Marriage Quotes - 128 quotes

 I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.

- Abraham Lincoln

Share

 Sadly, when marriage is elastic enough to mean anything, in due time it comes to mean nothing.

- Bill Mears

Share

 While fathers and sons bear the burden of the priesthood, it was declared in the very beginning that it was not good for man to be alone. A companion, or “helpmeet,” was given him. The word meet means equal. Man and woman, together, were not to be alone. Together they constituted a fountain of life. While neither can generate life without the other, the mystery of life unfolds when these two become one.

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

 The Lord revealed that the purpose of it all is “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” (Moses 1:39.) Ordinances and covenants were ordained to protect this power to generate life. When laws are obeyed, happiness follows, for “men are, that they might have joy.” (2 Ne. 2:25.)

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

 Ever and always there is the destroyer waiting to disturb and disrupt, to scatter abrasives into this marvelous system. His purpose is to rupture those circuits which interconnect the physical, the emotional, and the spiritual, or to cross-connect them in ways that never were intended. His purpose is to pollute that sacred fountain of life and to generate, if he can, unnatural affections. (See 2 Tim. 3:2–3.)

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

 The separate natures of man and woman were designed by the Father of us all to fulfill the purposes of the gospel plan.

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

 The well-being of the mother, the child, the family, the Church, indeed of all humanity depends upon protecting that process. The obligations of motherhood are never-ending. The addition of such duties as those which attend ordination to the priesthood would constitute an intrusion into, an interruption to, perhaps the avoidance of, that crucial contribution which only a mother can provide.

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

 The limitation of priesthood responsibilities to men is a tribute to the incomparable place of women in the plan of salvation.

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

 The prophet who said that “no success [in any field of endeavor] can compensate for failure in the home” (David O. McKay) did not exempt callings in the Church.

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

 Men and women have complementary, not competing, responsibilities. There is difference but not inequity. Intelligence and talent favor both of them. But in the woman’s part, she is not just equal to man; she is superior! She can do that which he can never do; not in all eternity can he do it. There are complementing rewards which are hers and hers alone.

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

 It should not disturb either men or women that some responsibilities are bestowed upon one and not the other. Duties of the priesthood are delegated to men and are patriarchal, which means “of the father.” From the very beginning this has been so. The scriptures plainly state that they were “confirmed to be handed down from father to son. … This order was instituted in the days of Adam.” (D&C 107:40–41.)

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

 Many in the world now press for a melding of the identities of man and woman, claiming that the virtue of equality requires a homogenization of all relationships. Following an absolutely hopeless quest, some seek for an enduring physical and spiritual relationship with one of the same gender. That wicked deception has unleashed a pestilence which now threatens the whole of humanity. There can be no fulfillment there. To find fulfillment, they must—and praise be to God, they can—find it where it has been from the beginning.

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

       There is no task, however menial, connected with the care of babies, the nurturing of children, or with the maintenance of the home that is not his equal obligation. The tasks which come with parenthood, which many consider to be below other tasks, are simply above them.

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

  When our sons were growing up, they enjoyed a very broad tolerance from their father toward their mischief and mistakes. But there was no tolerance for even the slightest disrespect toward their mother.        And the question our daughters-in-law have heard most often from me has been, “Is he being good to you?”

- Boyd K. Packer

Share

 ... the soulmate myth is really good at taking all the bad first dates, the breakups, the dashed hopes, and disappointments and putting them into a story that says ‘someday all of this will fall into place’…the soulmate myth promises that amidst the dizzying and often confusing landscape of dating apps there is one match out there that will make sense of it all. It promises an anchor to modern life that many find appealing.

- Bradley Onishi

Share

 ...In today's culture, a provocative and unsettling idea runs directly counter to [the instinctive desire to belong]. We could call it the waning of belonging - the growing assumption that in order to remain completely free and unshackled, no one should belong to anyone else. Children don't belong to parents; husbands don't belong to wives; nobody belongs to anybody. Thus many today honestly wonder whether the bonds or kinship and marriage are valuable ties that bind - or sheer bondage.

- Bruce C. Hafen

Share

 Nothing is more important than marrying the right person at the right time, in the right place, and by the right authority.

- Bruce R. McConkie

Share

 Heresy three: There are those who say that temple marriage assures us of an eventual exaltation. Some have supposed that couples married in the temple who commit all manner of sin, and who then pay the penalty, will gain their exaltation eventually.

