Quotes about Relationships

If you haven't talked about it to your partner, you have no business talking about it to someone else, unless it's a particularly touchy issue and you're seeking godly wisdom as to how to share it or broach the topic.

Hendricks turned to his wife and said, "A great man. How many great men do you know?" "One fewer than you think," she answered.

We want to be like Jesus, we need to begin initiating love toward others — starting with our spouses and moving on to friends, family, and coworkers.

We're not called to judge our spouses—ever; we are called to love them. We are not called to recount their failures in a Pharisaic game of "I'm holier than you"; we're called to encourage them. We are not called to build a case against them regarding how far they fall short of the glory of God; we are called to honor and respect them.

We must not enter marriage to be fulfilled, emotionally satisfied, or romantically charged, but rather to become more like Jesus Christ.

Learn how to grieve fractured relationships, and then learn how to let them go. Don't let disappointment morph into self-doubt and self-flagellation. Just because you wish something wasn't a certain way doesn't mean it's your fault that it's not.

Couples don't fall out of love so much as they fall out of repentance.

I wouldn't be surprised if many marriages end in divorce largely because one or both partners are running from their own revealed weaknesses as much as they are running from something they can't tolerate in their spouse.

The glue that holds all relationships together - including the relationship between; the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.

If you like a person you say 'let's go into business together.' Man is a social animal after all, but such partnerships are fraught with danger.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

Love the giver more than the gift.