Marriage Quotes to Take to Heart

He who marries might be sorry. He who does not will be sorry.
--Czechoslovakian proverb

Marriage is not a destination--it is a journey. --Dr Paul B. Popenoe

It is a wise man who said that it is important not only to pick the right
mate but to be the right mate. --Donal{ Culross Peattie

Making marriage work is like running a farm. You have to start all over
again each morning. --The Way of St. Francis

You can bear your own faults and why not a fault in your wife? --Benjamin Franklin

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage. --Martin Luther

Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins. --Langdon Mitchell

When marrying, one should ask oneself this question: Do you believe
that you will be able to converse well with this woman into your old age? --Nietzche

Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely.
--William Penn

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend. a companion, a second self.
--William Penn

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband. -Booth Tarkington

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths.
No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. --Mark Twain

A successful marriage comes from knowing what you can live with and what you can live without. -Joyce Burch