- Bruce R. McConkie

Share

 Children need the emotional and personal strength that come from being raised by two parents who are united in their marriage and their goals. As one who was raised by a widowed mother, I know firsthand that this cannot always be achieved, but it is the ideal to be sought whenever possible.

- Dallin H. Oaks

Share

 There are certain indicia of marriage — certain legal and social consequences and certain legitimacy — which if given to some relationship other than marriage between a man and a woman tend to degrade if not destroy the institution that’s been honored over so many thousands of years.

- Dallin H. Oaks

Share

 It’s not the Church that has made the issue of marriage a matter of federal law. Those who are vigorously advocating for something called same-gender marriage have essentially put that potato on the fork. They’re the ones who have created a situation whereby the law of the land, one way or the other, is going to address this issue of marriage. This is not a situation where the Church has elected to take the matter into the legal arena or into the political arena. It’s already there.

- Dallin H. Oaks

Share

 For example, the eternal importance of gender and of eternal marriage can be properly understood only within the context of our Heavenly Father's plan of happiness. Emphasizing the institution of marriage without linking it adequately to the simple and fundamental doctrine of the plan cannot provide sufficient direction, protection, and hope in a world confused about these vital issues.

- David A. Bednar

Share

 Love conquers all pre-maritally. Not post.

- Dennis Prager

Share

 If it appears to take forever, remember: happy marriages are meant to last forever!

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Share

 Those who save marriages pull out the weeds and water the flowers. They celebrate the small acts of grace that spark tender feelings of charity. Those who save marriages save future generations.

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Share

 “And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant...shall inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions, all heights and depths...and if ye abide in my covenant...shall be of full force when they are out of the world; and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever. Then shall they be gods, because they have no end; therefore shall they be from everlasting to everlasting, because they continue; then shall they be above all, because all things are subject unto them.”

- Doctrine and Covenants

Share

 Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation is reciprocal.

- Dr. Louis K. Anspacher

Share

 Satan seeks to convince men and women that marriage and family priorities can be ignored or abandoned, or at least made subservient to careers, other achievements, and the quest for self-fulfillment and individual autonomy.

- D. Todd Christofferson

Share

 Restraint and self-control must be ruling principles in the marriage relationship. Couples must learn to bridle their tongues as well as their passions.

- Ezra Taft Benson

Share

 First and foremost, nothing except God Himself takes priority over your wife in your life—not work, not recreation, not hobbies.

- Ezra Taft Benson

Share

 The foundation of a happy home must be laid during premarital days.

- Ezra Taft Benson

Share

 You should realize that there is a grave danger in building your premarital associations on a physical basis of necking, petting, and fornication.

- Ezra Taft Benson

Share

 Elder George Q. Canon: “Family government is the foundation of all government.” (

- George Q. Cannon

Share

 Marriage is ordained of God, marriage between a man and a woman. It is the institution under which He designed that children should come into the world. Sexual relationships under any other circumstances become transgression and are totally at odds with the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 To those of you who, with glad hearts, dream of marriage and the establishment of a home, I wish to repeat what was said of old: “Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.” (Ps. 127:1.)

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 May I quickly suggest four cornerstones upon which to build that house? There are others, but I choose to emphasize these. They come of the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are not difficult to understand nor difficult to follow. They are well within your reach with a little effort; and I do not hesitate to promise you that if you will establish the home of which you dream on these foundation stones, the perils of your married life will be diminished, your love for one another will strengthen through the years, you will bless the lives of your children and of your children’s children, and you will know happiness in this life and joy eternal.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 The first of these I call Respect for One Another, the kind of respect that regards one’s companion as the most precious friend on earth and not as a possession or a chattel to be forced or compelled to suit one’s selfish whims.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 This respect comes of recognition that each of us is a son or daughter of God, endowed with something of his divine nature, that each is an individual entitled to expression and cultivation of individual talents and deserving of forbearance, of patience, of understanding, of courtesy, of thoughtful consideration. True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well being of one’s companion.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 Companionship in marriage is prone to become commonplace and even dull. I know of no more certain way to keep it on a lofty and inspiring plane than for a man occasionally to reflect upon the fact that the help-meet who stands at his side is a daughter of God, engaged with Him in the great creative process of bringing to pass His eternal purposes. I know of no more effective way for a woman to keep ever radiant the love for her husband than for her to look for and emphasize the godly qualities that are a part of every son of our Father and that can be evoked when there is respect and admiration and encouragement. The very processes of such actions will cultivate a constantly rewarding appreciation for one another.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 We seldom get into trouble when we speak softly. It is only when we raise our voices that the sparks fly and tiny molehills become great mountains of contention. To me there has always been something significant in the description of the prophet Elijah’s contest with the priests of Baal. The scripture records that “a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks … but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 There is need for a vast amount of discipline in marriage, not of one’s companion, but of one’s self.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 I know of few more meaningful statements for fathers and for fathers-to-be than this counsel given by President David O. McKay. Said he: “A father can do no greater thing for his children than to let them feel that he loves their mother.”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 I repeat, the voice of domestic peace is a gentle voice

