Contempt Quote by Allan Pease

“When marriages fail, it is not increasing conflict that is the cause. It is decreasing affection and emotional responsiveness...”

— Sue Johnson

The real essence of any marriage that has struggled, however unsuccessfully, towards happiness, lies in the growth of a wordless understanding that what is…

— Wallis Simpson

Marriage relationship fails not because they are destined to fail, they failed because one of the two, or both, made a choice to give…

— Kemmy Nola

It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show them up.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

Relationships are most likely to fail when we don't address problems or hold our partner accountable for unfair or irresponsible behavior ... the ability…

— Harriet Lerner

It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

— Doug Larson

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

— Anthony Storr

Most marriage failures are caused by failures marrying.

— Henny Youngman

What surprises me in life are not the marriages that fail, but the marriages that succeed.

— Rita Hayworth

Marriages are much more likely to succeed when the couple experiences a 5 to 1 ratio of positive to negative interactions whereas when the…

— John M. Gottman

Most persons have but a very moderate capacity of happiness. Expecting...in marriage a far greater degree of happiness than they commonly find, and knowing…

— John Stuart Mill