The document contains 10 quotes about marriage from various authors. The quotes discuss how marriage requires effort from both partners to live compatibly, how expectations often differ from reality, and how having the right attitude and a relationship with Christ can help strengthen a marriage.

1. Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years. Simone Signoret

2. Marriage is the art of two incompatible people learning to live compatibly. James Hewett

3. It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music. Honore de Balzac

4. Keep your eyes open before marriage; half shut afterwards. Benjamin Franklin

5. The difference between courtship and marriage is the difference between the pictures in the seed catalog and what comes up. James Wharton

6. Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning handsprings, or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it. Helen Roland

7. A marriage is like a long trip in a tiny rowboat: if one passenger starts to rock the boat, the other has to steady it; otherwise they will go to the bottom together. David Reuben

8. Success in marriage is more than finding the right person: it is being the right person. Robert Browning

9. Listening intently with one's mouth shut is a basic communication skill needed in marriages. H. Norman Wright

10. With human beings so diverse, there will be sparks of all kinds and unlimited frustrations between man and woman. But attitude is the key. If we must clash, let us clash splendidly! Harold L. Myra

11. Marriage isn't going to fulfill you. Only a relationship with Christ will. When you come to that realization, it can free you to really love your spouse! Mark Price