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 I am convinced that there is no better discipline nor one more fruitful of blessings than for those who establish homes and families to follow the commandment given to ancient Israel through the prophet Malachi: “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, … and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” (Mal. 3:10.)

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 Marriage usually brings with it the incurring of many obligations. To you, my young friends, I should like to suggest that you make it your first obligation to live honestly with God in the payment of your tithes and offerings. You will need his blessings; oh, how much you will need them! I give you my solemn testimony that he does that which he has promised to do. Among those blessings will be peace in the home and love in the heart.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 As you discipline yourselves in the expenditure of your means, beginning with your obligations to your Father in heaven, the cankering selfishness that leads to so much strain in domestic affairs will go out of your lives, for if you will share with the Lord whom you do not see, you will deal more graciously, more honestly, and more generously with those whom you do see. As you live honestly with God, you will be inclined to live honestly with one another.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 I know of no single practice that will have a more salutary effect upon your lives than the practice of kneeling together as you begin and close each day. Somehow the little storms that seem to afflict every marriage are dissipated when, kneeling before the Lord, you thank him for one another, in the presence of one another, and then together invoke his blessings upon your lives, your home, your loved ones, and your dreams.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 God then will be your partner, and your daily conversations with him will bring peace into your hearts and a joy into your lives that can come from no other source. Your companionship will sweeten through the years; your love will strengthen. Your appreciation for one another will grow.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 Your children will know the security of a home where dwells the Spirit of the Lord. You will gather them together in that home, as the Church has counseled, and teach them in love. They will know parents who respect one another, and a spirit of respect will grow in their hearts. They will experience the security of the kind word softly spoken, and the tempests of their own lives will be stilled. They will know a father and mother who, living honestly with God, live honestly also with one another and with their fellowmen. They will grow up with a sense of appreciation, having heard their parents in prayer express gratitude for blessings great and small. They will mature with faith in the living God.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 The destroying angel of domestic bitterness will pass you by and you will know peace and love throughout your lives which may be extended into all eternity. I could wish for you no greater blessing, and for this I humbly pray in your behalf, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Share

 But because the universe naturally slides toward disorder, you have to expend energy to create stability, structure, and simplicity. Successful relationships require care and attention. Successful houses require cleaning and maintenance. Successful teams require communication and collaboration. Without effort, things will decay.

- James Clear

Share

 Of all that can bless marriages, there is one special enriching ingredient that above all else will help join a man and a woman together in a very real, sacred, spiritual sense. It is the presence of the divine in marriage.

- James E. Faust

Share

 Marriage is like the Army; everyone complains but you'd be surprised at the large number of people who re-enlist.

- James Garner

Share

 In fact, the evidence is quite clear that humans are designed with a unique capacity for deep attachment in long-term relationships, and each of us has the capacity to come to regard another person as more special than anyone else. The problem with the soulmate model of marriage is that it provides a deeply flawed conception of how to achieve this aspiration. Despite promising an easy path to lasting love, soulmate thinking ultimately makes the quest to “find the One” a more elusive goal, not an easier one. This is because soulmate beliefs are often deeply paradoxical in nature and tend to place relationship success outside of one’s agency.

- Jason S. Carroll

Share

 At their core, soulmate beliefs provide a backwards depiction of the sequencing of healthy relationship development. They suggest that someone exists as your “one-and-only” before you have even met; therefore, relationship success is primarily about simply finding that person. Soulmate thinking diverts attention away from the fundamental truth of loving and lasting marriage—that oneness is made, not found.

