Alice Lowe Quotes

Everyone's marriage is different. But everyone's marriage is a compromise.

Marriage is not all rainbows and butterflies; you have to give in to your partner's whims every now and then, and that's a two-way street.

It works much like a marriage, an old marriage. You've got to work on it.

If somebody has never been married, they don't know compromise.

I don't know what kept us together. Initially, both of us were hotheaded, so we would end up fighting a lot. But there was a lot of love and respect, too, I guess. I believe that's the key to a successful marriage.

I had a different perception of what a relationship or love is like. I was all giddy-headed and fairytale about it in my head, but it's so different. There's a lot of restraint that you've got to have, compromising in certain situations - and you've got to have a lot of respect.

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

Everybody says love is about finding the person who is right for me and then everything will be fine. But it's not like that. It involves work. An old man tells you this!

Marriage takes work - it doesn't just happen.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when we agree, we do what I want!

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

We run into some pretty tough arguments sometimes, but the idea is that at the end of the day, my wife and I realize that we'll always be holding each other's hand.

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.

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.

As a rule, all relationships go through their ups and downs. It's really about how much you want it.

You don't stay married for 35 years by accident. I think that that's willful and intentional and something that both people really want.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

I think every relationship is going to go through a few rough patches. Those are what make it stronger, I think.

I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'

It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to make it a failure.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

I know I'm guilty of and I think a lot of people are guilty of sort of getting starry-eyed with love and sort of looking over the bad things and keep going and you don't really prepare for how much work marriage really is.

It's very difficult to judge relationships from the outside. You never know what happens in intimate moments with two people to know why they really support and love each other.

A successful marriage is a decision. You decide it's going to work. You can't always be there, but you have to be there enough. And you have to make sure you are where you're needed most.