Quotes About Relationships

If I am in harmony with my family, that's success. ~ African Proverb

Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you. ~ African Proverb

I don't hate the English and I don't know do I love the Irish. But I love him. I'm sure of that now. And he's my country.

This isn't about her. This was never about her. This is about you and me." And he knew without a doubt that Sunny would be there for him if he were poor. She would give him her last dollar. She would take care of him. Not just physically, but emotionally. There weren't many things he was sure of, but he was sure of her.

It's better to lose our pride to the one You Love, than to lose the one we love, because of our pride.

7542There where is Love, Trust Will Be the Leader.

Family pulls together, mija, even though we sometimes disagree.

Even though he wasn't always considerate of her, would another man be any different?

Maybe instead of worrying about Shelly's marriage, she should examine her own.

These last few days showed me that there's more to life than the proverbial bigger boat. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I have all I could want right here. The love of my life and the love of her family. I'm so grateful for that—what more could I ask for?

As Ginger went into the house, she chuckled. "Wouldn't be a family without some sort of drama.

Sometimes your true family is the one you create, not the one you're actually related to.

When you understand a prickly person's history, you develop compassion for them.

Ivy could have pointed out that their eldest sister rarely got to spend time with their parents, but Shelly knew that.

Bennett wasn't like her first husband. After spending so many years with Jeremy, Ivy was finally beginning to realize just how selfish her first husband had been. She had been the giver in the relationship, attending to his every need in the house.

Love is seldom what you expect

He is the brother-in-law of the sister-in-law of the father-in-law of my mother-in-law, and therefore is the closest relative we have; so nothing is done in our family without his advice.

Hard words will break no bones: But more than bones are broken By the inescapable stones Of fond words left unspoken.

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start. — MOTHER TERESA

Expressions of gratitude were the "most consistent significant predictor of marital quality.

that couples often fall into a pattern of demand and retreat—most often, the woman demands and the man retreats. This dynamic has arisen, she says, because men have less to gain by changing their behavior, while women are more likely to want to alter the status quo—which means they also initiate more fights.

an avalanche of research shows that happy marriages can boost your health and wellbeing. People in positive long-term relationships have lower rates of heart disease, live longer, and are less likely to develop cancer.

Verbally cherishing your wife with compliments, for example, is a good thing for her, good for Sylvie to see, and a good thing for Sylvie to expect from her guy or gal when she grows up.

a Pew Research Center survey found that sharing household chores ranked third in importance on a list of nine items associated with successful marriages.