Cheerful Quote by John Selden

The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.

— Oscar Wilde

Those seeking the life of the spirit should be cheerful and free, and not neglect recreation. Married people must act in conformity with their…

— Teresa of Avila

We make no greater voluntary choice in this life than the selection of a marriage partner. This decision can bring eternal happiness and joy.…

— James E. Faust

A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendships, all the enjoyment of sense and reason and indeed all the sweets of…

— Anonymous

A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of a friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and indeed, all the sweets…

— Anonymous

“Married people mustn’t forget that the secret of married happiness lies in everyday things, not in daydreams. It lies in finding the hidden joy…

— Francis Fernandez

There cannot be any great happiness in the married life except each in turn give up his or her own humors and lesser inclinations.

— Samuel Richardson

The wonder is not that some married people are less happy than they hoped to be, but that any married people, out of the…

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

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

A perfectly happy marriage? There is no such thing. There are strong marriages that can survive problems, but happiness is such a brief condition,…

— Ursula Hegi

A wife, if she is very generous, may allow that her husband lives up to perhaps eighty percent of her expectations. There is always…

— Elisabeth Elliot

A marriage is likely to be called happy if neither party ever expected to get much happiness out of it.

— Bertrand Russell