When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.
Phil McGrawYou have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I'm going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that's OK.
Phil McGrawThere's a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There's a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.
Phil McGrawYou cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self.
Phil McGrawThere has never been a merging of two lives where significant problems of daily living did not occur. One way or another, your relationship is going to be affected. The only question is how. There's a big difference between knowing and doing. It's not what happens between partners that determines the outcome of a relationship, it's how they handle what happens. If all you deal with in your relationship is problems, then you will have a problem relationship. If you want your pound of flesh with full acknowledgement that you're right, your future will be dim.
Phil McGraw