Marital Success Quotes

If you are considering marriage, ask yourself one question: Will I still enjoy talking with her when I'm old?

I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19.

I've been sober for two-and-a-half years, My children are happy. In August, my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour.

Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

I'm always asked how my husband is feeling about my success with a note of concern. He feels great. It's not hard to feel good about your spouse making money.

Success in marriage depends on being able, when you get over being in love, to really love....You never know anyone until you marry them.

I have heard from people that the first year of marriage is the toughest. Brie [Bella] and I have definitely had our share of life difficulties with me having neck surgery and that sort of thing, but things are going really well and it is getting better after year one and that is phenomenal.

I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

Fidelity is the single most important element in solidly enduring marriages.

Three of my children married Jewish people. One did not and that marriage didn't last more than half a dozen years or so. The others are still very close.

The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.

One of the leading causes of divorce is sexual incompatibility. Why not mandate premarital sex, overseen, of course, by the Marriage Board to ensure that it was carried out and completed as required? The final exam question could be: "Was it good for you two?" For good measure, the engaged couple should be required to work together on a home improvement project like installing a kitchen sink or finishing a basement. That's the ultimate test of a marital relationship.

Marriages that last are with people who do not live in Los Angeles.

Marriage...one of the most civilized institutions in the world...But...swimming is one of the most wonderful of sports, and yet there are always some people who cannot swim who insist on going into the water and getting drowned. Many people spoil marriage in a like manner. One should be sure she knows how to be married before rushing into it.

Communication is the root of marital success from which a strong union can grow, and noncommunicatio n is the rock on which the ship will bash out her keel.

Great men don't nessarily make good husbands.

I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.

There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.

America may soon experience the transition that has already occurred in Australia where living together before marriage has become a protective factor against divorce.

I think in any relationship in this industry, there's a stress on relationships. I think that's reality, but in no way do I think that if a relationship is meant to be together and a marriage is meant to be together, that anything like a show or being in this industry can change that.

If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal.

At the top of the list of what makes a successful marriage, is a sense of humor.

I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years.

I don't want to make any mistakes. My parents have been married for 40 years. I want to stay married.