Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Quotes

“People do not get married planning to divorce. Divorce is the result of a lack of preparation for marriage and the failure to learn the skills of working together as teammates in an intimate relationship.”
― Gary Chapman, Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married

“I think the tingles are important. They are real, and I am in favor of their survival. But they are not the basis for a satisfactory marriage. I am not suggesting that on should marry without the tingles. Those warm, excited feelings, the chill bumps, that sense of acceptance, the excitement of the touch that make up the tingles serve as the cherry on top of the sundae. But you cannot have a sundae with only the cherry.”
― Gary Chapman, Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married

“The decision to get married will impact one's life more deeply than almost any decision in life. Yet people continue to rush into marriage with little or no preparation for making a marriage successful. In fact, many couples give far more attention to making plans for the wedding than making plans for marriage. The wedding festivities last only a few hours, while the marriage, we hope, will last for a lifetime”
― Gary Chapman, Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married

“Often we fail to consider the fact that our social, spiritual, and intellectual interests are miles apart. Our value systems and goals are contradictory, but we are in love.”
― Gary Chapman, Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married

“Sometimes the decision to agree with the other person's idea will involve great sacrifice. However, love always involves some sacrifice.”
― Gary Chapman, Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married

“forgiveness is not a feeling but a decision. It is the decision to offer grace instead of demanding justice.”
― Gary Chapman, Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married

“Research indicates that the average life span of the “in love” obsession is two years.1 For some it may last a bit longer; for some, a bit less. But the average is two years. Then we come down off the emotional high and those aspects of life that we disregarded in our euphoria begin to become important.”
― Gary Chapman, Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married

“el apéndice de este libro, que está en la página 127. Creo que el propósito principal de salir con alguien es conocerse y examinar los fundamentos intelectuales, emocionales, sociales, espirituales y físicos del matrimonio. Solo entonces se podrá tomar una decisión acertada: casarse o no casarse.”
― Gary Chapman, Lo que me hubiera gustado saber antes de casarme

“Reconocer los conflictos que pueden surgir y discutir las posibles soluciones facilitará el descubrimiento de soluciones cuando aparezca el inevitable problema.”
― Gary Chapman, Lo que me hubiera gustado saber antes de casarme

“A veces optar por la idea de la otra persona implicará un gran sacrificio. Sin embargo, el amor siempre implica algún tipo de sacrificio.”
― Gary Chapman, Lo que me hubiera gustado saber antes de casarme

“Compromiso significa encontrar un punto de encuentro. Esto exige que ambos estén dispuestos a ceder en algo para conseguir que haya armonía en el matrimonio. Si, por una parte, ambos insistimos en mantenernos en nuestras posiciones, volveremos a discutir. En el matrimonio, nunca se trata de hacer las cosas “a mi manera”. Más bien se trata de descubrir “nuestra” manera de hacer las cosas.”
― Gary Chapman, Lo que me hubiera gustado saber antes de casarme

“La mayoría de las personas pasa mucho más tiempo preparándose para lo que es su vocación que preparándose para el matrimonio. Por tanto, no debería sorprender que tengan más éxito en sus asuntos vocacionales que en la consecución del objetivo de la felicidad marital.”
― Gary Chapman, Lo que me hubiera gustado saber antes de casarme

“The wedding festivities last only a few hours, while the marriage, we hope, will last for a lifetime.”
― Gary Chapman, Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married

“His mother will teach her how to be the wife he needs.”
― Gary Chapman, Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married