Love Thoughts
Woman was created from the rib of man.
She was not created from his head to top him;
nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him;
but out of his side to be equal with him;
under his arm to be protected
and hear his heart to be beloved.
To have a successful marriage you must make the
commitment to work at it daily.
Marriage is a promise that is shared by only two -
a vow to love and dream and plan all life together.
A joyful marriage is a bit of heaven on earth.
Marriage is not for wimps.
Love must be learned, and learned again and again;
there is no end to it.
Love's lasting comes in erasing the boundary line between
"mine" and "yours".
After winning an argument with his wife,
the wisest thing a man can do is apologize.
Love doesn't make the world go 'round.
Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
Best friends make the best spouses.
Love is friendship set on fire.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times,
always with the same person.
Good listeners make good lovers.
No marriage is all sunshine, but two people can share one
umbrella if they huddle close.
Sharing the housework makes it easier to share the love.
If we disagree, let's disagree without being disagreeable.
The most impressive example of tolerance is a golden wedding
anniversary.
A marriage may be made in heaven,
but the maintenance must be done on earth.
A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.
A wise lover values not so much the gift of love
as the love of the giver.
You will never "find" time for anything.
If you want time, you must make it.
Love makes a house a home.
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
It is our uniqueness that gives freshness and vitality to a
relationship.
An argument is the longest distance between two points.
A loving spouse can see the good in you even when you can't.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak,
but their echoes are truly endless.
A house is made of walls and beams.
A home is made of love and dreams.
Before marriage the three little words are, "I love you."
After marriage they are, "Let's eat out."
Advice to the wife: Be to his virtues very kind.
Be to his faults a little blind.
Nothing beats love at first site except love with insight.
Two souls with a single thought,
two hearts that beat as one.
Immature Love says, I love you because I need you.
Mature Love says, I need you because I love you.
Straighten your problems out before you go to bed.
That way you will wake up smiling.
To keep your marraige brimming with love in the loving cup,
whenever you're wrong..admit it.
Whenever you are right..shut up.
Love is the condition in which the happiness
of another person is essential to your own.
Love is giving more and never keeping score.
Forgiveness is giving up your right to punish another.
Don't take yourself too seriously
and never fail to take your spouse seriously enough.
You keep a lifetime commitment by
keeping promises day by day.
Intimacy is the mystical bond of
friendship, commitment, and understanding.
The sunlight of love will kill all the germs of jealousy and hate.
How to be a happily married couple can never really be
taught, only learned.
�
Keeping Love Alive
Here are 10 tips to keeping love alive. I was given this list a
long time ago and often refer back to it.
1. Ask for and respect your spouse's opinion.
2. Get out of a stressful environment. Go to dinner.
Then discuss what's on your mind.
3. Use your husband or wife as a sounding board.
4. Support each other. Be your spouse's biggest cheerleader.
5. Keep your sense of humor. Help each other when one of
you looses perspective.
6. Involve each other in the small as well as the large
decisions.
7. Call each other for no other reason than just to say,
"I love you."
8. Help each other whenever and wherever you can.
9. Count to ten before you say something detrimental. The
one you love is the one who is most hurt by your words.
10. Reinforce each other. Compliment each other as well as
offer constructive criticism.
���������������������������������������������������������������������������������
Ida Schoenborn c 1998, 1999.
�
�
