Marriage Quotes

Famous Quotes About Marriage

"There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage." Martin Luther

"I . . . chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well." Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield , ch. 1.

"Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred." William O. Douglas

"Marriage is like life in this—that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses."

Robert Louis Stevenson

"It took great courage to ask a beautiful young woman to marry me. Believe me, it is easier to play the whole Petrushka on the piano."

Artur Rubinstein

"To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up." Ogden Nash

"My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me." Winston Churchill

"A lady of 47 who has been married 27 years and has 6 children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: 'Love is what you've been through with somebody." James Thurber

"With this ring I thee wed." Solemnization of Matrimony