Top 50 Positive Marriage Quotes
1. “Marriage: Love is the reason. Lifelong friendship is the gift. Kindness is the cause. Til’ death do us part is the length.” —Fawn Weaver
2. “Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends.”—Harville Hendrix
3. “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”—Mignon McLaughlin
4. “A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.”—Robert Quillen
5. “Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different and each one is beautiful.”—Maggie Reyes
6. “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
7. “Marriage is getting to have a sleepover with your best friend every night of the week.”—Christie Cook
8. “A successful marriage isn’t the union of two perfect people. It’s that of two imperfect people who have learned the value of forgiveness and grace.”—Darlene Schacht
9. “Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate.”—Barnett R. Brickner
10. “Happiness in marriage is a moment by moment choice. A decision to love, forgive, grow and grow old together.” —Fawn Weaver
11. “Marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. Its the way you love your partner every day.”—Barbara De Angelis
12. “Happily ever after is not a fairy tale. It’s a choice.”—Fawn Weaver
13. “The older I get, the less time I want to spend with the part of the human race that didn’t marry me.”—Robert Brault
14. “The best time to love with your whole heart is always now, in this moment, because no breath beyond the current is promised.”—Fawn Weaver
15. “To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.”—Robert Brault
16. “The difference between an ordinary marriage and an extraordinary marriage is in giving just a little ‘extra’ every day, as often as possible, for as long as we both shall live.”—Fawn Weaver
17. “We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”—Sam Keen
18. “Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.”—Franklin P. Jones
19. “Enjoy the little things in life… For one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things.”—Robert Brault
20. “Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story.”—Jennifer Smith
21. “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
22. “People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.”—Paul Newman
23. “Once we figured out that we could not change each other, we became free to celebrate ourselves as we are.”—H. Dean Rutherford
24. “Love is the greatest gift when given. It is the highest honor when received.”—Fawn Weaver
25. “A long-lasting marriage is built by two people who believe in -and live by- the solemn promise they made.”—Darlene Schacht
26. “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”—Henry Ford
27. “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.”—Dave Meurer
28. “A great marriage isn’t something that just happens; it’s something that must be created.”—Fawn Weaver
29. “Marriage is a commitment- a decision to do, all through life, that which will express your love for one’s spouse.”—Herman H. Kieval
30. “Marriage is like watching the color of leaves in the fall; ever changing and more stunningly beautiful with each passing day.”—Fawn Weaver
31. “There are few things more frightening to a man than giving away his heart. And there are few things more comforting to a man than to know the woman he gave his heart to, will protect it with her life.”—Fawn Weaver
32. “Love is always bestowed as a gift -freely, willingly, and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved, we love to love.”—Leo Buscagalia
33. “Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.”—Peter Ustinov
34. “Where there is love, there is life.”—Mahatma Gandhi
35. “Keep the fire lit in your marriage and your life will be filled with warmth.”—Fawn Weaver
36. “You don’t marry one person; you marry three: the person you think they are, the person they are, and the person they are going to become as a result of being married to you.”—Richard Needham
37. “When you compromise your beliefs for the sake of gain, that is a lack of integrity. When you compromise your beliefs for the sake of greater understanding with your spouse, that’s called wisdom.”—Fawn Weaver
38. “To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you’re wrong, admit it; whenever you’re right, shut up.”—Ogden Nash
39. “Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes
40. “Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.”—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
41. “They say it takes a village to raise a child. That may be the case, but the truth is that it takes a lot of solid, stable marriages to create a village.”—Diane Sollee
42. When my husband holds me in his arms it makes me feel -even if just for those moments- that all else is well in the world.”—Fawn Weaver
43. “Love doesn’t sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; re-made everyday, made new.”—Ursula LeGuin
44. “Marriage is our society’s most pro-child institution. If you want kids to do well, then you want marriage to do well.”—David Blankenhorn
45. “Friendship in marriage is the spark that lights an everlasting flame.”—Fawn Weaver
46. “Marriage provides the solace of worked-on friendship and the joy of being known profoundly.”—Imogene Stubbs
47. “Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside.”—Frank Pittman
48. “Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage.”—Finnish Proverb
49. “A happy marriage doesn’t mean you have a perfect spouse or a perfect marriage. It simply means you’ve chosen to look beyond the imperfections in both.” —Fawn Weaver
50. “In marriage, when we honor and celebrate each other, we’re freed up to be the best people we can be.” —Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott
“Marriage doesn’t make you happy–you make your marriage happy.”—Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott
“A good marriage is each for the other and two against the world.”—Robert Brault
“Marriage is the virtuous exploration of love in its purest form and pleasure in its highest state.”—Fawn Weaver
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