Quotes About Relationships

A man who flatterers his neighbor, spreads a net for his feet

he loves me with love that passeth knowledge, and I will love him. His love stripped him of all for my sake; Lord, let my love strip me of all for thy sake. I am a son of love, an object of love, a monument of love; of free love, of distinguishing love, of peculiar love, and of love that passeth knowledge: and why should not I walk in love-in love to God, in love to man, in holy love, in love unfeigned?

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.

Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business.

People dont care what you know until they know what you care

When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.

People tend to become what the most important people in their lives think they will become.

People don't care how much you know unless you know how much you care

When people respect you as a person, they admire you. When they respect you as a friend, they love you. When they respect you as a leader, they follow you.

You don't really understand people until you hear their life story. If you know their stories, you grasp their history, their hurts, their hopes and aspirations. You put yourself in their shoes. And just by virtue of listening and remembering what's important to them, you communicate that you care and desire to add value.

People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are in making them feel good about you.

We need to decide how we want to be treated. Then we need to begin treating others in that manner.

The Situation Principle: Never let the situation mean more than the relationship.

When special people touch our lives then suddenly we see how beautiful and wonderful our world can really be. They show us that our special hopes and dreams can take us far by helping us look inward and believe in who we are. They bless us with their love and joy through everything they give. When special people touch our lives they teach us how to live.

No one can understand that mysterious thing we call influence . . . yet . . . everyone of us continually exerts influence, either to heal, to bless, to leave marks of beauty; or to wound, to hurt, to poison, to stain other lives.

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Any married man should forget his mistakes—there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.

Connectors create an experience everyone enjoys.

If you want to win over another person, first win his heart, and the rest of him is likely to follow.

A person with a negative self-image will expect the worst, damage relationships, and find others who are similarly negative.

When you like people and treat them like individuals who have value, you begin to develop influence with them. You develop trust.

The happiest people are those who have invested their time in others. The unhappiest people are those who wonder how the world is going to make them happy.