Sacred Vow Quotes

Marriage -- yes, it is the supreme felicity of life. I concede it. And it is also the supreme tragedy of life. The deeper the love the surer the tragedy. And the more disconsolating when it comes.

I believe the gift of acting is a gift from God, my oath to God, and I want to make sure on a daily basis that it is honed and deeply spiritual... I want to believe that the audience believes that my acting comes from this special place.

I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution, it's one of the most important institutions we have.

When I place my hand on the Bible and take the oath of office, that oath becomes my highest promise to God.

Marriage is the aftermath of love.

[Marriage is] something more than a mere contract. It is rather to be deemed an institution of society, founded upon consent and contract of the parties.

My father was very big on marriage.

Marriage is an institution and that's where a couple finish up.

Marriage, like everything else in the world, is holy or unholy depending on the purpose the mind ascribes to it.

When a monk takes a vow of silence, is he still allowed to post messages on the Internet? Chances are God won't find out. Being ancient, God probably can't work computers. He holds the mouse gingerly, like it's made of fine china.

When you're old-fashioned like I am, you know marriage is forever. Those vows are a promise.

The Bible says that you marry for life, okay. It's a lifetime decision.

I shall always be a priest of love.

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.

[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.

I'm very married.

Marriage seems to be predicated on protecting a very deep and intimate form of mystery.

The Eucharist engages us unreservedly; it is a pact of love, an alliance signed in the deeper recesses of our being. All our potentialities are called upon to warrant the protection and fulfillment of this pact.

Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it.

I love being married. I've been married three times.

Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.

I used to think marriage was a plate-glass window just begging for a brick.

Do not forget, do not ever forget, that you have promised me to use the money to make yourself an honest man.' Valjean, who did not recall having made any promise, was silent. The bishop had spoken the words slowly and deliberately. He concluded with a solemn emphasis: Jean Valjean, my brother, you no longer belong to what is evil but to what is good. I have bought your soul to save it from black thoughts and the spirit of perdition, and I give it to God.

When I get married it will be for keeps.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.