“I didn’t marry you because you were perfect. I didn’t even marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise. That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married and it was the promise that made the marriage. And when our children were growing up, it wasn’t a house that protected them; and it wasn’t our love that protected them—it was that promise.” - Thornton Wilder, Taken from: William Doherty, Take back Your Marriage

“Jeanne and I early discovered that when you come into a marriage, you have a picture of your ideal mate. But, you don’t marry an ideal person. You marry a very realistic person, who has strengths, who also has weaknesses. And you have an option: You can tear up the picture [of that ideal], or you can tear up your partner. And there were many times in our marriage, I think without any intention on our part, we made contributions toward tearing it up. But because we’re related to a Person, He kept us together, and by His grace, for 57 years.” - Dr. Howard Hendricks