--- title: "13 Staying Married Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Staying Married quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Staying Married sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/derek-luke-19745_getting-married_the-magic-isn-t-in-getting-married-it-s_2505945.jpg" --- > [The magic isn't in getting married, it's in staying married](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-luke/the-magic-isn-t-in-getting-married-it-s-in-staying-married/) [Derek Luke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-luke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/derek-luke-19745_getting-married_the-magic-isn-t-in-getting-married-it-s_2505945.jpg) > [Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crystal-gayle/staying-focused-is-hard-work-and-staying-married-is-even-harder/) [Crystal Gayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crystal-gayle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/crystal-gayle-31397_focused_staying-focused-is-hard-work-and-staying_1317550.png) > [It's not just about getting married, it's so much about staying married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-not-just-about-getting-married-it-s-so-much-about-staying-married/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/anonymous-1_getting-married_it-s-not-just-about-getting-married-it-s_427291.jpg) > [Getting married and staying married is a wonderful way to increase your wealth - but the key is stay married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyra-zagorsky/getting-married-and-staying-married-is-a-wonderful-way-to-increase/) [Kyra Zagorsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyra-zagorsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/369/kyra-zagorsky-42648_getting-married_getting-married-and-staying-married-is-a_2044558.jpg) > [As for his secret to staying married: "My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-bon-jovi/as-for-his-secret-to-staying-married-my-wife-tells-me-that-if-i-ever/) [Jon Bon Jovi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-bon-jovi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/jon-bon-jovi-2929_being-married_as-for-his-secret-to-staying-married-my_879695.jpg) > [Hollywood is the same as any other place when it comes to love, marriage, and divorce ... some people have trouble staying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jayne-mansfield/hollywood-is-the-same-as-any-other-place-when-it-comes-to-love/) [Jayne Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jayne-mansfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b3/jayne-mansfield-12276_divorce_hollywood-is-the-same-as-any-other-place_930977.jpg) > [Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/staying-married-may-have-long-term-benefits-you-can-elicit-much-more/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/anonymous-1_bad-marriage_staying-married-may-have-long-term-benef_587283.jpg) > [If you cannot work on the marriage or the women is a moron, staying married and cheating makes the most sense because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-goldstein/if-you-cannot-work-on-the-marriage-or-the-women-is-a-moron-staying/) [Al Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-goldstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c19/al-goldstein-21685_bank-account_if-you-cannot-work-on-the-marriage-or-th_477040.jpg) > [Getting married is easy. Staying married is more difficult. Staying happily married for a lifetime is among the fine arts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberta-flack/getting-married-is-easy-staying-married-is-more-difficult-staying/) [Roberta Flack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberta-flack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a76/roberta-flack-13531_art_getting-married-is-easy-staying-married_1448698.jpg) > [I want the new upper class to start preaching what it practices. They are getting married and staying married in large numbers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-murray/i-want-the-new-upper-class-to-start-preaching-what-it-practices-they/) [Charles Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-murray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/charles-murray-6573_choices_i-want-the-new-upper-class-to-start-prea_1546605.jpg) > [Lots of people have asked me what Gracie and I did to make our marriage work. It's simple - we don't do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-burns/lots-of-people-have-asked-me-what-gracie-and-i-did-to-make-our/) [George Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/george-burns-2737_business_lots-of-people-have-asked-me-what-gracie_2370554.png) > [“By staying married, we give something to ourselves and to others: hope. Hope that in steadfastly loving someone, we ourselves, for all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/by-staying-married-we-give-something-to-ourselves-and-to-others-hope/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/ada-calhoun-28511_broken-world_by-staying-married-we-give-something-to_884916.jpg) > [The moment you know that this is the person with whom you want to spend the rest of your life, you should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-coles-james/the-moment-you-know-that-this-is-the-person-with-whom-you-want-to/) [Kay Coles James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-coles-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/kay-coles-james-68396_action_the-moment-you-know-that-this-is-the-per_616475.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/staying-married/#itemlist", "name": "Staying Married Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The magic isn't in getting married, it's in staying married", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Derek Luke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-luke/the-magic-isn-t-in-getting-married-it-s-in-staying-married/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/derek-luke-19745_getting-married_the-magic-isn-t-in-getting-married-it-s_2505945.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/derek-luke-19745_getting-married_the-magic-isn-t-in-getting-married-it-s_2505945.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/derek-luke-19745_getting-married_the-magic-isn-t-in-getting-married-it-s_2505945.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The magic isn't in getting married, it's in staying married” — Derek Luke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Crystal Gayle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crystal-gayle/staying-focused-is-hard-work-and-staying-married-is-even-harder/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/crystal-gayle-31397_focused_staying-focused-is-hard-work-and-staying_1317550.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/crystal-gayle-31397_focused_staying-focused-is-hard-work-and-staying_1317550.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/crystal-gayle-31397_focused_staying-focused-is-hard-work-and-staying_1317550.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.” — Crystal Gayle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not just about getting married, it's so much about staying married.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-not-just-about-getting-married-it-s-so-much-about-staying-married/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/anonymous-1_getting-married_it-s-not-just-about-getting-married-it-s_427291.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/anonymous-1_getting-married_it-s-not-just-about-getting-married-it-s_427291.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/anonymous-1_getting-married_it-s-not-just-about-getting-married-it-s_427291.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's not just about getting married, it's so much about staying married.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Getting married and staying married is a wonderful way to increase your wealth - 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These are rich, rewarding ways of living.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Murray" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-murray/i-want-the-new-upper-class-to-start-preaching-what-it-practices-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/charles-murray-6573_choices_i-want-the-new-upper-class-to-start-prea_1546605.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/charles-murray-6573_choices_i-want-the-new-upper-class-to-start-prea_1546605.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/charles-murray-6573_choices_i-want-the-new-upper-class-to-start-prea_1546605.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want the new upper class to start preaching what it practices. 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