Quotes & Sayings About Not Rushing Marriage

Marriage ... one of the most civilized institutions in the world ... But ... swimming is one of the most wonderful of sports, and yet there are always some people who cannot swim who insist on going into the water and getting drowned. Many people spoil marriage in a like manner. One should be sure she knows how to be married before rushing into it. — Edna St. Vincent Millay

The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis's quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing immortal simply to ask, What is the meaning of what we are? — Anne Rice

I wish I could say I was in it for the thrill of learning, but mostly I was in it for the thrill of getting into a worthwhile college. — John Green

However what Joana has inside her is something stronger than the love that people give and what she has inside her demands more than the love that people receive. — Clarice Lispector

Government money only pays for the "liberties" the government thinks you should have, and therefore it can determine how you exercise them. That turns liberties into privileges dispensed at the whim of the state. — Jonah Goldberg

We have this obsession with broken homes. Everyone wants to find a problem with it, but not me. I had great homes. Both my parents remarried and I got more people to learn from! — J. J. Field

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. — Henry Adams

Tomorrow, today will be yesterday, and tomorrow will be today. By the nature of time when tomorrow will shift to become today, we demystify the notion that we are powerless in the face of the future, as the future will become the present moment naturally. On the basis that tomorrow will also eventually become yesterday, we can fundamentally note that time converges through yesterday, today, and tomorrow to where the essence of our very existence converges in the present moment. — Forrest Curran

Our children shouldn't have to wait for adulthood to become wild readers. For many, it will be too late. — Donalyn Miller

Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes. — Thomas Ehrlich

I still have my bad days when I think I'm not getting everything I deserve. But those pass quickly once my Mother gets on the phone and says, 'listen, we used to eat rocks and walk 80 miles a day to school. — Bonnie Hunt

Instead of rushing foolishly into a marriage because of impatience or one day looking back at our season of singleness with regret, let's commit to using our singleness to its fullest potential. Singleness is a gift. Let's rejoice in it and enjoy its opportunities today. Let's practice trusting God by pursuing His kingdom and His righteousness with all our hearts and by leaving the planning to Him. — Joshua Harris

Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there. — J. Paul Getty

One of the gabelle's most irritating inventions was the sel du devoir, the salt duty. Every person in the Grande Gabelle over the age of eight was required to purchase seven kilograms (15.4 pounds) of salt each year at a fixed high government price. This was far more salt than could possibly be used, unless it was for making salt fish, sausages, hams, and other salt-cured goods. But using the sel du devoir to make salted products was illegal, and, if caught, the perpetrator would be charged with the crime of faux saunage, salt fraud, which carried severe penalties. Many simple acts were grounds for a charge of faux saunage. In the Camargue, shepherds who let their flocks drink the salty pond water could be charged with avoiding the gabelle. — Mark Kurlansky

Create you own singleness, your own loneliness, and know that you know this is exactly what you are doing. And feel damn right about it. — Margaret Aranda

I thought I could do that by telling stories of some of the cases that established those principles on a real life on the ground basis. — Floyd Abrams

Even the sweetest girl needs a hard center, or she's not gonna make it out there!! - Sakura — Masashi Kishimoto