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.
Relationships, PerfectionFawn WeaverLucy, every marriage is a dance; complicated at times, lovely at times, most the time very uneventful. But with Mickey, there will be times when your dance will be on broken glass. There will be pain. And you will either flee that pain or hold tighter and dance through it to the next smooth place.
RelationshipsKa Hancock in Dancing on Broken GlassIdeally, couples need three lives; one for him, one for her, and one for them together.
Love, RelationshipsJacqueline BissetA successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
LoveMignon McLaughlinMarriage is like a coffin and each kid is another nail.
Homer Simpson in The Simpsons, Season 14 Episode 2Insurance is like marriage. You pay and pay, and never get anything back!
InsurancesAl Bundy in Married... with ChildrenLove is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.
Boris PasternakAll married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.
ArgumentAnn LandersBehind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.
Weddings, Funny Quotes, Mothers in lawHubert H. HumphreyIt is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Friedrich NietzscheThe "no more surprises"-thing is the best part of being married.
SurprisesLily Aldrin in How I Met Your Mother, Season 9 Episode 12In a good marriage each is the other's better half.
Alfred HitchcockTo the three rings of marriage: the engagement ring, the wedding ring and the suffering.
ToastsUnknownAccording to the experts, marriage is like art. It requires great patience.
The Marked Heart, Season 1 Episode 1I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.
Bette DavisI have loved her even when I hated her... only married couples'll understand that one.
Crazy, Stupid, Love., by Cal"Actually, you've fallen out of love with your husband. And yet, you are going to stay in the same house under the same roof for the sake of the child."
"But that's called marriage!"
My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.
Rodney DangerfieldPsychologists believe that emotional connection is the key to long-termin marital success, not physical attraction.
Nick Lachey in Love Is Blind, Season 1 Episode 1He hasn't found happiness. He's found marriage, the very opposite of happiness.
The CrownMarriage. It's the ultimate happiness for a girl.
Yui in Angel Beats!War is war, but killing a man at a wedding... horrid. As if men need more reasons to fear marriage.
Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, Season 4 Episode 2The truth is that: We are unhappy married and unmarried we're unhappy. In marriage you must first endure, pity and then embrace.
Unknown (Mwanandeke Kindembo)Life is short, but marriage is long, so drink up, and it will make it go a hell of a lot faster.
Rumor Has It...The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
Children & ChildhoodPeter De VriesMarriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.
Burt ReynoldsI love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
RelationshipsRita RudnerTo keep your marriage brimming, whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.
Ogden NashI think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.
RelationshipsCarson DalyWhen I'm weak, you can be strong; when I'm strong, you can be weak. That's what I believe marriage is.
WeddingsGisele BündchenI think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.
Laughing & SmileBob NewhartIn terms of my marriage, you know, falling in love with my husband was by far the best thing that's ever happened to me.
Falling in loveCaroline KennedyThey say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.
Clint EastwoodMarriage is an adventure, like going to war.
Gilbert Keith ChestertonMarriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
Billy ConnollyMarriage is like a game of chess. Except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome.
Jerry SeinfeldAlways remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezAn archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.
AgeAgatha Christie