Quotes
One of the fondest memories of my Granddad Nelson was trading quotes regularly over email. Sadly I lost the email archive when I went on my mission, but it has continued to be an interest of mine. I hope you enjoy my collection of quotes. A bit of everything from religion to politics to leadership.
I know. And now, because you are his wife, Peter has a responsibility for you. If he truly cherishes you, which I know he does, then he will want to help you carry that burden, lighten it for you, take it away when he can. He will want to do things for you, worry about you, make things easier for you.
The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby.
Wives should live longer than husbands. Women [are] more complete inside themselves. They [are] also better at living in their children. They [are] never as solitary as a man alone.
If I had any part of you in me… I would not have needed to marry you to become a complete person.
When a group of tourists visited a crocodile farm, the owner of the place launched a daring proposal;
"Whoever dares to jump, swim to shore and survive, I will give 1 million dollars."
Nobody dared to move, suddenly a man jumped into the water and desperately swam towards the shore while he was chased by all the crocodiles.
With great luck he arrived, taking the admiration of everyone in the place, then the owner announced;
"We have a brave winner."
After collecting their reward, the couple returned to the hotel, upon arrival, the manager told him; he was very brave to jump, then the man said;
"didn't jump, someone pushed me!"
His wife smiled.
Moral: Behind every successful man, there is a woman who pushes him.
Marriage: If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. You shield it and protect it. You don’t make it common or ordinary. If it ever becomes tarnished you lovingly polish it until it gleams like new. It becomes special because you have-made it so, and it grows more beautiful and precious as time goes by.
Marriage meant that you had to live with the fact that your spouse’s foibles would rub off on the kids.
'Home' is any four walls that enclose the right person.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.
if a man does not properly love and cherish his wife while he’s living with her here, God will not give him the privilege of having her there.
- Joseph Smith
Choosing to be loved is not a career-limiting decision.
A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
I love being married. It's so great to find the one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.
Real men stay faithful. They don’t have time to look for other women because they’re too busy looking for new ways to love their own.
But isn’t that the best reason of all? I don’t need a reason to love you. I just do.
Ted: And I wasted it.
I mean, how many places have I ruined forever by being there with the wrong girl?Lilly: So come back with the right girl.
Ted: I don't know.
I'm starting to think a person gets a certain allotment of lighthouses per lifetime.
And I've used all mine up.Ted the Narrator: And that, kids, is the kind of stupid thing you say before you've met the person who hits the reset button on the world, who makes everything new again, who makes it seem ridiculous that you ever considered settling...
He’ll never know what it’s like to be the default parent.
The one who schedules every appointment. The one who notices the shampoo is almost empty before it actually is. The one who signs the permission slips, remembers picture day, and knows the shoe size before the shoes wear out. The one whose mind is running a never-ending list of “don’t forgets” while still cooking dinner, answering emails, and rocking a toddler on her hip.
But I’ll never know what it’s like to be the provider.
The one who wakes up before the sun and clocks in every day. The one who misses school events and milestones because bills have to be paid. The one who carries the pressure of making sure the lights stay on and the fridge is full. The one who silently shoulders the weight of providing, even when it feels like nobody notices.
Both roles are heavy. Both come with sacrifices no one sees. And the truth is families only work when both are valued.
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
