustine
I was preparing your dress,Walks the Fire, but my son is impatient. He woke me this morning and said there was to be a feast today...for he would take you as his wife." Prairie Flower interjected, "So you see, Walks the Fire,your heart sings when he is near,and his heart answers the song. You did not believe me, but it is true.
- Stephanie Grace Whitson
The day you took me as your wife, we promised, 'Wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.' This promise was forever. I wish to be with Rides the Wind,among his people for all the time that God gives.
- Stephanie Grace Whitson
Countless mistakes in marriage, parenting, ministry, and other relationships are failures to balance grace and truth. Sometimes we neglect both. Often we choose one over the other.
- Randy Alcorn
Contraception contradicts the full truth of the sexual act as the proper expression of conjugal love.
- Pope John Paul II
The truth is many singles deeply desire and pray for marriage.
- Eric Metaxas
Fidelity to one's marriage vows is absolutely essential for love, trust and peace
- Ezra Taft Benson
Proper wedding vows are more a promise of mutually binding future love than a declaration of your present love.
- Timothy Keller
The world says of marriage: A short joy and a long displeasure. But he who understands it finds in it delight, love, and joy without ceasing.
- Martin Luther
No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!
- Bishop TD Jakes