Explore 28 Quotes and Sayings on Marriage by Myles Munroe (Showing 1 - 16 of 28)

“Love in marriage is more than just a feeling or an emotion; it is a choice. Love is a decision you make anew every day with regard to your spouse. Whenever you rise up in the morning or lie down at night or go through the affairs of the day, you are choosing continually to love that man or that woman you married.”

“The third basic need of a male in a relationship is an attractive woman; for a woman, honesty and openness.”

“The fourth basic need of a male is domestic support; for a female, financial support. The fifth basic need of a male is admiration and respect; for a woman, family commitment.”

“Marriage will not solve 'aloneness.'”

“Submission is the willingness to give up our right to ourselves, to freely surrender our insistence on having our own way all the time.”

“Faithfulness to your husband means sticking up for him, always building him up and never tearing him down. Marital fidelity means that your spouse's health, happiness, security, and welfare take a higher place in your life than anything else except your own relationship with the Lord.”

“The husband provides direction; the wife, maintenance.”

“When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable.”

“Once a man and woman have married, the only thing they should receive from their parents is advice and counsel, and then only when they ask for it. Parents should not offer opinions or advice without being asked.”

“Whatever you compromise to gain, you will lose.”

“God did not create woman from man's head, that he should command her, nor from his feet, that she should be his slave, but rather from his side, that she should be near his heart.”

“Marriage is two imperfect people committing themselves to a perfect institution, by making perfect vows from imperfect lips before a perfect God.”

“A wedding is and event, but marriage is a life.”

“We will never obtain God's kind of marriage simply by going along with the crowd, doing what everybody else does. We have to dig deep into the heart of God to discover His principles.”

“Leadership does not mean being bossy, always telling others what to do. No, leadership means going ahead, not putting others in the front. Good leaders lead by example, not by decree.”

“Humility is simply believing and accepting what God says about us, and God says that we are anything but worthless.”