Quotes About Relationships

It's one of the worst-kept secrets of family life that all parents have a preferred son or daughter, and the rules for acknowledging it are the same everywhere: The favored kids recognize their status and keep quiet about it - the better to preserve the good thing they've got going and to keep their siblings off their back.

our ability to accurately discern who is taking advantage of us is remarkably poor.

one in 10 text messages involves a lie of some kind. . . .

weight gain was dependent on the weight gains of others with whom that person was socially tied.

In everyday social relationships, people expect fair treatment and favors to be reciprocated.

In a dating and courtship relationship, I would not have you spend five minutes with someone who belittles you, one who is constantly critical of you, one who is cruel at your expense and may even call it humor. Life is tough enough without the person who is supposed to love you leading the assault on your self-esteem, your sense of dignity, your confidence, and your joy. In this person's care, you deserve to feel physically safe and emotionally secure.

Think the best of each other, especially of those you say you love. Assume the good and doubt the bad.

True love blooms when we care more about another person than we care about ourselves. That is Christ's great atoning example for us, and it ought to be more evident in the kindness we show, the respect we give, and the selflessness and courtesy we employ in our personal relationships.

I may not be my brothers keeper, but I am my brother's brother.

Love makes us instinctively reach out to God and other people. Lust, on the other hand, is anything but godly and celebrates self-indulgence. Love comes with open hands and open heart; lust comes with only an open appetite.

An apple tree is just like a person. In order to thrive, it needs companionship that's similar to it in some ways, but quite different than others.

the story of liberty and its future is not only about the raw assertion of rights but also about grace, aesthetics, beauty, complexity, service to others, community, the gradual emergence of cultural norms, and the spontaneous development of extended orders of commercial and private relationships. Freedom is what gives life to the human imagination and enables the working out of love as it extends from our most benevolent and highest longings.

I want someone who builds people up, not tears them down. I need someone who makes me laugh and isn't afraid to rib me when I'm being a royal jerk.' She smiled a little. 'You're that girl. I want to be with you, and I want everyone to know it.

You've got a thing for Dylan whether you're with Austin or not. That's what this all boils down to -- Dylan is here and giving you the attention you crave, and Austin's far away and is barely picking up the phone. It's not your fault. It was bound to happen. I'm sure Austin will be the same way when he goes to camp and..." A catering person walks by with a tray of goodies. "Oh look! Brownies! See you in a few, K!

Not everyone you meet is going to like you, and that's okay.

Love means it's okay to lean on one another.

He's in his circle, and I'm in mine, and we just go around and around.

If I don't return, make sure Hercules moves on from all of this," Meg said. "Meg..." Phil swallowed hard. It was the first time he'd called her by her actual name. She tried to put her spinning thoughts into words. "I don't want him wasting his immortality on me. He's a good guy who gives so much of himself. He deserves to have someone do that for him in return. Got it?" Phil looked at her. "Wow, you really do love the guy, don't you?

Yeah, well, love is a fickle thing, isn't it? One minute you have it, the next it's gone... or someone is trying to say you can't be together because you live in different zip codes.

How was someone supposed to understand something like love?

What are you worried about, Burke?" "You, me, fall, friends, college, life. Nothing big.

Oh, man. I officially have a crush on a boy who is friends with a girl I loathe. How did this happen?

Thea te enseñó a valerte de tus instintos y confiar solo en ti misma para salir adelante, y no hay nada de malo en ello. Pero, cuando encuentras a alguien merecedor de tu amor, dejar que te ayude también es importante, igual que tú lo has ayudado a él, ¿no te das cuenta? No tiene por qué ser todo o nada. Has encontrado a un verdadero compañero en Hércules. El amor significa que está bien apoyarse en otro.

Amar a alguien no te convierte en una persona menos fuerte, significa que confías y que confían en ti, que puedes dar y recibir. Nadie lleva la cuenta -dijo con suavidad-. Cuando amas a alguien, quieres entregarle el mundo.