- Jason S. Carroll

Share

 There is no doubt that, in time, spouses can become uniquely suited for each other—but this kind of one-of-a-kind connection grows out of adapting to each other, caring for one another’s needs, and developing a shared history of experiences.

- Jason S. Carroll

Share

 The model of soulmate marriage fails because it promises the fruits of fulfillment, connection, and intimacy, without providing the roots needed to make those fruits possible.

- Jason S. Carroll

Share

 Sometimes, soulmate perspectives create a sort of “dating paralysis” among young adults. The crushing quest to find “the one person” they are supposed to be with makes them fearful of making a wrong decision.

- Jason S. Carroll

Share

 For others, soulmate thinking can also have the opposite effect. They become convinced very quickly that their partner is their soulmate, so they jump into “rushed dating” or a rapid courtship. This can lead to a lack of careful consideration of a partner or relationship. While it is healthy for couples to have a growth orientation toward relationships, partnership marriages are best started on shared values, healthy interaction patterns, and a mutual view of what constitutes a good life.

- Jason S. Carroll

Share

 What do you do when the person you believe to be your “one-and-only” is no longer an option for you? This can lead to serious hopelessness, obsessive clinging, and other unhealthy coping mechanisms.

- Jason S. Carroll

Share

 It has already been said that sex is an eternal principle. The equivalent of sex has always existed and will continue forever. As the sex relation, then, represents an eternal condition, the begetting of children is coincidentally an eternal necessity.

- John A. Widtsoe

Share

 It is not only for the joy and satisfaction of humanity that the sex relation, with the possibility of begetting offspring, prevails on earth, but as much for the fulfillment of the eternal great plan. It becomes a necessary duty, for all wedded persons who dwell on earth, to bring children into the world. This is the greatest and holiest and most necessary mission of man, with respect to the waiting spirits. Fatherhood and motherhood become glorified in the light of the eternal plan of salvation.

- John A. Widtsoe

Share

 Looseness of life, between man and woman, is the most terrible of human iniquities, for it leads, assuredly, to the physical decay of the race.

- John A. Widtsoe

Share

 As the family develops so will society, as a whole, develop.

- John A. Widtsoe

Share

 It is not a far step to the doctrine that after the earth work has been completed, and exaltation in the next estate has been attained, one of the chief duties of men and women will be to beget spiritual children.

- John A. Widtsoe

Share

 It is one of the rewards of intelligent development, that we may be to other spiritual beings, what our God has been to us.

- John A. Widtsoe

Share

 You want to be in a relationship with someone you can spar with, partly because you have hard problems to solve. If the person you are with is not willing to put forward their opinion, then you only have half the cognitive power that you would otherwise have. The hope is that you find someone who is interestingly different from you, but not so different that you cannot communicate. Hopefully, they have the ability and will to express their opinion because that keeps your interest heightened.

- Jordan Peterson

Share

 In April of 1843, the Prophet told Benjamin F. Johnson “that he would preach a sermon that day for me, which I would understand, while the rest of the congregation would not comprehend his meaning. His subject was the ten talents spoken of by the Savior, ‘unto him that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundantly, but from that hath not (or will not receive) shall be taken away that which he hath, (or might have had.)’ Plainly giving me to understand that the talents represented wives and children as the principle of enlargement throughout the great future, to those who were heirs of Salvation”

- Joseph Smith

Share

 One way to think of marriage is as a bundle of rights associated with what it means for two people to be married. What the First Presidency has done is express its support of marriage and for that bundle of rights belonging to a man and a woman.

- Lance B Wickman

Share

 There is no such thing in the Lord’s eyes as something called same-gender marriage. Homosexual behavior is and will always remain before the Lord an abominable sin. Calling it something else by virtue of some political definition does not change that reality.

- Lance B. Wickman

Share

 The nature of male and female spirits is such that they complete each other. Men and women are intended to progress together toward exaltation.

- LDS Handbook 2

Share

 The Lord has commanded husbands and wives to cleave to each other. In this commandment, the word cleave means to be completely devoted and faithful to someone. Married couples cleave to God and one another by serving and loving each other and by keeping covenants in complete fidelity to one another and to God.

