1“Marriage: Love is the reason. Lifelong friendship is the gift. Kindness is the cause. Til’ death do us part is the length.”
-Fawn Weaver
2“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”
-Mignon McLaughlin
3“Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different and each one is beautiful.”
-Maggie Reyes
4“Being in a long marriage is a little bit like that nice cup of coffee every morning – I might have it every day, but I still enjoy it.”
-Stephen Gaines
5“Happily ever after is not a fairy tale. It’s a choice.”
-Fawn Weaver
6“The older I get, the less time I want to spend with the part of the human race that didn’t marry me.”
-Robert Brault
7“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.”
-Robert Quillen
8“The best time to love with your whole heart is always now, in this moment, because no breath beyond the current is promised.”
-Fawn Weaver
9“To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.”
-Robert Brault
10“The difference between an ordinary marriage and an extraordinary marriage is in giving just a little ‘extra’ every day, as often as possible, for as long as we both shall live.”
-Fawn Weaver
11“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”
-Sam Keen
12“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.”
-Franklin P. Jones
13“Where there is love, there is life.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
14“Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story.”
-Jennifer Smith
15“The greatest marriages are built on teamwork. A mutual respect, a healthy dose of admiration, and a never-ending portion of love and grace.”
-Fawn Weaver
16“People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.”
-Paul Newman
17“Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends.”
-Harville Hendrix
18“Once we figured out that we could not change each other, we became free to celebrate ourselves as we are.”
-H. Dean Rutherford(in a letter to his wife on their 59th wedding anniversary)
19“Love is the greatest gift when given. It is the highest honor when received.”
-Fawn Weaver
20“A long-lasting marriage is built by two people who believe in -and live by- the solemn promise they made.”
-Darlene Schacht
21“If you’re not happy with where you are and what you’ve got, you won’t be happy with where you go or what you get. Happiness is a choice for today.”
-Fawn Weaver
22“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
-Henry Ford
23“A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.”
-Dave Meurer
24“A great marriage isn’t something that just happens; it’s something that must be created.”
-Fawn Weaver
25“Marriage is a commitment- a decision to do, all through life, that which will express your love for one’s spouse.”
-Herman H. Kieval
26“Show me a man who is smiling from ear-to-ear and living a beautiful life, and I’ll show you a man who is grateful for what he has and utterly in love with his wife.”
-Fawn Weaver
27“A fool in love makes no sense to me. I only think you are a fool if you do not love.”
-Unknown
28“In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything and two minus one equals nothing.”
-Mignon McLaughlin
29“Love is a partnership of two unique people who bring out the very best in each other, and who know that even though they are wonderful as individuals, they are even better together.”
-Barbara Cage
30“The doors of happiness remain locked. When they are unlocked, they swing open quickly and widely but close right behind them. They must be reopened throughout each day and there is but one key that fits that lock: Gratitude.”
-Fawn Weaver
32“The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.”
-Unknown
33“Marriage is like watching the color of leaves in the fall; ever changing and more stunningly beautiful with each passing day.”
-Fawn Weaver