35 Quotes About Your Spouse

Upgrading your marriage is just one way to enhance the quality of your relationship and life. These quotes about your spouse highlight the special role they serve in our life.

“A lot of widows feel that they have betrayed their spouse by continuing to live. It’s deranged thinking. I know that, but that doesn’t stop you feeling it.”

“A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.”

“An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.”

“Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.”

“Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it – and never mistake the bad for something more.”

“Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you’ll have a trust fund. Maybe you’ll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.”

“Every state in America has an end of life directive or durable power of attorney provision. For the peace of mind of your children and your spouse as well as the comfort of knowing the government won’t make these decisions, it’s a very popular thing. Just not everybody’s aware of it.”

“Having a loving relationship with our spouse or with our children is what leads to the long-term happiness we all seek.”

“I think what’s dangerous about marriage is the way it can make you feel like you’ve got it all wrapped up. Like you’re done: you’ve found your spouse, you’ve married him or her, and you don’t need to think too much more about it.”

“I would never interrogate a child or a spouse the way I would a litigant. People wouldn’t want to be around you. You’d wind up all alone on an island.”

“I would say that the surest measure of a man’s or a woman’s maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.”

“If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance.”

“If you’re a parent, love your children. If you’re married, honor your spouse instead of looking on the Internet for love in all the wrong places. I’m talking about real relationships, not false intimacies.”

“If you’re an average married couple, you’re going to lie to your spouse in one out of every 10 interactions. Now, you may think that’s bad. If you’re unmarried, that number drops to three.”

“In a relationship where finances are shared, it’s important that both people know what’s going on. If one spouse likes being the family accountant, it’s fine for that person to take the lead, but the other spouse shouldn’t be in the dark.”

“In our personal lives, we have a lot of businesses going on. I have a profession, I’m a father, a spouse, a good member of my community. How much of my time and energy can I allocate to each of those things? What I allocate becomes the strategy I have for my family, and everything else.”

“It’s important to take time for your spouse and nurture the relationship.”

“It’s never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else’s spouse happy.”

“Love is what really fuels you, and that goes for relationships with a spouse or with family. Love is a beautiful thing.”

“Once you do embark upon the separation or divorce process, it is very important to remember three key things: Be kind, be reasonable, be brief. ”

“Over the years I’ve seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.”

“People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child.”

“Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse.”

“The decision to serve a mission will shape the spiritual destiny of the missionary, his or her spouse, and their posterity for generations to come. A desire to serve is a natural outcome of one’s conversion, worthiness, and preparation.”

“The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don’ts. The first, and most difficult, step is to absolve yourself and your spouse or partner of any guilt.”

“The idea that your spouse or your parents don’t know where you are at all times may be part of the past. Is that good or bad? Will that make for better marriages or worse marriages? I don’t know.”

“There’s love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nature of the connection you have with your child, there’s nothing like it. It has its own character and it’s so serious and so powerful, and so it’s a prism through which I see everything.”

“Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.”

“What’s at the heart of my faith is a belief that there’s a creator. That we’re all children of the same God. And that, fundamentally, the relationship you have with your spouse is important and eternal.”

“When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.”

“When you lose a spouse, you’re a widow or widower; when you lose your parents, you’re an orphan. When you lose a child, there’s no word in the English language for that position, that place that you’re left.”

“Whether we notice it or not, we spend our days negotiating for something: for our spouse to do more housework, a child to eat just three more bites or go to bed on time, an extended deadline on a project, a salary increase, a better rate on a vacation package.”

“You don’t divorce simply because your spouse has a number of qualities you dislike and on occasions makes your life uncomfortable. If you are reasonable, you view divorce as a measure of last resort. There are many steps you can take in the meantime. You might even call in a trained mediator.”

“You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.”

“Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form.”

We are not always fortunate to make the right decision for ourselves when it comes choosing a spouse.