- LDS Handbook 2

Share

 Latter-day Saint husbands and wives leave behind their single life and establish their marriage as the first priority in their lives. They allow no other person or interest to have greater priority in their lives than keeping the covenants they have made with God and each other.

- LDS Handbook 2

Share

 One expert told me that when she first met her husband, she had no interest in him at all. He wasn't her type. He didn't fit her image of the kind of guy she imagined herself with. She was Ivy League-educated, and he was a potter. At first there were no sparks. Nada. But the more time she spent with him, the more she liked him. And then the sparks flew. They've been married for 20 years. "In America," she explained, "when a potter makes a pot, they put a glaze on it and put it in the kiln and know exactly what it's supposed to look like when it comes out. But when the Japanese make a pot, they put it in a wood-fire kiln that could be any temperature, and when they take the pot out, it's not always exactly like they thought it was supposed to look like. And they say, 'Oh, wow, this is what the fire did to the pot and it's gorgeous!' They believe there's no beauty in perfection. So instead of knowing what the person sitting across from you is supposed to be like, the question you have to ask is, 'Do I like it?' instead of 'How does it compare to what I thought I wanted?' People can surprise you."

- Lori Gottlieb

Share

 For example, Adam and Eve worked together, prayed and worshipped together, sacrificed together, taught their children the gospel together, and mourned over wayward children together (see Moses 5:1, 4, 12, 27). They were united with each other and with God.” (Handbook 2 1.3.1). This is what it means to serve as equal partners

- Mark A. Matthews

Share

 For example, we learn that Eve “conceived and bare” children and that she nurtured them (Moses 5:16). Her efforts to nurture were not limited to their physical development, but the scriptures emphasize her concern over their spiritual growth (see also President Henry B. Eyring, Ensign Nov. 2018). When her son Cain was born, she announced, “I have gotten a man from the Lord” and she expressed hope that she could raise him so that “he may not reject [God’s] words” (Moses 5:16). Tragically, Cain did not listen to his faithful parents, bringing the very sorrow in mothering that God had predicted (Moses 4:22).

- Mark A. Matthews

Share

 But what did it mean for Adam to preside? How did he fulfill his specific role in the family? To preside means to “be in a position of authority in a meeting or gathering” or, in this case, a family. What gave Adam authority in the family was that he held the priesthood, meaning he was conferred the priesthood and ordained to priesthood office by God “in the creation” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 157). Although women are given priesthood authority in their Church callings and endowed to priesthood power in the temple, only men are called by God to hold the priesthood by holding priesthood office (see President Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign May 2014). Apparently, one reason why men like Adam are given the priesthood is so that they can bring that authority into their home and use it to govern their family with their wife.

- Mark A. Matthews

Share

 But this order is otherwise described in modern revelation as an order of family government where a man and woman enter into a [marriage] covenant with God—just as did Adam and Eve—to be sealed for eternity, to have posterity, and to do the will and work of God throughout their mortality.

- Mark A. Matthews

Share

 In this family government, wives do not serve as their husband’s “first counselor” in a lower position of hierarchy. Instead, she serves as his equal partner. President Dallin H. Oaks explained this concept when he taught the following about partnership: “A most important difference in the functioning of priesthood authority in the family and in the Church results from the fact that the government of the family is patriarchal, whereas the government of the Church is hierarchical. The concept of partnership functions differently in the family than in the Church” (Oaks, Ensign Nov. 2005).

- Mark A. Matthews

Share

 Presiding in this case simply means that the father holds the priesthood in their joint leadership and equal partnership. Holding the priesthood does not make him more of a leader, but it does mean that it is through the authority that he holds that they can both lead and govern their family together.

- Mark A. Matthews

Share

 For Adam, presiding with the priesthood meant using his priesthood to bless his family and bring them into the presence of God through saving ordinances.

