Quotes About Relationship

In the great literature of all progressive societies, love is a verb.

the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call. But I suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness. It balances short term with long term. It balances going for the grade and paying the price to get an education. It balances the desire to have a room clean and the building of a relationship in which the child is internally committed to do it—cheerfully, willingly, without external supervision.

if there is little or no trust, there is no foundation for permanent success. Only basic goodness gives life to technique.

I was unable or unwilling to give patience or understanding, so I expected her to give things. In an attempt to compensate for my deficiency, I borrowed strength from my position and authority and forced her to do what I wanted her to do.

But to take the child alone, quietly, when the relationship is good and to discuss the teaching or the value seems to have much greater impact. It may have been that the emotional maturity to do that was beyond my level of patience and internal control at the time.

But borrowing strength builds weakness. It builds weakness in the borrower because it reinforces dependence on external factors to get things done. It builds weakness in the person forced to acquiesce, stunting the development of independent reasoning, growth, and internal discipline. And finally, it builds weakness in the relationship. Fear replaces cooperation, and both people involved become more arbitrary and defensive.

you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, empathic, consistent, loving parent.

If our sense of emotional worth comes primarily from our marriage, then we become highly dependent upon that relationship.

For another example, suppose in my effort to build a relationship with you, I told you something someone else had shared with me in confidence. "I really shouldn't tell you this," I might say, "but since you're my friend…." Would my betraying another person build my trust account

The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them—when they feel understood by you—that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.

In the long run, if it isn't a win for both of us, we both lose.

Suppose you have a teenage son and your normal conversation is something like, "Clean your room. Button your shirt. Turn down the radio. Go get a haircut. And don't forget to take out the garbage!" Over a period of time, the withdrawals far exceed the deposits.

If you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, empathic, consistent, loving parent.

But to take the child alone, quietly, when the relationship is good and to discuss the teaching or the value seems to have much greater impact.

love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her.

Borrowing strength builds weakness. It builds weakness in the borrower because it reinforces dependence on external factors to get things done. It builds weakness in the person forced to acquiesce, stunting the development of independent reasoning, growth, and internal discipline. And finally, it builds weakness in the relationship. Fear replaces cooperation, and both people involved become more arbitrary and defensive.

You did not cause his despair. Had you treated him with distrust, you would have achieved nothing but the confirmation of his distress. Distrust—vindicates itself.

Their flat, unreadable faces showed no signs of youth or age, as if their relationship with time was somehow ambivalent; and

I knew I must not join him, but how could I tell that to the one who taught me how to live?

I like to include you in the definition of me . - Danny Daniels

Our prayers must mean something to us if they are to mean anything to God.

How can we send a signal over the phone, when the customer calls with a question, that we are different than the other companies, and they are going to feel more welcome and at home with us? How do we create a relationship right there at the point of that call? What

Everything that's truly irrevocable finally has to do with love or freedom, but whether you act in the name of the first or the second, one of them ultimately bows to the other and that's the most irrevocable thing of all.

By nature, memory is more monogamous than desire.