Marriage Conflicts Quotes & Sayings

Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult. And yet, examining the first couple's relationship - their negotiations of public and private life, of conflicts and compromises - offers hints about Barack Obama the president, not just Barack Obama the husband. — Jodi Kantor

Many conflicts in a marriage result from living to please self instead of living to please the Lord. These conflicts can be resolved and are actually opportunities for spiritual growth when dealt with in a biblical manner. — John C. Broger

Soul mates. They really call themselves that, which makes sense, because I guess they are ... They have no harsh edges with each other, no spiny conflicts, they ride though life like conjoined jellyfish - expanding and contracting instinctively, filling each other's spaces liquidly. Making it look easy. — Gillian Flynn

Conflicts create the fire of affects and emotions; and like every fire it has two aspects: that of burning and that of giving light. — Carl Jung

Conflicts are not a sign you've married the wrong person. They simply affirm you are human. — Gary Chapman

Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts. — Michael Arrington

Woundedness is compounded self-doubt and guilt, resentment and disillusionment. We come to one another in marriage with these things in our backgrounds. And when the inevitable conflicts occur, our memories can sabotage us. They can prevent us from doing the normal, day-to-day work of repentance and forgiveness and extending the grace that is so crucial to making progress in our marriages. The reason is that woundedness makes us self-absorbed. — Timothy Keller

In too many marriage conflicts, we work too hard at winning the argument and too little at winning the heart. — Matt Chandler

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. — Andre Maurois