Nicholas Sparks Quotes

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.

You bring children into the world. You love them with heart and soul.

I think my wife understood from the day I met her how important she was to me and how important it was for me becoming a husband and a father.

My parents have been married for 42 years. Their marriage has been - from what I can see - a happy one.

I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.

If the woman in my life, the one that I felt I loved enough to want to marry, loved my children, I'd know then that her love for me was deeper than I could hope for.

Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.

My children are my whole life.

If I was madly in love with someone who offered the opportunity to spend our lives together, I would love to have a child or adopt a child.

Love is an obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.

There's nothing more important in my life than my son.

Being parents suits us. Having kids has been the best thing for both of us.

I always knew I wanted to have children. When I met my husband, Rande, I thought, 'This is the guy.' When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.

I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television.

I love Matthew Broderick. Call me crazy, but I love him. We can only be in the marriage we are. We're very devoted to our family and our lives. I love our life. I love that he's the father of my children, and it's because of him that there's this whole other world that I love.

I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.

The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife.

There's something honorable about holding out for love and not breaking up for the sake of the baby. I see people get divorced, and there is a part of me that thinks, I wonder how hard they tried?

I'm a one-woman guy. I think that if you can find someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, you should marry them instantly, and try to stay married.

I've longed for kids since I was very, very young. And so... I'm waiting to find the right person, someone who's willing to take on the job.

Marriage is a walk in the park compared to being a single mother or father. I'll take that walk later.

First of all, as a man the most important thing you have in your life now is your child that you're carrying. That's it. Everything else comes second; personally, for me, other than your relationship with God and your wife.

Marriage is about love, but it is not first and foremost about love. First and foremost, marriage is about continuity and transmission.