Quotes about Relationships
God gives you Christ as the foundation of your marriage. "Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God" (Rom. 15:7). . . . Don't insist on your rights, don't blame each other, don't judge or condemn each other, don't find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts. DIETRICH BONHOEFFER, Letters and Papers from Prison, 31—32
— John Piper
When the Bible uses the term heart, it means the causal core of your personhood. The heart is your directional system. The heart is your steering wheel. Your behavior isn't caused by the situations and relationships outside of you. This passage teaches that your experiences influence, but do not determine, your behavior. Your behavior is shaped and caused by how your heart reacts to and interacts with the situations and relationships that are outside of you.
— John Piper
God gets glory when two very different and very imperfect people forge a life of faithfulness in the furnace of affliction by relying on Christ.
— John Piper
If we could live a thousand years, and experience a thousand relationships in the thousand times and places and cultures, perhaps we wouldn't need books in order to (eventually) become wise. But our lives are short, and God has been merciful to give us many places, many times, many cultures, and many experiences distilled into books. Find the ones that strengthen your faith and make you want to live all-out for God.
— John Piper
Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have stuck with them longer.
— John Updike
We are most alive when we're in love.
— John Updike
It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.
— John Updike
The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.
— John Wesley
There is no such thing as a solitary Christian.
— John Wesley
The most important thing in the world is family and love.
— John Wooden
The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
— John Wooden
And only as we love God supremely is it possible to love our neighbor impartially.
— Ellen White