Jim Parrack Quotes

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

Nobody, man or woman, has ever wrecked a good marriage.

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

Being in a successful marriage is no different than being cast in a successful movie. It's all about who you pick; in that first moment, did you pick the right person? I think you need to pick somebody who's more interested in being married than in getting married.

It’s really hard to maintain a one-on-one relationship if the other person is not going to allow me to be with other people.

I don't think it's possible to ruin a relationship because of anything you do. I think it's about whether or not you're supposed to be together.

You can date whoever you want, but you should marry the nerds and the good guys.

There's no formula that can make a marriage work. Sometimes two people just click.

There is no definitive guidebook on how to pick the right partner, and even if there were, I'm way too dumb to write it.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

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

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

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

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

A woman should say: 'Have I made him happy? Is he satisfied? Does he love me more than he loved me before? Is he likely to go to bed with another woman?' If he does, then it's the wife's fault because she is not trying to make him happy.

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

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.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

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

I have no useful theories about love and marriage.

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.

There's only so far you can take a relationship before you got to get into things that are too serious or over the top.

Marriage is hard work, period.

The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.

So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.