Quotes about marriage
Welcome to our Marriage collection, a celebration of the timeless union that intertwines hearts, souls, and the promise of a lifelong journey together. In this curated compilation of quotes, we explore the sacred bond of marriage, honoring its depth, the joys it brings, and the commitment that sustains it through life's seasons.
Marriage is more than a legal contract; it's a partnership that weaves two unique stories into one tapestry of shared experiences. Our Marriage quotes honor the love that blossoms through time, the challenges that refine relationships, and the way marriage serves as a source of strength, growth, and support.
Whether you're a newlywed embarking on the adventure of a lifetime, a partner navigating the complexities of long-lasting love, or simply captivated by the nuances of human connection, these quotes offer insights into the depth and intricacy of married life.
Embark on a journey that celebrates the commitment to companionship, the resilience nurtured by understanding, and the beauty of building a life together. Discover the stories of shared dreams, the wisdom drawn from shared struggles, and the journey of mutual growth that marks the path of married individuals and couples.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistI nursed a worthless, pint drinker for twelve years and when my lazy, life-sucking, daddy finally died, I swore to God with tears in my eyes I'd never marry one. And then I did.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorWhen a marriage ends, who is left to understand it?
Sofia Vergara
— ActressPeople shouldn't stay married because of the kids. That's torture for everyone.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsCommuter - one who spends his life In riding to and from his wife; A man who shaves and takes a train And then rides back to shave again.
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesLuck is one of the most important things in the world and really has a role to play in everything, and in marriage, I've been lucky enough to be married to the same girl for all these years.
Len Wiseman
— Talented Filmmaker of "Underworld"There are plenty of directors who work with the same actors over and over, many more times than I have. Like I have worked with Bill Nighy more times than I have worked with Kate, but I'm not married to Bill Nighy.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostI think I was only attracted to drunken douches before I got married.
Neil Patrick Harris
— American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host'Smurfs' just seemed like a great way to represent a young father to be, guy in a marriage, work in conflict, and I was really interested in the technical CG side of things. I'd never done a movie that I thought would be so physical and yet so precise. So I was intrigued by all of that.
Will Ferrell
— American actor, comedian, producer, and writerBefore you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are.
Ranbir Kapoor
— Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language filmsI haven't decided when I'll get married.
Bipasha Basu
— Indian actress and modelWhenever I get married, it will be a Bengali wedding. If I won't have a Bengali wedding, my mother won't come. She has warned me. So, I am going to have a Bengali wedding for sure.
Niecy Nash
— American actress, comedian and television hostThere's a lot of women out there, some of whom are my age who've never been married and some who have been married and would like to be married again but think their ship has sailed, and I'm like, 'Oh no, honey, let Miss Niecy show you it is never too late for love!'
Renee Jones
— American dramatic actressBeing single isn't the cause of loneliness, and marriage is not necessarily the cure. There are many lonely married people as well.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
— Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalistIt was as if they had leapt over the arduous cavalry of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart of love. They were together in silence like an old married couple wary of life, beyond the pitfalls of passion, beyond the brutal mockery of hope and the phantoms of disillusion: beyond love. For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death.
Katharine Hepburn
— American actress of film, stage and televisionMarriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
John Gray
— English political philosopher and authorIf I seek to fulfill my own needs at the expense of my partner, we are sure to experience unhappiness, resentment, and conflict. The secret of forming a successful relationship is for both partners to win.
Louis Garrel
— French actor and filmmakerPeople always go to Paris for their honeymoon. It's like they think because the distances are closer, it's much warmer.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistPeople believe marriage will make us better.
Antisthenes
— Greek philosopher and a pupil of SocratesQuarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.
Ian Fleming
— British writer, journalist and naval intelligence officerMost marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.
Julie Andrews
— English actress, singer, and authorAs you become older, you become less judgmental and take offense less. But marriage is hard work; the illusion that you get married and live happily ever after is absolute rubbish.
Jay-Z
— American rapper, songwriter, record executive, entrepreneur, and media proprietor[Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing to do as a human being.
Kim Kardashian
— American media personality, socialite, model, and businesswomanEveryone has the right to be happy and be treated equally and I think not allowing gay marriage just kind of puts us back. I believe you're in love with who you're in love with, and you should be able to marry them. No one should tell someone else how to think or how to feel.
Manolo Blahnik
— Spanish fashion designer and founder of the eponymous high-end shoe brandMen tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see.
Linda Miles
— American retired professional wrestler and managerAll those "and they lived happily ever after" fairy tale endings need to be changed to "and they began the very hard work of making their marriages happy."
Jerry O'Connell
— American actor, director and television presenterI highly suggest marriage to all my friends who are dating.
Jennifer Lopez
— American singer, actress, and dancerI've been married twice and I've tried to make it work, but I feel I haven't had a real marriage yet.
Kirsten Dunst
— American actress and modelI can't imagine having a real personal thing, like divorce and marriage, all those things, being in the public eye. I try to not talk about anything personal, and then nobody has the fire to throw back at you, like 'You said this back then!'
Ed Miliband
— British politicianThis is a proud day and an important step forward in the fight for equality in Britain. The overwhelming majority of Labour MPs supported this change to make sure marriage reflects the value we place on long-term, loving relationships whoever you love.
