“Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.”

“People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the deepest emotional need.”

“I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.”

“A gentle answer turns away wrath.”

“Discipline is not a negative word. It comes from the Greek word "to train.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.”

“Love doesn't erase the past, but it makes the future different.”

“I would encourage you to make your own investigation of the one whom, as He died, prayed for those who killed Him: 'Father forgive them for they know not what they do.' That is love's ultimate expression.”

“What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage.”