Quotes About Relationships

Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you.

To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.

if you love two people at the same time, choose the second. Because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn't have fallen for the second.

Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.

Love is a lot like a backache. It doesn't show up on x-rays, but you know it's there.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.

The touchstone for family life is still the legendary 'and so they were married and lived happily ever after.' It is no wonder that any family falls short of this ideal.

A girl does not need anyone who does not need her.

Do not demand love. Begin to love. You will be loved.

My girlfriend told me that she was seeing another man. I told her to rub her eyes.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long after they have departed.

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.

Love ... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy and allows mutual discovery.

Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family.

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

We only hurt others because we don't love ourselves. Learning to truly love yourself changes your relationship with everyone.

Perhaps it's because it's incredible to meet someone and say: with this person, I'm happy.