#ria

The most important thing for a good marriage is to learn how to argue peaceably. ↗

— Anita Ekberg

#good #good marriage #how #important #important thing

I am your Prince and you will marry me," Humperdinck said. Buttercup whispered, "I am your servant and I refuse." "I am you Prince and you cannot refuse." "I am your loyal servant and I just did." "Refusal means death." "Kill me then. ↗

— William Goldman

#humor #marriage #death

I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists. ↗

— Robert Browning

#faith

Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it please me. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#courtship #dignity #empowerment #happiness #husbands

Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank. ↗

— Criss Jami

#confidence #confirmation #confirmed #creativity #error

The reason everything falls apart around me, but I don’t is because my angels are keeping me standing up. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#conflict #faith #life-missions #problems #tests

I was very happy in both my marriages. I was unfaithful and so were they, just like any other normal couple. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#divorce #faithfulness #inspirational #love #marriage

I grew up in traditional black patriarchal culture and there is no doubt that I’m going to take a great many unconscious, but present, patriarchal complicities to the grave because it so deeply ensconced in how I look at the world. Therefore, very much like alcoholism, drug addiction, or racism patriarchy is a disease and we are in perennial recovery and relapse. So you have to get up every morning and struggle against it. ↗

— Cornel West

#life

Walking in faith: first you test the water, then the water tests you. ↗

— Pamela Debnam

#faith

Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] - even in the midst of trial. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#contentment #faith #joy #trials #trust