Marriage 101 Quotes & Sayings

Choosing a mate is not a matter of can they do the job, rather will they. A partner of "potential" doesn't make for a happy marriage. Their actions have to be in line with your needs. — Shannon L. Alder

Of course it must, and our scientific men must be criticized boldly. They will not feel comfortable when you and I are through with them. — Luther Burbank

You can't compare men or women with mental disorders to the normal expectations of men and women in without mental orders. Your dealing with symptoms and until you understand that you will always try to find sane explanations among insane behaviors. You will always have unreachable standards and disappointments. If you want to survive in a marriage to someone that has a disorder you have to judge their actions from a place of realistic expectations in regards to that person's upbringing and diagnosis. — Shannon L. Alder

If you have to convince someone to stay with you then they have already left. — Shannon L. Alder

The destination is not the journey. The destination is the person you choose to enjoy the journey with. — Shannon L. Alder

Good marketing offers us a view of the world. Bad marketing offers us a product to buy. — Simon Sinek

Achieving something that has never existed in manned spaceflight and that is high volume and public access. — Burt Rutan

My opinion of mankind is founded upon the mournful fact that, so far as I can see, they find within themselves the means of believing in a thousand times as much as there is to believe in. — Augustus De Morgan

When my old life died, it didn't go quietly. It detonated. — Christina Lauren

The lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of the reapers. — Martha Ostenso

If you have to be told how you should feel then those feelings are not strong enough to make you feel alive; they become rules that don't fit your life script. Not every person will place the same importance as you do on one of the six human needs: certainty, variety, significance, connection/love, growth or contributions. When you know what is most important for yourself and learn to recognize what need is the most important to others, then you can begin to unlock the real reason behind conflict. — Shannon L. Alder

Be the light in the darkness to inspire and to enlighten others. — Debasish Mridha

Marriage is the beginning of love for your spouse, not the result of it. — Shannon L. Alder

Beauty is irrelevant to human life, especially in a relationship. — Abhijit Naskar

If you have to make a daily choice to be in a relationship then you are married to the past, not the person. — Shannon L. Alder

Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbridges from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes. — Zelda Fitzgerald

God has a plan and guess what? The plan is to stop waiting for him to do everything for you. The person you want in your life is not a sign. Not a clue. Not a wish. Not a prayer. Not a tarot card or a matter of timing. It is work. It is devotion, and like any dream if you want it then God will open doors for you to obtain it. You just have to stop setting the bar so low that everything below is a sign from God and everything above is asking too much. — Shannon L. Alder

Life is about growing, but it's also about making peace with who you are. — Debby Ryan