Quotes about Relationships

Sometimes relationships grow stronger through conflict; other times relationships end.

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. (John 15:9 — 12)

we must not confuse the disease to please with the command to love.

Love can be unconditional but relational access never should be

I realized that neither Paul nor Barnabas were bad people. They were good people. But they weren't good together. And that's okay. It's so much healthier to be brave enough to go your separate ways than to keep stuffing and drown in a sea of bitterness.

Raw emotions — anger, frustration, bitterness, resentment — are the feelings we tend to hide from people we want to impress but spew on those we love the most.

So, lesson learned: some goodbyes are not for a season, they are forever. but when two good people part ways and don't cause harm to each other, it may actually allow for more good to be done in their respective callings….. …..Remember, some people appear to say the right things, but their actions betray their words.

had the wrong notion that to be a Christian requires that we believe the best no matter what. That it's unkind to draw boundaries. That it's noble and commendable to stay in a relationship no matter what. I no longer believe that.

I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.

There is no greater place for damage (than marriage) because there is no greater place for glory.