Tricks scent eventually the head thoroughly disappointed dogs are animals I got the idea for Marriages®. The is to help our youth get schmardt without having to learn the hard way through their own terrible marriage mistakes. When people tell me they've learned from experience, I tell them the trick is to learn from other people's experience. Buffett people have the to have a strong marriage but 't have the skill. We must remember that we're not teaching skills to equip me to get what I want and you to get what you want. Instead we must focus on teaching skills that equip us to keep our relationship, our us-ness, and our marriage alive. The Essential Humility of Marriage The heart of the issue is that marriage is a relationship. A living breathing relationship that is as real as the two individuals that form the bond. It is, if you a separate entity a third person that is created when two individuals give themselves a bonding manner. It is not just that two individuals participate together exchange for each other's good, it is that they create a whole new being when they What is exciting about this concept of us-ness' is that it is not quite one spouse, and not quite the other. 'Us' is what they are together. 'Us' is created by two individuals a committed relationship; it takes on a personality with characteristics of its own. It is not just two individuals who share, it is two individuals who give up part of themselves to create a oneness 'us.' Hargrave, Marriages conference keynote, July 2000 You did the best that you knew how. that you know better, you'll do better. Angelou For you each day I you more. Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. Rosemonde We loved with a that was more than Poe is a feeling, Marriage is a contract, and a Relationship is work. Lori All those and they lived happily ever after tale endings need to be changed to and they began the very hard work of making their marriages happy. Miles, Covey was asked after a speech about how to fogive someone who has committed adultery. He said the question made him think of the old prayer, Oh Lord, let me forgive those who sin differently than I do. Covey, author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People If mamma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. A happy wife equals a happy life. What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? Eliot To get divorced because has died, is like selling your car because it's run out of gas. Sollee, Be presidents of each other's fan clubs. A good marriage is a contest of generosity. wife, the I steer by. McCullough every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, the grounds for marriage. Anderson Some pray to the they prayer somewhat vary; I humbly pray to Heaven above That I the I Do not pray to the one that you but to the one that you Choose your then your choice. Unknown Happy marriages begin when we the ones we and they when we the ones we Mullen If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a lot of overlap. McLauglin If you want peace, work for justice. That's true for marriage, or for any other human endeavor. Unknown is a four-letter word spelled T-I-M-E. Unknown People change and forget to tell each other. Lillian Hellman Marriage is a career which brings about more benefits than others. de Beauvoir As a country, we need to find a way to fund marriage-rescue help with 'insurance' or something. Marriage Insurance what a concept! Marriage license fees could triple and they might cover such a