George Groves Quotes

Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.

My mother wanted a conservative, secure life, and she has been married to my father since she was 18... A lot of hard work went into that marriage and a lot of not getting what you want.

Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.

I don't know, 53 years with the same human being? I can't be around myself for more than three or four hours before I want to kill everybody.

Marriage is a decades-long experiment, conducted mostly in private; a test of will in the face of unexpected obstacles.

I'm sure they can grin and bear it for a week. After all it's for world peace.

This industry is tough on relationships. I've always thought that my wife should have a credit up alongside mine because I couldn't do what I do without her support.

I am a good wife, so I think we need to live where my husband is working.

marriage is mostly puttin' up with things, I reckon, when it ain't makin' believe.

Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.

Marriage ain't easy, but it's great most of the time.

Love or not, I wouldn't subject a wife to the road. It's punishment.

It's one of the hardest things in the world to sustain a monogamous relationship for many years. People out there who have been with their partners for 30 years or more - I salute you. But it's just as hard to admit something isn't working and then try to manage a civilised separation as best as you can.

No violent extreme endures.

Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.

I tell every young woman who asks me, be very careful about your choice of spouse. If you don't have a supportive spouse, it will be difficult to take on so many things.

We want peace, but not at any price.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.

I believe in the institution of marriage. Of course being a Mormon, we believe in eternity rather than just till death do us part. If you really try hard, if you make it work, it's blissful. But I also know a marriage that isn't working can be painful.

I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land.

Living together is an art.

'Through sickness and through health' sounds so simple on your wedding day, but in reality, they become significant words that are a huge responsibility and show true character to navigate.