Quotes about Partnership

You don't marry a position. You marry a person.

Wisdom says we should try to make a relationship work not because we have strong feelings but because it's a good match.

We realize it's not about what we get out of our marriage but about what we become in our marriage.

Yes, they think that. They regard the intention of loyalty to a partnership for mutual help, for the preservation of chastity, and for the transmission of life, as something lower than a storm of emotion.

Marriage creates a situation in which our desire to be served and coddled can be replaced with a nobler desire to serve others — even to sacrifice for others.

But ask God to help you. Partner with him to build up and encourage the person with whom you've chosen to spend the rest of your life. Ask. "How can I love my spouse today like he [or she] has never been or ever will be loved?" When we focus on what we can do, it's amazing how little time we have left to become consumed by our disappointments.

People who marry well aren't lucky in love. They're intentional in their path.

Getting married is agreeing to grow together, into each other, to virtually commingle our souls so that we share a unique and rare bond. When we stop doing that, we have committed fraud against our partner; we made a commitment we're not willing to live up to.

Marriage isn't about rights as much as it is about revelation.

It's not enough to survive, a lifelong love is all about thriving in a ministry-minded marriage that impacts others.

We're not married in a carefree garden of Eden; we're married in the midst of many responsibilities that compete for our energy.

A good marriage isn't something you find; it's something you make.