Quotes About Relationships

It struck him that how you spent Christmas was a message to the world about where you were in life, some indication of how deep a hole you had managed to burrow for yourself

It's confusing. I've had so many wives and so many children I don't know which house to go to first on Christmas.

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

The only healthy communication style is assertive communication.

Humans cannot communicate; not even their brains can communicate; not even their conscious minds can communicate. Only communication can communicate.

Misunderstandi ngs happen because we do not understand that different people have different styles of communication.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication

Communication with the dead is only a little more difficult than communication with some of the living.

In many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect, communication that inspires, encourages others to do their best.

The experience of separateness arouses anxiety; it is, indeed, the source of all anxiety.

Never hear what somebody thinks about you, you'll live longer. Hear that they're in pain. Don't hear their analysis.

In addition to wreaking havoc on our bodies, anger close our inner door, making us feel isolated and distrustful, hindering communication.

Real loneliness consists not in being alone, but in being with the wrong person, in the suffocating darkness of a room in which no deep communication is possible.

No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.

Keep in mind that other people's actions can never 'make' you feel any certain way. Feelings are your warning indicators.

Always listen to what people need rather than what they are thinking about us.

I don't think you can have an authentic connection when one person is diagnosing the other.

Judgments of others contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies.

Understanding has very specific component parts. These component parts are affinity, reality and communication.

...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.

Only when you understand people, they may understand you. So even though you do not say anything, if you understand people there is some communication.

Remember that whatever anyone does, it is an effort to meet a need.