- Mark A. Matthews

Share

 “One immeasurable result of Doctrine and Covenants 107 is the way it gives meaning to men’s lives. Section 132 emphasizes the priesthood’s exalting power for women and men, but the particular power of section 107 gives ordinary, even inadequate men both duty and destiny that can motivate them to rise to far greater heights of service to God and family than they would if left to their natural inclinations. The revelation came at a time when American culture was beginning to erode fatherhood. Noting how the exalting priesthood principles of section 107 seemed to have a powerful influence on Joseph’s own father, historian Richard Bushman went so far as to say that ‘in restoring priesthood, Joseph restored fatherhood’”

- Mark A. Matthews

Share

 This means that after the original revelation explained the role of presiding high priests, Bishops, Seventy, and Apostles, it culminated by teaching about priesthood fathers. In this inspired sequence the Lord was sending the message that the ultimate purpose for men holding the priesthood is not to serve as Bishops, stake presidents, or even General Authorities. The ultimate purpose is to serve as priesthood fathers and to use their priesthood to bless, serve, and save their families—just as our Heavenly Father does! In a world that often views fathers as unnecessary or obsolete, priesthood gives them a unique role and something irreplaceable to contribute. It gives them a divine and eternal purpose in the family.

- Mark A. Matthews

Share

 Eve, as a mother, was primarily focused on the nurture of their children. And when it came time for baptism or confirmation, for blessing the sick or afflicted, for priesthood ordination or temple sealings, Adam alone was qualified to do this. He held the priesthood and was called to exercise it to serve and save his family. That is central to what it means to preside, and why priesthood is “the right belonging to the fathers” (Abr. 1:2).

- Mark A. Matthews

Share

 I was on the verge of losing it, right on the verge. Then I saw that Johnson and Woodell were already losing it, and I realized that I couldn't afford to. Like Penny, they beat me to the panic attack punch.

- Phil Knight

Share

 If we measure by the number of people directly affected, it is no contest. Estimates of the percentage of the U.S. population that is gay range between 2 and 4%. This leaves 96 to 98% heterosexuals, most of whom, seem to be devaluing or completely disregarding the value of marriage. The largest threat to our society and to our economy is not the way people define marriage but how enthusiastically and committedly they participate in it. Sadly, particularly among the Millennial generation, fewer and fewer get married while more and more choose the lower-commitment option of cohabitation.

- Richard Eyre

Share

 The justifications we often hear for the cohabitation option amount to tired old clichés like “You wouldn’t buy a car until you’d driven it,” or “Well, we plan to make the commitment of marriage after we are sure it is going to work.” The problem with this logic is that what makes a marriage work is the commitment. Commitment is the start of a relationship that lasts, not the culmination of it. And the commitment of marriage is what lends security both to husband and wife and to the children that join them.

- Richard Eyre

Share

 If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me.

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Share

 The ultimate aim of the Melchizedek Priesthood is to enable men and women to be exalted. Exaltation is available only to a man and woman together, a couple who are sealed in the new and everlasting covenant of marriage, who are true and faithful, and who qualify for a 'fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever'. No one will be exalted alone.

- Sheri Dew

Share

 The words none else eliminate everyone and everything. The spouse then becomes preeminent in the life of the husband or wife, and neither social life nor occupational life nor political life nor any other interest nor person nor thing shall ever take precedence over the companion spouse.

- Spencer W. Kimball

Share

 In a sense, searching for a mate is not so different from hunting for a job. Jobs, like prospective partners, have their strengths and weaknesses, which makes finding the right one a matter of complicated trade-offs. Such exchanges are different from other transactions, in that both parties must be enthusiastic about the match for it to happen. A supermarket, in contrast, does not particularly care whose wallet it is draining, nor does the power company agonize about whether a customer is worthy of its watts.

- The Economist

Share

 Think of the decision of a fourteen-year-old boy who had read that if anyone lacked wisdom, he should ask of God, "that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." (James 1:5.) He made the decision to put to the test the epistle of James. He went into the grove and he prayed. Was that a minor decision? No—that was a decision that has affected all mankind and particularly all of us who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. What are the important decisions our youth must make? First, what will be my faith. Second, whom shall I marry. And third, what will be my life's work.

- Thomas S. Monson

Share

 Divorce is probably of nearly the same age as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

- Voltaire

Share

 When our hearts are wrong, anything we say or do is likely to hurt and offend. When our hearts are right, we will readily find the right thing to say or do.

- Wallace Goddard

Share

 There is no question that she should not have to resort to such tactics to get the laundry detergent brought into the house. He should promptly and cheerfully bring it in. But the natural partner is an enemy to his spouse. As fallen mortals, we all have vast gaps in our characters and performance. Those gaps are there by divine design. To bridge those gaps God invites us to cultivate wisdom and charity. Just as a soft answer turns away wrath, so a kind, inviting gesture sidesteps pointless conflict. We must show each other grace if we hope to receive it from God. That is the message of the parable of the unforgiving servant (Matthew 18:23-35). Having been forgiven multi-million dollar debts to heaven, we must not begrudge each other our nickel and dime failings.

