Quotes about Relationships

There ought to be some mode of life where all love is good, where one love can't compete with another but adds to it.

Walking in love means giving the other person what he or she needs the most when it is least deserved, because that's exactly how God has treated you.

If you attempt to build intimacy with a person before you've done the hard work of becoming a whole and healthy person, every relationship will be an attempt to complete the hole in your heart and the lack of what you don't have. That relationship will end in disaster.

Love says, "I'm with you, let's deal with it.

Interestingly, there has been significant research done with people experiencing what we call infatuation. When we have this experience we could call falling into infatuation (or falling into romantic interest), chemicals are secreted in the brain, causing light-headedness, dizziness, and a flood of emotions that we can't explain. Certain people trigger that kind of response in us. We are almost instantly drawn to them.

Some of the dumbest things we do are done out of anger and bitterness when someone has wronged us.

Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.

Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.

When people show you their boundaries ("I can't do this for you") you feel rejected...part of your struggle is to set boundaries to your own love. Only when you are able to set your own boundaries will you be able to acknowledge, respect and even be grateful for the boundaries of others.

Nothing can be accomplished without love.

Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.