Don Fraser Quotes

What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each other and tell each other that you love each other. Don't go to bed mad. Life is too short. Keep it simple.

In a marriage, we have to accommodate each other's views.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.

Compassion, not passion, keeps a marriage together.

Compatibility is an achievement of love; it shouldn't be its precondition.

Learn to accept your spouse's point of view, and allow them their emotions because you'd expect the same thing in return.

Marriage requires the giving and keeping of confidences, the sharing of thoughts and feelings, respect and understanding always, marriage requires humility - the humility to repent, the humility to forgive. Marriage requires flexibility (to give and take) and firmness: not to compromise principles. And a wise and moderate sense of humor. Both need to be pulling together in the same direction.

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

Here's what I've learned about deal-breakers. If you have enough natural chemistry with someone, you overlook every single thing that you said would break the deal.

Determine that there will never be anything that will come between you that will disrupt your marriage. Make it work. Resolve to make it work.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

Relationships survive on trust, and if that is broken at any point, it's pretty much the end of the relationship. Besides, inability to communicate leads to problems.

I have heard, 'Never go to bed angry,' and that makes sense. Unless you're always checking yourself, a grudge or something small can break apart a relationship, and you start to forget what is so amazing about your partner.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.

If a relationship is going wrong, if a marriage is going wrong, the answer cannot simply be to say, 'You can't afford to break up because you are going to lose the house.' The answer has to be only one thing, which is 'I love you.'

All 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.

I do believe in soulmates and happy/successful marriages. No marriage can be happy 24x7 for 365 days. Both partners have to make the relationship work, is what I believe in.

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

It sounds so trite but in relationships, you have to communicate.

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.

Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.