Spouse Quotes

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

A woman or man of value doesn’t love you because of what he or she wants you to be or do for them. He or she loves you because your combined souls understand one another, complements each other, and make sense above any other person in this world. You each share a part of their soul's mirror and see each other’s light reflected in it clearly. You can easily speak from the heart and feel safe doing so. Both of you have been traveling a parallel road your entire life. Without each other's presence, you feel like an old friend or family member was lost. It bothers you, not because you have given it too much meaning, but because God did. This is the type of person you don't have to fight for because you can't get rid of them and your heart doesn't want them to leave anyways.

~ Shannon L. Alder

That which you love most will then become both your strength and your weakness.

~ Criss Jami

Doing evil to another person doesn't prove your love and loyalty to another person, it proves your significant other wants you to walk away from the light because they are lonely living in the dark.

~ Shannon L. Alder

When you invite people to share in your miracle, you create future allies during rough weather.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Every person with ADHD already knows that destination addiction is part of their disorder. However, if it doesn’t have a positive outlet, it can destroy your life. It is not another person that will make your life better; it is the qualities in them that you admire. Incorporate those attributes into your own life and you won’t miss a thing.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Keep those that influence you for the better close and never give them a reason to keep you far away.

~ Shannon L. Alder

There is nothing better for your family than for you to be at your best, for you to be at your own peace, for you to be showing them in every way who you are, and what you stand for.

~ Steve Maraboli

Everybody has somebody. It could be a friend, a lover, a spouse, a writing partner, or even That One Person You See At The Coffee Shop each day. Sometimes they exist to comfort you. Sometimes they exist to drive you absolutely mad. Be open to either as a form of self-improvement.

~ Terry Pratchett

Some survivors can be wary of most people, yet blinded by compassion toward fellow survivors or others who suffer — or who pretend to suffer, or exaggerate their sufferings, in order to take advantage of the survivor. Some survivors overidentify with other survivors, not realizing that even if someone was traumatized or suffers in a similar way, it doesn’t necessarily mean that person is honest. Being either overly suspicious or overly trusting can create problems with a partner who is able to judge the sincerity of others more realistically.

~ Aphrodite Matsakis

Some people each left their spouse or lover because he or she was no longer the primary source of their happiness; some, because their spouse or lover was, at that time, the primary source of their unhappiness.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

. . . but it was their relation, and his coming to her like that, openly, so that anyone could see, that discomposed her; for then people said he depended on her, when they must know that of the two he was infinitely the more important, and what she gave the world, in comparison with what he gave, negligible.

~ Virginia Woolf

Not Eve:Under any condition, in any situation, a mature woman does not need to be checked by her man. She is not childish, but fully capable of [a] self check if she respects the wisdom given to her by The Most High; her name ain't Eve.

~ T.f. Hodge

You become a man when you marry not just for love but to be a partner with your wife. To be the best man you can be with her, and when you fall short, to admit your shortcomings and to constantly strive to be a great man to your wife.

~ Carew Papritz

Not every person wants the prettiest, smartest, talented or spiritually uplifting person to build a life with. Sometimes we just want that special someone that makes sense, puts up with us, has patience, comes without drama, gives us focus and is willing to run with our half-baked ideas.

~ Shannon L. Alder

War is hell and waiting is hell and war is waiting.

~ Lily Burana

I realized, it is not the time that heals, but what we do within that time that creates positive change.

~ Diane Dettmann

Many relationships are give & take but the most successful ones are give & give.

~ Mark Hewer

God helps everything come to pass. However, he reminds us that nothing comes to stay.

~ Shannon L. Alder

You will know if you are on the right path when God directs your choices, not your spouse or significant other.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Every kind of relationship needs encouragement from both parties. Be it marriage, dating, friendship, enmity etc.

~ Nike Thaddeus

A man of worth is a man that sees the worth in others more than himself.

~ Shannon L. Alder

The loneliest thing in the world is lying awake beside someone asleep. ~ The November Story

~ Rebecca Makkai

Use the darkness of your past to propel you to a brighter future.

~ Donata Joseph

A writer's partner should be a good reader...otherwise she/he will get bored what's happening around.

~ Vikash Shrivastava

When you listen to your spouse, you are communicating non verbally that they are important to you.

~ Jim George

I still believed he'd love me again somehow, love me that intense, thick way he did, the way that made everything good.

~ Gillian Flynn

Brothers and sisters, if your spouse doesn’t feel good about something, show respect for those feelings. When you take the easy way out by saying and doing nothing, you may be enabling destructive behavior.

~ Larry R. Lawrence

It's hard to say which I like more, the perfectly happy days or the hours right after we've ended a good fight.

~ Crystal Woods

The more important factors are a man’s perseverance, his ability to innovate and think of new ideas, to be willing to adapt to changing conditions, to push almost tirelessly at a task or several at a time, during the difficult seasons as well as the prosperous. Certainly a man may be all these on his own, and succeed, wife or no – but to have a wife who possessed these qualities, who could bring out in her husband such steadiness and strength of character by her example and unyielding affection… The worth of such a wife is immeasurable. - James Laurence to his grandson, Laurie

~ Trix Wilkins

When both you and your spouse actively focus on developing godly character qualities, the foundation of your marriage will be twice as strong.

~ Elizabeth George

Communication by touch is not for every old dutch.

~ Volodymyr Knyr

I believe marriage was designed to do what only marriage can do - point us to Jesus by modeling his love for us. This, though, isn’t easy or even preferable. This means the sin in us, the pride and selfishness and anger and stubbornness and greed and lust in us, will be revealed through our partner. A spouse can help us grow in a way that no one else in this world can.

~ Cole Ryan

Georgie,' he said. Then he kissed her. That was it, really. That was when she added Neal to the list of things she wanted and needed and was bound to have someday. That's when she decided that Neal was the person who was going to drive on those overnight trips. And Neal was the one who is going to sit next to her at the Emmys. He kissed her like he was drawing a perfectly straight line. He kissed her in India ink. That's when Georgie decided, during that cocksure kiss, that Neal was what she needed to be happy.

~ Rainbow Rowell

She put on her lace collar. She put on her new hat and he never noticed, and he was happy without her.

~ Virginia Woolf

It seemed to her everyone had too much self-protective pride to truly strip off down to their souls in front of their long-term partners. It was easier to pretend there was nothing more to know, to fall into an easygoing companionship. It was almost embarrassing to be truly intimate with your spouse; because how could you watch someone floss one minute, and the next minute share your deepest passion or tritest of fears? It was almost easier to talk about that sort of thing before you’d shared a bathroom and a bank account and argued over the packing of the dishwasher.

~ Liane Moriarty

The best thing that ever happened to you might be your new job, spouse, awards, etc, but I tell you that being granted to live in order to enjoy these things are wonderful privileges most people can't get.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

There was no jealousy on the part of a new spouse over the love or affection a man or woman shared with a former spouse. It was considered a blessing to have had such loves in one's life.

~ Aleksandra Layland

While it only takes one spouse to be friendly, it takes both spouses to be friends. When both spouses are unfriendly, the marriage is marked by conflict and coldness. When one spouse is friendly and the other is unfriendly, the marriage is marked by selfishness and sadness. But when both spouses each make a deep, heartfelt covenant with God to continually seek to become a better friend, increasing love and laughter mark the marriage.

~ Mark Driscoll

To commit to loving a person for five minutes is easy. To commit to loving a person for the rest of your life, after you have met them, is a strong commitment. But when you commit to loving a person before you meet them and for the rest of your life, you have made the strongest commitment one can make to a relationship.

~ Tom Houck