Children Quote by Edward Abbey

When passion is not fed, it changes to need. At this juncture, marriage becomes a fixed idea in the mind of the bourgeois, being…

— Honore de Balzac

Passion and marriage are essentially irreconcilable. Their origins and their ends make them mutually exclusive. Their co-existence in our midst constantly raises insoluble problems,…

— Denis de Rougemont

The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle but to procreate and bring up children, to support a household.…

— Martin Luther

At the heart of mankind's existence is the desire to be intimate and to be loved by another. Marriage is designed to meet that…

— Gary Chapman

The whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner's development and have them encourage yours.

— Carol S. Dweck

The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle, but to procreate and bring up children, to support a household.…

— Martin Luther

Marriage includes a spouse, and often children. But the goal, center, and purpose of marriage is not self, spouse, or children. The ultimate goal…

— Mark Driscoll

Marriage now tends to be viewed as a form of mere emotional satisfaction that can be constructed in any way or modified at will.…

— Pope Francis

Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children.

— Jack Kingston

Character, not passion keeps marriages together long enough to do their work of raising children into mature, responsible, productive citizens.

— Frank Pittman

But ultimately, the purpose of marriage is to transmit civilization to the next generation. There has never been an institution that does it as…

— Ann Coulter