Marriage Quotes by Nicholas Sparks

Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.

— Nicholas Sparks

Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.

— Nicholas Sparks

A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other…

— Nicholas Sparks

My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a…

— Nicholas Sparks

Before we met, I was as lost as a person could be and yet you saw something in me that somehow gave…

— Nicholas Sparks

I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire…

— Nicholas Sparks

He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of…

— Nicholas Sparks

“A truth emerges in any long marriage, and the truth is this: Our spouses sometimes know us better than we even know…

— Nicholas Sparks

People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other

— Nicholas Sparks

If relationships were hard, mariage was even harder... it seemed like most couples struggled. It went with the territory. What did Nana…

— Nicholas Sparks

“I sit by the bed with an aching back, and start to cry as I pick up the notebook. I am tired…

— Nicholas Sparks

That's the thing about being the product of happily marries parents, You grow up thinking the fairy tale is real, and more…

— Nicholas Sparks

“How, then, was she--his wife, who'd taken a vow to remain with him in sickness and in health--supposed to justify ending the…

— Nicholas Sparks

So its not gonna be easy. Its going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I…

— Nicholas Sparks

I met my wife on Spring break when I was in college. I was at the University of Notre Dame. She was…

— Nicholas Sparks

That's another reason I keep putting marriage off. I know I want something like what you two share, and I'm not sure…

— Nicholas Sparks

There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are…

— Nicholas Sparks

What good is talking if neither of you are really committed? If one of you had an affair or got addicted to…

— Nicholas Sparks

She was in a terrible marriage and she couldn't talk to anyone. He used to hit her, and in the beginning she…

— Nicholas Sparks

The two of you, there's something uncanny about the way you two are with each other. I mean everything--the way you look…

— Nicholas Sparks

She couldn’t read his expression. As he started toward her, she recalled the way he’d seemed to glide through the sand the…

— Nicholas Sparks

“There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are…

— Nicholas Sparks

I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is…

— Nicholas Sparks

The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her…

— Nicholas Sparks

As compromised as their marriage might be, part of her still believed in her vows. She loved the man he'd been, and…

— Nicholas Sparks

Man and wife were supposed to stay together because they'd made their vows in front of God and family.

— Nicholas Sparks

“Marriage, each of them realized intuitively, was about compromise and forgiveness. It was about balance, where one person complemented the other.”

— Nicholas Sparks

“She'd either be a heartless mother and wife or a spineless enabler, when all she really wanted was the man she'd once…

— Nicholas Sparks

Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.

— Nicholas Sparks

Doesn't surprise me," Nana snorted. "I wouldn't put anything past your late husband." "He's not dead, Nana." Nana sighed. "Hope springs eternal.

— Nicholas Sparks

She wasn't, nor ever had been, under the illusion that marriage was a relationship characterized by endless bliss and romance. Throw any…

— Nicholas Sparks

I love you, Gabby, more than you'll ever know. You're everything I've ever wanted in a wife. You're every hope and every…

— Nicholas Sparks

...when a wife wouldn't testify, little punishment was meted out. Alex came to understand that only those who pressed charges ever became…

— Nicholas Sparks

Commitment, I finally said. Both people have to be committed. I think if two people are committed to the marriage, if they…

— Nicholas Sparks

But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of…

— Nicholas Sparks

Marriage is about becoming a team. You’re going to spend the rest of your life learning about each other, and every now…

— Nicholas Sparks

I'm Catholic, and my wife is Catholic. We're very religious. We go to church. We pray every night. We pray at dinner.…

— Nicholas Sparks

I've come to understand that arguing with [my wife] about it has never solved anything. So instead of denying it, I've learned…

— Nicholas Sparks