Jon Hamm
— American actor and producerIt couldn't be a simpler answer. Marriage doesn't really mean anything to me. I feel like in many ways marriage is more for the families of the couple than for the people involved, so I don't gravitate to it.
James Brolin
— American actor, producer, and directorThe fact is, I am in my third marriage and I do not believe in divorce. But I was half the problem, I guarantee you. More than half the problem. I couldn't negotiate with the other women.
Hugh Jackman
— Australian actorYour marriage goes to a whole new level. You not only fall in love with your wife in a new way, but you're forced to pull together. You have to become a united front.
Blake Shelton
— American country music singer and television personalityWhen you’re married to Miranda Lambert, you've gotta give her her room because she’s a powerful force. I think it’s more about just listening and understanding who she is and what her insecurities may be and how to approach our marriage as an open minded listener and a shoulder to lean on.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
— Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, film producer, businessman, and former politicianI think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.
David Cross
— American stand-up comedian, actor, director and writerI really don't have a problem with gay marriage... because I'm tolerant and rational.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherAs long as Property exists, it will accumulate in Individuals and Families. As long as Marriage exists, Knowledge, Property and Influence will accumulate in Families.
Grace Kelly
— American actressBefore my marriage, I didn’t think about all the obligations that were awaiting me. My experience has proved useful and I think that I have a natural propensity to feel compassion for people and their problems.
Caitlin Flanagan
— American writer and social criticMarriage remains the most efficient engine of disenchantment yet invented.
Demi Lovato
— American singer, songwriter, and actorI'm an American for marriage equality. I believe that love comes in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. So whether you're LGBT or straight, your love is valid, beautiful, and an incredible gift.
Ann Landers
— ColumnistSensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.
Cathy Freeman
— Australian former sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres eventI'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly.
Gisele Bundchen
— Brazilian model, activist, and businesswomanWhen I'm weak, you can be strong; when I'm strong, you can be weak. That's what I believe marriage is.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
— English poet, playwright, novelist, and criticFor the crown of our life as it closes Is darkness, the fruit thereof dust; No thorns go as deep as a rose's, And love is more cruel than lust. Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives.
Alec Baldwin
— American actor, writer, comedian, film producer, and political activistMen are literally lying in bed with their wives when the marriage is essentially over, thinking, 'I've got to get the hell out of here', and have a fantasy woman in mind. Then you get divorced, meet a woman, marry her, and by the time all that goes by, you've aged a few years and are ready to go back to your ex-wife.
Aeschylus
— Greek PoetMarried love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
Carmen Dell'Orefice
— American supermodel and actressI didn't marry to have children. I married to have a relationship, and I was blessed with one child. I was an only child, too - my mother was smarter than most women today; she just had me.
Agatha Christie
— English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss MarpleAn archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorThe institution of marriage is just formalizing an emotion, an attempt to make it seem permanent. The emotion will last or it won't last; nothing can guarantee it.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostI love being married. I love my husband. I think married people always have that thing where they think that the grass is greener on the single side, but all my single friends are like, "Trust me, you don't want to have to actually interact with these people."
Niecy Nash
— American actress, comedian and television hostI used to be married to a pastor, and I had a church for two years. Pastors are just men, too, with a different job description than others. We're all called to bear one another's burdens. We're all called to pray for the sick. They do it on a larger scale, but they're just a man. A lot of women don't think that. Trust me. I know.
Katharine Hepburn
— American actress of film, stage and televisionI don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor.
Hugh Jackman
— Australian actorI 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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
— Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, film producer, businessman, and former politicianIt is unconstitutional to deny people, gay or lesbian couples, the right to marriage. Everyone has equal rights so this is the right way to go. I think it's a great celebration for America.
Alec Baldwin
— American actor, writer, comedian, film producer, and political activistI don't need to be married to Georgia O'Keeffe or Lillian Hellman, but I like being with a woman I can look up to.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostMarriage is a mystery and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
Niecy Nash
— American actress, comedian and television hostI didn't marry a man that wanted to be in the business. But that's why we're a perfect fit.
Katharine Hepburn
— American actress of film, stage and televisionI don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical. 'To love, honor, and obey.' If it weren't, you wouldn't have to sign a contract.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
— Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, film producer, businessman, and former politicianPolitics is not really different from marriage. You cannot get things done in your relationship if you tell your wife: Look, if you haven't made the bed and if you don't get the food on the table, I will go and just hire someone and you will become irrelevant. That is not how you make a marriage work.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostMarriage isn't a carnival ride.
Niecy Nash
— American actress, comedian and television hostI do not have a bride gene. I haven't been planning a wedding since I was 3. I never put a sheet on my head and pretended that it was a veil.
Niecy Nash
— American actress, comedian and television hostAlthough my marriage left me with three beautiful children, it also left me with a healthy dose of self-doubt, low self-esteem, and an extreme desire to be loved again. I was operating on empty, expecting to be paid in full.
Ann Landers
— ColumnistNo one knows what a marriage is like except the two people in it - and sometimes one of them doesn't know.
Ann Landers
— ColumnistAll married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.
Ann Landers
— ColumnistAll married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love.
Ann Landers
— ColumnistAn open marriage is nature's way of telling you that you need a divorce.