Military Spouse Appreciation Day Quotes 2022: 10 Sayings Highlighting Love, Strength In Marriage

The Friday before Mother’s Day each year marks the celebration of Military Spouse Appreciation Day. There are more than a million active-duty members in the military and many of them have spouses at home who are hoping for their safe return.

The day is observed as a part of National Military Appreciation Month and honors the spouses of servicemen and women for their sacrifices and support of soldiers.

On Friday, May 6, consider celebrating the spouses whose husbands and wives serve in the armed forces with these quotes about love and resilience.

1. ​​“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.” — Martha Washington

2. “Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” — Ursula K. Le Guin

3. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe

4. “Marriage is the beginning of love for your spouse, not the result of it.” — Shannon L. Alder

5. “Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.” — Gilbert Parker

6. “She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” — Elizabeth Edwards

7. “You are being tested. And you know what they say, my darling: Being tested only makes you stronger.” — Cora in “Downton Abbey”

8. “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” — Mingon McLaughlin

9. “Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” — Kahlil Gibran

10. “Sometimes the heart desires very simple things. The heart holds within it all that is most precious, all that we must protect. But it is also braver and bolder, more resilient than we realize. If we wound it, it will heal. And if it breaks, it learns to beat again.” — Jenny in “Call the Midwife”