Victor Hugo Quotes

There are two kinds of marriages - where the husband quotes the wife and where the wife quotes the husband.

I'll talk. You'll listen.

Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.

In other relationships, it may be permissible to overpower people, but not between people who are living together. That relationship is supposed to be between equals.

I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.

In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising?

The two most important words in marriage for me are 'yes, dear.'

A relationship takes two people to make or break it.

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

Being married, I would say most relationships are pretty codependent in some ways.

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

Two great talkers will not travel far together.

There is no such thing as low maintenance or high maintenance, just a bunch of women hoping for a capable mechanic.

In marriage, someone has to be a giver and someone a taker. I am a taker who married a giver.

I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share.

Marriage gives you a new respect for a person.

In my experience with women that I've dated and my wife now, is you have to know what they care about. And even if you aren't a huge fan of it, you still have to have interest in it and it has to be genuine because women do it for men all the time.

A relationship is like another job, you know, you have to work at it all the time.