Quotes about Relationships

Furthermore, we are not responsible for anyone else's feelings, although we are responsible for choosing to be considerate of people's feelings.

The less good stuff we find in ourselves, the more we seek it in others.

When we don't get close to people, at least we know what to expect: nothing.

Codependents are reactionaries. They overreact. They under-react. But rarely do they act.

Stay on good terms with each other,' " he read slowly, putting emphasis on each word, "'held together by love.

I'd rather have a few wonderful years with love than a long life with animosity.

There isn't anybody in the world who isn't worth something," I say. "If you're nice to them, they'll be nice to you. The same people you meet on the way up are the same kind of people you meet on the way down. Besides that, every person you meet is one of God's children.

Breaking cycles of dependency, establishing cordial relationships between people of differing economic means, and reestablishing sound values and principles in our society can serve only to strengthen the fabric of our nation, which is what any government should want to do and which clearly promotes the general welfare.

In the church, we think of ourselves as all part of God's family. That means that we think of the people of where we worship as brothers and sister--part of our family. The church people have been treating us as the family members we are.

True happiness results less from money than from our relationships—with ourselves, with other people, and with God.

We long to find someone who has been where we've been, who shares our fragile places, who sees our sunsets with the same shades of blue. Soul mates. They somehow validate the depth of our experiences.

Even of marriage, the Lord said the two shall become one flesh. He did not say we'd become one heart. He did not say we'd become one mind.