Mariella Frostrup Quotes

If you want to keep a relationship, you must nurture them with love.

It's a lot of work to make a marriage work. Just because you have been married for a while doesn't mean you can sit back and relax. You still have to be on your toes. A marriage needs constant attention.

Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that's nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it's ignored, it withers.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

You have to put work into relationships to keep them fun.

Even though marriage is doomed, if you turned it into a job you like and really work at it - it can be salvaged.

It's important to take time for your spouse and nurture the relationship.

Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.

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.

Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

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

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

I think when a couple stays together, it's because of compromises they've both made.

I definitely believe that if you stop working at relationships, they go away.

Every relationship is work.

If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.

The beauty of a relationship is when you get used to a person; it is not sudden. It is just a process, and you don't realise when love happens.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

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.

My parents love each other. They work through their problems.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

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

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