We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same.

—Pearl Buck

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

—Pearl Buck

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up.

—Pearl Buck

There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.

—Pearl Buck

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

—Pearl Buck

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

—Paul Tournier

Always get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day.

—Nick Faldo

Don't waste too much time trying' to be a better man, ' cause you ain't never gonna be one without a good woman.

—Muhammad Ali

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.

—Mignon McLaughlin

If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.

—Mickey Rooney