Frank Pittman Quotes

It's a long haul bringing up our children to be good; you have to keep doing that — bring them up — and that means bringing things up with them: Asking, telling, sounding them out, sounding off yourself — finding, through experience, your own words, your own way of putting them together. You have to learn where you stand, and make sure your kids learn [where you stand], understand why, and soon, you hope, they'll be standing there beside you, with you.

Passion, sexual passion, may lead to marriage, but cannot sustain marriage. The purpose of marriage is the raising of children, for which patience, not passion, is the necessary foundation.

I have a very intense marriage.

That's my prescription for a happy marriage - marry someone who doesn't do anything similar to what you do.

Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.

When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

It takes a lot of experience of life to see why some relationships last and others do not. But we do not have to wait for a crisis to get an idea of the future of a particular relationship. Our behavior in little every incidents tells us a great deal.

I think every relationship is going to go through a few rough patches. Those are what make it stronger, I think.

You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship.

You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.

You shouldn't marry unless the both of you are on the same page on a lot of things. Life is going to deal you blows, and you have to be together. Your values and priorities have to be on the same page; otherwise, it won't work.

We're never going to have democratic countries or peaceful countries until we have democratic or peaceful families.

The way I see it is that love can put an end to this bureaucracy people go through in their relationships. But it can't blind you to the fact that maybe there are bombs, there are problems and the ozone layer is depleting.

One of the great tragedies I see is people not putting every effort into the foundation of their marriage. My grandmother told me that it's one man and one woman for life and that your marriage is worth fighting for.

With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits.

Monogamy is a possibility - and a necessity. Kids have got to have something they can rely on. You have got to have something you rely on.

Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How vehemently do you argue your point of view? With what disdain do you view the other's point of view?

I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.

Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.

I don't think there's necessarily anything that's rock solid about any marriage. It's all about that balance, especially when you have kids.

Fortunately, my wife shares the same values and is extremely supportive.

What I most hope is that Kelsey and I can improve our communications and truly co-parent our two wonderful children.

You need to be able to sit down and talk to your children.

I think the hardest thing to do in a relationship is something for yourself.

A family is a group of people who are committed to loving and supporting one another. It's just that simple.