Helen Rowland Quotes

Sometimes a lot of us men think we are doing everything for the woman we love, but there is an aspect of a woman a man doesn't understand.

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

I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling.

I had to learn what made Kim happy. I learned you have to take care of the spark in your eyes.

The secret to a happy marriage is if you can be at peace with someone within four walls, if you are content because the one you love is near to you, either upstairs or downstairs, or in the same room, and you feel that warmth that you don't find very often, then that is what love is all about.

A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

When I get married, I think what matters is you should be happy with the person you are living with.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

A girl's got to be fun. It's the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married.

After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when we agree, we do what I want!

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

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

We run into some pretty tough arguments sometimes, but the idea is that at the end of the day, my wife and I realize that we'll always be holding each other's hand.

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.

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.

When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blossom.

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.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Men want to make women happy.

You've got to be in a bad relationship to really understand what a great one is.

Men go into marriage with virtually no expectations whatsoever. Ten years later, the men are delightfully surprised to find out that it's actually kind of nice, and the women have sort of had to take a nose dive from what they thought it was going to be.

A marriage doesn't have to be perfect, but you can be perfect for each other.

Love is a game that two can play and both win.

One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again.