- Wallace Goddard

Share

 “If all we do is stress communication skills to people without softening their hearts, we will simply make people more clever fighters.”

- Wallace Goddard

Share

 No matter how right or justified we think we are, if we lack charity, we are wrong. “And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:2). Even the greatest spiritual gifts unaccompanied by charity leave us spiritually bankrupt.

- Wallace Goddard

Share

 The whole package of marriage is too hard. It's not just marrying someone, it's to marry the in-laws, take care of children -- there are a lot of responsibilities that come with marriage

- Wei-Jun Jean Yeung

Share

 It may seem that culture is so heavily embedded in our thinking and behavior that it is impossible to change. It is, after all, much of what we feel defines us and from which we feel a sense of identity. It can be such a strong influence that we can fail to see the man-made weaknesses or flaws in our own cultures, resulting in a reluctance to throw off some of the traditions of our fathers. An overfixation on one’s cultural identity may lead to the rejection of worthwhile—even godly—ideas, attributes, and behavior.

- William K. Jackson

Share

 The perfection of the family is worth any sacrifice because, as has been taught, “no other success can compensate for failure in the home.”2 The home is where our best work is done and where our greatest happiness is attained.

- William K. Jackson

Share

 By insisting on giving Tier 1 status to Marriage over Sex (to enforce chastity), we're back to "God commanded marriage" so the whole marriage debate is based on the morality of Duty Ethics, and religious views on chastity in the name of saving souls.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 Let the debate begin on whose subjective opinion of God you should follow. Marriage having primacy over sex means Male-Male, Female-Female is OK as long as they are first Married right? Marriage is the moral rule to be followed. Same-Sex marriages are fulfilling the moral rule if they are married.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 Why does Duty Ethics say this this is morally OK? Because God is in charge…God is love, and he has commanded Marriage, so as long as they love each other it is OK. In Duty Ethics what tells you whom to marry? Your Heart knows what to do. It can't be wrong if they are in Love because Love is always good.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 Teenagers Version UNDERSHOOTING: Misunderstanding Tier1 status of sex leads to hedonism…The chasing of pleasure while ignoring the underlying pain and problems that arise from ignoring parts of reality.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 Parents Version In addition to same sex unions, there are also problems in heterosexual marriages with giving primacy to marriage, which causes incorrect use of sex within the marriage. DUTY: Since Marriage is rule based, instead of reality based, sex within the Marriage is just a duty…Either a necessary evil the spouse must perform when they have to, or only performed when desiring to produce children. Or, as long as the marriage is in place and both consenting partners allow for an open marriage then it is OK to have sex with others outside of the marriage. (enter "swinger parties", STDs, etc.) OVERSHOOTING: So getting Tier1 status of Marriage WRONG invites problems of Same-Sex Unions, Open-Marriage, infidelity problems, etc.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 So What does the world do to try and fix this problem? Mixed premise solution…pass out birth control instead of teaching abstinence before marriage…Or preach abortion.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 So what do most religions attempt to do? Mixed premise solution: Some authority (parent, religious, etc.) preaches their version of God's will and the resulting guilt and damnation that will occur…Of course this leads to a battle of the wills with arguments over who's version of God's will is correct.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 How else can we attempt to implement mixed premises to make all of this go away? Gender, Get rid of sex altogether, because it is too metaphysically constricting of a word to define a marriage. Claim that defining a marriage based on the birth certificate sex is discriminatory and coercive. Come up with a better word that allows us to vote on what makes a valid marriage…and disposes of all issues of sexual morality (other than consent). Gender! With the word Gender, marriage is now freed up from the constricting sex listed on the birth certificate. If we can vote on what gender means, and turn it into subjectivism, then there is no need to battle over the meaning of marriage anymore.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 Enter the battle of definitions…It is interesting that The Family Proclamation also uses the word "gender" but defines it exactly opposite of how the world now defines it. The Family Proclamation defines "gender" equivalently to the word "sex" (a metaphysical meaning not a political meaning in which we can vote on).

