Quotes About Relationships

We ought to love children, as my friend Deborah says, 'for no good reason.' Furthermore, what counts is not that we believe we love them unconditionally, but that they feel loved in that way.

When unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are always present, "Good job!" isn't necessary; when they're absent, "Good job!" won't help.

control is an unavoidable feature of human relationships; all that actually varies is the subtlety of the system of reinforcement.

All lasting business is built on friendship.

In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.

It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow man who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring

Our whole way of living inhibits that necessary intimate contact with our fellow men, which is essential for the development of the science and art of knowing human nature. Since we do not find sufficient contact with our fellow men, we become their enemies. Our behavior towards them is often mistaken, and our judgments frequently false, simply because we do not adequately understand human nature.

One must not trifle with love.

Do Not Trifle with Love.

L'amitié ni l'amour ne doivent recevoir que ce qu'ils peuvent rendre (37)

Prenez de l'amour ce qu'un homme sobre prend de vin ; ne devenez pas un ivrogne. Si votre maîtresse est sincère et fidèle, aimez-la pour cela ; mais si elle ne l'est pas, et qu'elle soit jeune et belle, aimez-la parce qu'elle est jeune et belle ; et si elle est agréable et spirituelle, aimez-la encore ; et si elle n'est rien de tout cela, mais qu'elle vous aime seulement, aimez-la encore. On n'est pas aimé tous les soirs.

Je n'avais vécu que par cette femme ; douter d'elle, c'était douter de tout ; la maudire, tout renier ; la perdre, tout détruire. P 27

Le coeur le plus aimant n'est qu'une vaste armoire. On fait deux tours, et puis voilà.

It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter." - Alfred Eisenstaedt

Remember Matthew 5:25 ("Make friends quickly with your opponent") and Matthew 5:44 ("Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you").

When loyalty to a person supersedes loyalty to the mission, problems and drama are likely to arise down the road.

As a leader, you must choose wisely with whom you will socialize. Friendship with a subordinate or congregant can be a blessing or a trap fraught with dangers.

What makes a good life?" According to Waldinger, the Harvard research project shows that "good relationships keep us happier and healthier.

A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, and contentions are like the bars of a castle" (Prov. 18:19 NKJV).

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. Ecclesiastes 4:9

People usually spend the first two months playing themselves up, not really being themselves. You waste those two months - and then they tell you, 'You're not who I was dating the first month!'

We had two rules growing up in my house: If you're going to take a shower, do it with whomever you're dating so you don't waste water; and if you buy one for yourself, buy six, because everybody's going to want one.

I haven't really found the right person. That sounds like an older person thing to say, but I'm too busy and - not in a bad way - don't want to waste my time.

I obviously would love to have a girlfriend, but a girlfriend deserves so much of your time and energy. And she deserves to be treated like a princess because that's how you should treat your girls. And if I can't give them that time and that devotion because of my dedication to football, then I don't feel like I should almost waste their time.