Vows Quotes

132 quotes by 110 authors

Marriage is a call to die [to self]... Christian marriage vows are the inception of a lifelong practice of death, of giving over not only… — R. Kent Hughes
As compromised as their marriage might be, part of her still believed in her vows. She loved the man he'd been, and she loved the… — Nicholas Sparks
I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not; some should not be overburdened in order to… — Vincent de Paul
The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk, with full knowledge that the person you married has agreed, no matter how large… — Adriana Trigiani
Proper wedding vows are more a promise of mutually binding future love than a declaration of your present love. — Timothy Keller
Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to abandon it. — Miguel de Cervantes
It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold. — William Shakespeare
Vows begin when hope dies. — Leonardo da Vinci
A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience… — Herman Melville
Nature admits of no permanence in the relation between man and woman. It is only man's egoism that wants to keep woman like some buried… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
No penance serves to renew them, no massive transfusions of trust. Why not even revenge can undo them, so twisted these vows and so crushed. — Leonard Cohen
The gods are deaf to hot and peevish vows. They are polluted off'rings, more abhorred! Than spotted livers in the sacrifice. — William Shakespeare
O, Men's vows are women's traitors! All good seeming, By thy revolt, O husband, shall be thought Put on for villainy, not born where't grows,… — William Shakespeare
If you shall marry, You give away this hand, and this is mine; You give away heaven's vows, and those are mine; You give away… — William Shakespeare
White rose in red rose-garden Is not so white; Snowdrops, that plead for pardon And pine for fright Because the hard East blows Over their… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
Spirituality is about being ready. All the spiritual disciplines of your life - prayer, study, meditation or ritual, religious vows - are there so you… — Richard Rohr
As I grew up and began identifying myself as a feminist, there were plenty of issues that continued to make me question marriage: the father… — Jessica Valenti
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm. — Thomas Fuller
Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten. — Dick Gregory
The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows. — George William Curtis

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