Quotes About Relationships

Zo was Hofmeester een man geworden die bang was weer te worden wat hij nooit meer wilde zijn: de minnaar van de vrouw die zijn dochter was.

Je kunt het de mensen niet vragen van je te houden, het is te veel gevraagd. Alleen van je moeder mag je dat vragen.

I love being in a relationship, but marriage isn't for me.

I've never understood what the upside of marriage would be for me personally.

Friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week…Then you could see what it is, friends! …

Four minutes of eye contact brings people closer to each other better than everything else.

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.

Gli amici vanno e vengono, i nemici si accumulano.

There are two pillars of happiness. . . . One is love. The other is finding a way of coping with life that does not push love away."[8] And

What I found was a hidden source of anguish that wasn't just widespread but nearly universal among people who have done well in their careers. I came to call this the "striver's curse": people who strive to be excellent at what they do often wind up finding their inevitable decline terrifying, their successes increasingly unsatisfying, and their relationships lacking.

When you are honest and humble about your weaknesses, you will be more comfortable in your own skin. When you use your weaknesses to connect with others, love in your life will grow. And finally—finally—you will be able to relax without worrying about being exposed as less than people think you are. To share your weakness without

You might accurately say that falling in love is the start-up cost for happiness—an exhilarating but stressful stage we have to endure to get to the relationships that actually fulfill us. The

Remember, a classic sign of addictive behavior is when something not human starts to supplant human relationships.

The rewards of that productivity give way to a fear of falling behind as an impetus to keep running. Soon enough, the work crowds out relationships and outside activities.

You need strong human connections to help you get on the second curve and flourish.

No matter how introverted you are, you cannot expect to thrive into old age without healthy, intimate relationships.

Marriage and family are not an adequate substitute for close friendships, which should not be left up to chance.

Work friendships are not a substitute for real friendships, although they can also be satisfying, if designed purposively.

Carlos's question made me reflect on the fact that, like a lot of hardworking, ambitious people, I had lots and lots of "deal friends" but not too many real friends, and I was pretty lonely as a result. I vowed to cultivate my few real friendships much more.

Use things. Love people. Worship the divine.

Further, my connection to others makes my jump to the second curve all the more natural and normal. Indeed, the crystallized intelligence curve is predicated on interconnectedness. Without it, my wisdom has no outlet.

Robert Waldinger, popularized the study even more with a viral TED Talk, "What Makes a Good Life?

It's difficult to describe adequately the depth of the rewards that one enjoys when relationships become your "official" source of meaning and fulfillment. People compare it with finding buried treasure, with the only sadness being that it didn't happen earlier in life.