Mark Manson Quotes

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

I think relationships are work, but love is a gift.

A good marriage is different to a happy marriage.

It is a beautiful thing to work on your relationship.

I think it's important to remember that you go into something like marriage knowing that you don't know very much about it at all. But I do look at the marriage of my mother and stepdad, and what makes it work for them is that it's a team effort.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

I have been in love, and it was a great feeling. It's when you are attracted to and feel affection for someone. You want to do things for that person. But only love isn't enough in a relationship - understanding and communication are very important aspects.

Every relationship is work.

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.

A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust.

It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.

We don’t want to abolish marriage, but we want marriage to be founded on what it was made for, mutual love and respect, and when there is none left or when it vanishes, so shall the marriage vanish. In short, love and respect shall be the only bonds that keep man and wife together, and when they are broken so shall the marriage end.

Rod and I are naturally in love, and that is what binds us together. But to keep the spark alive in your relationship, you really have to work at it.

I think most marriages, mine included, you're constantly tending the garden, constantly working at it.

Love takes a lot of work.

Once you decide to marry, you have to work at it to keep it rocking.

Love is a lot of magic and madness followed by marriage. These are the three M's for me. I think these three keep life intact. I am a very filmi person and would like the magic and the madness to remain in my marriage forever.

Relationships need time and commitment.

Friendship brings in a lot of honesty and trust into any relationship, especially a marriage.

Like any relationship, a marriage does take work.

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

I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

Marriage is hard work, period.

One of the things you learn when you get married is how you need to always work on continuing to make it better.