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Beyoncé’s Best Quotes On Marriage & Love

Beyoncé and JAY-Z have been married for 13 years and this is what they’re “thankful for.”

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Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is me giving up the right to hurt you for hurting me.

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“I come from a lineage of broken male-female relationships, abuse of power, and mistrust. Only when I saw that clearly was I able to resolve those conflicts in my own relationship.”

We were friends first for a year and a half before we went on any dates — on the phone for a year in a half. And that foundation is so important in a relationship.

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“If you're with the right person, it brings out the best version of you.”

Everybody asks me why I'm smiling out from ear to ear. (They say love hurts). But I know (it's gonna take the real work). Nothing's perfect but it's worth it, after fighting through my tears and finally, you put me first!

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“I was independent before I met my husband, and we have such a natural chemistry and a genuine relationship, and it’s based on the things that relationships are supposed to be based on.”

Make sure you have your own life before you’re someone else’s wife.

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I’ve seen, growing up, when a woman or a man in a relationship ... doesn’t feel confident, they feel a bit trapped. Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.

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I don't know much about fighting, but I know I will fight for you.

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You have to have something that is forever, something that is invisible.

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If he invited you out, he's got to pay.

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"This baby has made me love him more than I ever thought I could love another human being. It's just that I love him so much that we almost feel like one. I don't know how to describe it."

I would not be the woman I am if I did not go home to that man. It just gives me such a foundation. He’s helped me on so many levels.

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My husband was a soldier and such a strong support system for me. I am proud to have been a witness to his strength and evolution as a man, a best friend, and a father.”

Just knowing someone’s always going to be honest and tell the truth, [who] can understand exactly what I’m going through — and I can understand exactly what he’s going through.

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