Herbert Samuel Quotes

Some of the best advice I got from a close friend is marriage is always looked at from the world as 50/50 as to working together to make that 100 percent.

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.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage.

Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.

Compassion, not passion, keeps a marriage together.

Marriage is not easy. You have to decide to work. That's what it really comes down to: two people deciding to stay together or not.

I tried marriage. Do I advocate it? Yes. Marriage is a wonderful institution, provided you meet the right person and you be the right person.

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.

Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.

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!

Ultimately, I believe the only secret to a happy marriage is choosing the right person. Life is a series of choices, right?

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

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

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

I don't care how handsome or fabulous or funny the groom is, or how sweet and accommodating the bride, or vice versa. Marriage is hard.

Marriage is hard work, period.

Marriage: love, honor, and negotiate.

The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.

Romance is alive and well in America, but the 50 percent who can't make it work fail because of selfishness. It gets down to that. You can't oversimplify it because every situation is so complex.

I am not married yet, but I think ultimately in a good marriage it is the relationship which is the most important thing. It is not a matter of who is right and who is wrong; it is a one plus one equals more than two.