Marlene Dietrich Quotes

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

By itself, love is never enough to sustain a relationship.

Do what you did in the beginning of a relationship and there won't be an end.

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

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.

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.

Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone.

If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, that's what you expect to gain.

Which is, I'm an optimist that two people can be together to work out their conflicts. And that commitment, I think, might be what love is, because they both grow from their relationship.

Marriage is hard work, period.

Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.

Timing is everything with relationships.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

Love is the flower you've got to let grow.

I've definitely been in relationships where I've given too much, and I've been in relationships where I haven't given enough. I think it's a work in progress. I have to find that person where it clicks.

The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that's it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test.

I want to marry Arline because I love her - which means I want to take care of her. That is all there is to it. I want to take care of her. I am anxious for the responsibilities and uncertainties of taking care of the girl I love.

Expect nothing at all and accept as a joyful surprise whatever good you find in matrimony.

Love is all you need.

I don't like being disappointed by somebody I trust. Fortunately, it rarely happens.

A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.

In the end, if you can't trust each other, what's the point of being married?

Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It's about timing, fate, failure, redemption.

Real love is more than a physical feeling. If there's even the slightest doubt in your head about a guy, then forget about it. It's not real.