Marriage Sayings and Quotes

Life’s always a bit easier with someone else to share the journey’s ups and downs. Marriage is a partnership, and although it may feel like work at times, it comes with great rewards. Celebrate finding your soulmate with the collection of wise and insightful marriage quotes below.

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing? she goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays. Henry Youngman
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open. George Bernard Shaw
One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again. Judith Viorst
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Mignon McLaughlin
A great marriage is not when the perfect couple comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences. Dave Meurer
Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story. Jennifer Smith
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time. Anne Taylor Fleming
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years. Simone Signoret
Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different and each one is beautiful. Maggie Reyes
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
Marriage is like watching the color of leaves in the fall; ever changing and more stunningly beautiful with each passing day. Fawn Weaver
In marriage, each partner is to be an encourager rather than a critic, a forgiver rather than a collector of hurts, an enabler rather than a reformer. Norman Wright and Gary Oliver
Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day. Barbara De Angelis
The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together. Robert Dodd
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
A happy marriage is a selfless journey in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. George & Yvonne Levy
To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong admit it; Whenever you're right shut up. Ogden Nash
Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up. Evelyn Hendrickson
After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together. Hermant Joshi
The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. Henny Youngman
Marriage is our last, best chance to grow up. Joseph Barth
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side. Zig Ziglar
The great secret of successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters. Harold George Nicolson
A good marriage is the union of two good forgivers. Ruth Bell Graham
Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends. Harville Hendrix
Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside. Frank Pittman
A good marriage is a contest of generosity. Diane Sawyer
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
A long-lasting marriage is built by two people who believe in -and live by- the solemn promise they made. Darlene Schacht
A great marriage isn't something that just happens; it's something that must be created. Fawn Weaver