Quotes About Relationships

I think it is interesting that God designed people to need other people. We see those cigarette advertisements with the rugged cowboy riding around alone on a horse, and we think that is strength, when really, it is like setting your soul down on a couch and not exercising it. The soul needs to interact with other people to be healthy.

WE'RE ALL AMATEURS WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE and relationships. I

But that's done now," Jason said, shaking his head. "No girl who plays the role of a hero dates a guy who uses her. She knows who she is. She just forgot for a little while." Part Two A Character

His prescription to experience a deep sense of meaning, then, was remarkably pragmatic. He had three recommendations: 1. Have a project to work on, some reason to get out of bed in the morning and preferably something that serves other people. 2. Have a redemptive perspective on life's challenges. That is, when something difficult happens, recognize the ways that difficulty also serves you. 3. Share your life with a person or people who love you unconditionally.

Most of us ask people to buy our products the way a shy, young boy might ask a girl to go on a date.

If I was going to make Betsy happy, I'd have to trust that my flaws were the ways through which I would receive grace. We don't think of our flaws as the glue that binds us to the people we love, but they are. Grace only sticks to our imperfections. Those who can't accept their imperfections can't accept grace either.

It's hard for me to admit, but there are people who become rocks who hinder others. Perhaps there is redemption for these people and perhaps there is hope, but this doesn't change the fact that they are not safe. I only say this because a positive evolution happened in my life when I realized healthy relationships happen best between healthy people. I'm not just talking about romance either. I'm talking about friendships, neighbors, and people we agree to do business with.

I've learned there are givers and takers in this life. I've slowly let the takers go and I've had it for the better. God bless them, when they learn to play by the rules they are welcomed back, but my heart is worth protecting.

I suppose that's the point of this book. There's truth in the idea we're never going to be perfect in love but we can get close. And the closer we get, the healthier we will be. Love is not a game any of us can win, it's just a story we can live and enjoy. It's a noble ambition, then, to add a chapter to the story of love, and to make our chapter a good one.

love makes us both strong and weak at the same time. I

SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME WE WILL NEVER FEEL loved until we drop the act, until we're willing to show our true selves to the people around us.

I turned out the light and lay in my bed and thought about the girls I had dated, the fear I have of getting married, and the incredible selfishness from which I navigate my existence.

all relationships move through three stages. And, these stages cannot be rushed. The stages of a relationship are:         1.    Curiosity         2.    Enlightenment         3.    Commitment

bad feelings to you personally or the GPU as an institution....

But people are much more likely to trust a leader if they know he is compassionate and forgiving of mistakes. And trust, of course, is the essential building block for successful relationships.

Now people matter.

It's next to impossible to build a successful business without relationships.

A pro looks at the people, because they know business is about people.

Citizen Kane was really about accumulation, and at the end of the accumulation, you see what happens, and it's not necessarily all positive. In real life, I believe that wealth does in fact isolate you from other people. It's a protective mechanism. You have your guard up much more so than you would if you didn't have wealth.

I've known Jeff [Epstein] for 15 years. Terrific guy, He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.

I didn't mean to hurt you. -You shouldnae have been able to. She blinked at that, but knew what he meant. -I suppose not, no. we're still strangers. More or less. -Only in the measure of time could we consider ourselved that. (Graham & Katie) Some Like It Scot

And then you realize that when you finally meet, when you finally find each other, it doesn't matter. All the rest of it doesn't matter. Life scattered, life together. . . it's just where things begin. It's where the story is when you jump into it. It doesn't stay there. You start writing the next chapter from that moment on.

Weddings seem to be something of a spectator sport in these parts." Grace laughed. "Come to think of it, we have had our share of bouquets tossed in the past year or so." Still smiling, she glanced at Fiona, who, along with Kerry, was still wrangling over who should be in charge of running Kerry's love life. "And we're not done yet," Grace said. Smiling, he looked back at her and winked. "Yes, I'm rather counting on that bit.

It would be nice if we could choose the people we love, but love chooses them.