Thoughtful Quotes About Love, Marriage, and Partnership

Searching for some quotes about love, marriage and partnership? Below you’ll find a curated a selection of quotes that reflect the deeper truths about committed intimate relationships, and what it takes to sustain them.

Love me when I least deserve it because that is when I really need it. —Swedish Proverb

Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it. I saw you and I made up my mind. —Toni Morrison

Placing blame in marriage is like saying, "Your side of the boat is sinking." —Hank Smith

Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. —Ursula K. Le Guin

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility. —Leo Tolstoy

To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow — this is a human offering that can border on miraculous. —Elizabeth Gilbert

To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart and sing it to them when they have forgotten. —Thomas Chandler

Marriage is not a noun, it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day. —Barbara De Angelis

You don’t have to attend every argument you are invited to. —Alisa DiLorenzo

“To love someone fiercely, to believe in something with your whole heart, to celebrate a fleeting moment in time, to fully engage in a life that doesn’t come with guarantees – these are risks that involve vulnerability and often pain. But, I'm learning that recognizing and leaning into the discomfort of vulnerability teaches us how to live with joy, gratitude and Grace.” —Brené Brown