Tuesday is National Spouses Day, an unofficial holiday celebrated annually on Jan. 26. This day is marked to express your love for your better half and show gratitude for their immense support and contribution in your life.

Here are some quotes, courtesy Goodreads and Happy Wives’ Club, about love and married life to share on this day.

1. “The greatest marriages are built on teamwork. A mutual respect, a healthy dose of admiration, and a never-ending portion of love and grace.” – Fawn Weaver

2. “That’s what a good wife does, keeps your dreams alive even when you don’t believe anymore” - Micheal J. Sullivan

3. "I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close." - Pablo Neruda

4. "The virtues of your partner completes the goodness in you." — Christian Hunt

5. "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." — Mingon McLaughlin

6. "When we got married I told my wife 'If you leave me, I'm going with you.' And she never did." -James Fineous McBride

7. "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

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

9. "When we got married I told my wife 'If you leave me, I'm going with you.' And she never did." -James Fineous McBride

10. "It's hard to say which I like more: the perfectly happy days or the hours right after we've ended a good fight." — Crystal Woods

National Spouse Day 2018
A couple exchanges rings during their wedding ceremony at the National Croquet Center on Feb. 14, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Getty Images / Joe Raedle
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