Marriage Life Quotes

“In all things in this life, we are told "It's okay if you don't make it the first time!", "It's fine if you don't get it right the first time, just try again and again!" We are told this in learning how to ride a bike, in learning how to bake a cake, in solving our math equations...in everything. Except marriage. Why are we all expected to get such an enormous and weighty thing right, the very first time, and if we don't we're considered as failures? I beg to differ! This is a stupidity!”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Fue en la cocina donde empecé a comprender el significado de la palabra "esposa”. Ahí estábamos, una pareja de 24 años: un día éramos una estudiante de doctorado y un artista, y al día siguiente éramos marido y mujer. Antes siempre habíamos puesto juntos sobre la mesa las rudimentarias comidas que tomábamos. Ahora, de pronto, Stefan estaba cada noche en su taller, dibujando o leyendo y yo estaba en la cocina, esforzándome por preparar y servir una comida que ambos pensábamos que debía ser adecuada. Recuerdo pasar me cobra y media preparando algún espantoso plato de cuchara sacado de una revista femenina para terminar engulléndolo los dos en 10 minutos, pasarme después una hora limpiando los cacharros y quedarme mirando el fregadero, pensando: "¿Será esto así durante los siguientes cuarenta años?”.”
― Vivian Gornick, Fierce Attachments

“And you've gone on all these years hating each other. Gil felt that hate. He could tell just being here. That's one of the things that drove him away from here, from me...'

Mom was still so long I looked up at her...She shook her head.

...'No, Yelena, I never hate Ben an' Ben don't hate me. Gospode Boge! I love him here so all these years!' Mom touched her breast and her face broke into life. Her eyes were softer. 'Me hate Ben!' she laughed...

I couldn't look at her, but I had to say what was in my mind. 'But all these years, even when I was a child, I've felt that you hated each other. When I heard you that night you both sounded cold and hard.'

Mom made a sound of disgust in her throat. 'That don't mean nothing. We get mad, sure! Like ice an' snow an' thunder an' lightning storm, but they don't hurt the wheat down in the ground any.' Mom picked up her whitewash brush and slapped it against the rough boards. 'Yolochka, you don't know how love is yet.'

...She finished her wall and poured the whitewash that was left back in the bigger pail. 'You can write that young Gil of yours that he don't know what he think he does. Sure, we fight sometime, but we got no hate here.”
― Mildred Walker, Winter Wheat

“A loving partner will never coerce you into giving up your freedom.”
― Anoir Ou-Chad

“..aku sangat diberkati karena bisa menikmati segala cara sederhana yang dia tunjukkan untuk mencintaiku.”
― Kate Kerrigan, Recipes for a Perfect Marriage

“And I still wouldn't like it. Oh, I'd love the clothes and the wedding. I am not so sure I should like the facts of life, but I have got over the bitter disappointment I felt when I first heard about them [...]”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“Holiness doesn’t demand denial of happiness, only selfishness. Where unhappiness exists in a relationship, I would submit that such isn’t the price of holiness but a sign of sin. It is an indication that one or both partners is holding to the wrong value system, that of self-love.

When husbands and wives love each other with agape, they meet the deepest needs God designed to be met in the very manner He intended. The result is a joy that is complete and a relationship where happiness is the fruit of holiness and meaning is the consequence of a loving relationship.”
― —James Castleton, MD, Mending of a Broken Heart

“যে মানুষ সারাক্ষণ স্বপ্ন দেখে এবং নিজের কাজের মধ্যে ডূবে থাকে তাকে শ্রদ্ধা করা যায় কিন্তু তার সঙ্গে ঘরসংসার করা চলে না।”
― Sankar, মুক্তির স্বাদ

“মেয়েদের জন্য বাঙালি সংসারের দরজাগুলো একমুখো। একবার বেরিয়ে এলে সেই পথ ধরে আর ফেরা যায় না।”
― Sankar, মুক্তির স্বাদ

“Acknowledging that everything comes from God and belongs to God is the beginning of wisdom-it alleviates the pressure of ownership and positions us as stewards over God's property.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, Two Are Better Than One: Build Purpose and Unity in Your Marriage

“Maintaining a heart of stewardship evens the playing field, allowing couples to simply ask: God, what do You want to do with your provisions?”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman

“Our value system impacts our actions and influences every decision we make. Simply put, who we are determines how we do everything.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, Two Are Better Than One: Build Purpose and Unity in Your Marriage

“God measures success through obedience.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, Two Are Better Than One: Build Purpose and Unity in Your Marriage

“Don't allow what you don't know to trap you from establishing what you do know.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, Two Are Better Than One: Build Purpose and Unity in Your Marriage

“If you want a marriage that thrives, you must live with resolve and an ongoing intentionality to live purposed focused.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, Two Are Better Than One: Build Purpose and Unity in Your Marriage

“Concentrate your attention on God's intention.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, WELCOME TO YOUR MARRIED FOR A PURPOSE REBOOT FACILITATOR’S GUIDE: A handbook to assist Married for a Purpose Certified Coaches in leading personal one-on-one Reboot Retreats for Married Couples.

“We will build on common ground & honor one another's differences.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman

“Live, laugh, and love without reservation.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman

“We will be intentional, be present and seek to understand,”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, WELCOME TO YOUR MARRIED FOR A PURPOSE REBOOT FACILITATOR’S GUIDE: A handbook to assist Married for a Purpose Certified Coaches in leading personal one-on-one Reboot Retreats for Married Couples.

“Instead of thinking about what you don't want, think about what you want.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, WELCOME TO YOUR MARRIED FOR A PURPOSE REBOOT FACILITATOR’S GUIDE: A handbook to assist Married for a Purpose Certified Coaches in leading personal one-on-one Reboot Retreats for Married Couples.

“Don't let you How To get in the way of your Want to.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, WELCOME TO YOUR MARRIED FOR A PURPOSE REBOOT FACILITATOR’S GUIDE: A handbook to assist Married for a Purpose Certified Coaches in leading personal one-on-one Reboot Retreats for Married Couples.

“The power of life and death are in the tongue. Speak life!”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, WELCOME TO YOUR MARRIED FOR A PURPOSE REBOOT FACILITATOR’S GUIDE: A handbook to assist Married for a Purpose Certified Coaches in leading personal one-on-one Reboot Retreats for Married Couples.

“We will get it right within the four walls of our home.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman

“The truth is, our marriages offer us the clearest revelation of our relationship with Christ.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman

“Our ability to forgive derives only from an ongoing, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, Thrive in Marriage: Unlocking 10 Secrets to a Thriving Marriage

“Nothing ever improves until we focus on the areas we need to improve within ourselves.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, Thrive in Marriage: Unlocking 10 Secrets to a Thriving Marriage

“Really great marriages take a lot of hard work and intentionality.”
― Greg Gorman & Julie Gorman, Thrive in Marriage: Unlocking 10 Secrets to a Thriving Marriage

“Understand the origin of one another's expectations, and work to cultivate realistic expectations together.”
― Greg Gorman and Julie Gorman, Thrive in Marriage: Unlocking 10 Secrets to a Thriving Marriage

“True servanthood originates from an intimate relationship with God. His love will empower you to serve from the heart in an ongoing, sustainable manner.”
― Greg Gorman and Julie Gorman, Thrive in Marriage: Unlocking 10 Secrets to a Thriving Marriage

“Remember, marriage isn't about selfishly focusing on your own personal needs; it's about serving and having the maturity to meet the needs of your spouse.”
― Greg Gorman and Julie Gorman, Thrive in Marriage: Unlocking 10 Secrets to a Thriving Marriage