Creating an Intimate Marriage Quotes

“Nothing changes until the pain of remaining the same is greater than the pain of changing.”
― Jim Burns, Creating an Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance Through Affection, Warmth and Encouragement

“Remember, you can’t change what has happened to you in the past, but you can take steps to ensure a better tomorrow.”
― Jim Burns, Creating an Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance Through Affection, Warmth and Encouragement

“If the devil can’t make you bad, he will make you busy.”
― Jim Burns, Creating an Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance Through Affection, Warmth and Encouragement

“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
― Jim Burns, Creating an Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance Through Affection, Warmth and Encouragement

“When a couple is under-connected and over-committed, they begin to live their lives in crisis mode. They spin the plates of marriage, children, work, church, extended family, school activities, and so on. In the mix of everything else, they find less and less time to spin the marriage plate. The result? They end up in an unsatisfactory “business partnership” marriage. These kinds of relationships resemble what happens in our financial affairs. Deposits and withdrawals must be monitored carefully to guard against overdrafts in our bank accounts. In the same way, when we skimp on the important relationships in our lives, our emotional bank accounts run empty. If”
― Jim Burns, Creating an Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance Through Affection, Warmth and Encouragement

“Lincoln said it best: “People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
― Jim Burns, Creating an Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance Through Affection, Warmth and Encouragement

“The only thing that a critical spirit, nagging, and negativity bring to a relationship is lack of intimacy. Many people were raised in homes where “shame-based parenting” was the rule rather than the exception. For many, there is a natural tendency to focus on the negative side of life, but that just doesn’t work in relationships. There is incredible power in encouragement and affirmation. Mark Twain once said, “I can live two months on one good compliment.”
― Jim Burns, Creating an Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance Through Affection, Warmth and Encouragement

“Remember that marriage is a humbling journey. When one sinner marries another sinner, there is always going to be trouble. And when these sinners have little "sinnerlings," there is even more trouble?”
― Jim Burns, Creating an Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance Through Affection, Warmth and Encouragement

“Far too many couples settle for mediocrity in their marriage when they would never settle for second-best in other areas of their life.”
― Jim Burns, Creating an Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance Through Affection, Warmth and Encouragement