Successful Marriage Quotes

• It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to make it a failure.

  Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

  Marriage, Successful, Two

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• A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Love, Change, Anniversary

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Relationship, Anniversary

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.32, BookBaby

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• Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.

  Harland Miller

  Marriage, Successful, Differences

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• I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.

  Carson Daly

  Anniversary, Strong, Successful

  "Carson Daly: "I'm Living Proof That the Good Guys Win"". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. April 19, 2012.

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• Remember that the successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person and (2) being the right person.

  Carrie Snow

  Successful, Two, Marriage Equality

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• Successful marriage is leading innovative lives together, being open, non-programmed. It’s a free fall: how you handle each new thing as it comes along.   As a drop of oil on the sea, you must float, using intellect and compassion to ride the waves.

  Joseph Campbell

  Fall, Successful, Compassion

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• The man who says his wife can't take a joke, forgets that she took him.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Marriage

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• The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.

  Harold Nicolson

  Relationship, Marriage, Successful

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• Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?

  Barbra Streisand

  Inspirational, Funny, Success

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• A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Anniversary, Marriage, Wedding

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book I, Ch. 20, 1595.

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  If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Marriage, Funny Love, Wedding

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Marriage, Sarcastic

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued.

  Helen Rowland

  Funny, Marriage, Sacrifice

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• How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Marriage, Valentines Day

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• Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Jun 28, 2013

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• Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.

  Henny Youngman

  Funny, Relationship, Anniversary

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• No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.

  Cesare Pavese

  Love, Marriage, Money

  Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.195, Transaction Publishers

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• I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.

  Bob Newhart

  Laughter, Successful, Thinking

  "Bob Newhart Set For Las Vegas Show". The Smith Center interview, states.aarp.org. November 3, 2016.

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• May you always be each other's best friend,
  May your mutual love continue to be so
  May your successful marriage continue to thrive
  May love flourish, prosper, bloom and grow

  John Walter Bratton

  Anniversary, Successful, Mutual Love

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• In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.

  Woody Allen

  Marriage, Funny Love, Best Love

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• When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Life, Marriage, Wedding

  Getting Married preface (1911)

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• I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive.

  Johnny Carson

  Women, Successful, Years

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• You can't handle the truth!

  Jack Nicholson

  Movie, Memorable, Great Year

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• Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

  Stephen Leacock

  Love, Marriage, Girl

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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