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 What philosophical branches do sex and marriage each belong? In one context, sex is metaphysical. It is part of your eternal identity. Your vote doesn't change your genetics. In this context sex (metaphysical) has primacy over marriage. In another context, sex is Ethical/Political…An interaction between two people. Marriage is a also Political Convention, upon which all Family Law is based (custody, child support, divorce, etc.) In this context marriage has primacy over sex.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 When we have two separate primacy issues that seem to conflict, combining them into a 3-Tier structure can resolve the conflict and give a more complete picture.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 Life is the ultimate Good in Value Ethics Why marriage? People can reproduce and create life without being married right? It is not about life as the lowest level, but the good life, an abundant life. In VALUE ETHICS, A good life requires citizenship within a good society.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 The plan of salvation is all about creating life, protecting life, nurturing life, and providing salvation to life. The best way to do this in reality, is the Lord's definition of marriage.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 Sexual identity having primacy over Marriage gets Metaphysics correct…Marriage defined as being between a man and a woman which is correct life-giving desires FOR a marriage.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 Life sustaining desires within marriage such as Fidelity, Nurturing, Providing, Protecting, etc. Notice the change in language from "Man-Woman" to "Husband-Wife" Sexual activity after marriage gets the Ethics and Politics correct…Correct desires for life-sustaining sexual activity only WITHIN a marriage.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 Life Promoting Unions = Sex (metaphysics) before Marriage Current Gender Politics is asking the wrong question. It is asking "What about two consenting adults in Love?" instead of asking "What is the best way to birth, and raise future taxpayers."

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 Life Sustaining Unions = Sex (Ethics/Politics) after marriage. Good Life requires Good Citizenship in a Good Society. Part of that Good Citizenship (a society that endures) involves birthing and rearing future citizens, in a protected and nurturing environment. Getting the primacy order WRONG gets LIFE (parents, children, society) WRONG, which leads to unhappiness. The statistically positive outcomes are very clear for children who grow up in a traditional, heterosexual marriage with two parents who are faithful to each other.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 Getting the overall order correct, gets LIFE (parents, children) and SOCIETY correct, which leads to happiness. The combination of covenant making and covenant keeping, promotes happiness both for the individual and society. Children are born into a structure that provides both the protector and nurturer roles until the child is able to take care of itself. Parents are faithful to each other, maintain this structure, and keep the responsibilities they have chosen, by having children. Society is efficient and stable, with future taxpayers being raised to perpetuate the society.

- Armon Eaton

Missing Reference

Share

 SEX (metaphysics) 1. Either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.

- Dictionary.com

Missing Reference

Share

 SEX (ethics) 2. The sum of the structural and functional differences by which the male and female are distinguished, or the phenomena or behavior dependent on these differences.

- Dictionary.com

Missing Reference

Share

 GENDER (epistemology, politics) 1. either of the two sexes (male and female), especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones. The term is also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female.

- Dictionary.com

Missing Reference

Share

 “THE FAMILY is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity.”

- Family Proclamation

Missing Reference

Share

 “We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.”

- Family Proclamation

Missing Reference

Share

 Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose. We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.

- The First Presidency

Missing Reference

Share

 “Non-binary, also known as genderqueer, is a spectrum of gender identities that are not exclusively masculine or feminine‍—‌identities that are outside the gender binary. Non-binary people may identify as having two or more genders (being bigender, trigender, or pangender); having no gender (being agender, nongendered, genderless, genderfree or neutrois); moving between genders or having a fluctuating gender identity (genderfluid); or being third gender or other-gendered, a category that includes those who do not place a name to their gender.”

- Wikipedia

Missing Reference

Share

 There's two theories to arguin' with a woman. Neither one works.

- Will Rogers

Missing Reference

Share

 “There’s only one good answer to the question of how many genders there are: Gender is a spectrum, and there are as many gender definitions as there needs to for every person to have a label that feels true to themselves.” (YourTango.com)

- YourTango.com

Missing Reference

Share

 “You just know... On most days I feel like a perfect mix of being both male and female; it’s a grounded feeling of knowing I am a hybrid of two genders. On other days, I don’t feel overly connected to any gender. I am just me, but male pronouns are not right and female pronouns hurt. Because of this, I use they/them pronouns.”

- YourTango.com

Missing Reference

Share