Relationship Quotes

Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world.

~ William Glasser

OK, in all seriousness, I would say I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness.

~ Jennifer Aniston

I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus.

~ Anne Lamott

Tony and I had a good on and off screen relationship, we are two very different people, but we did share a sense of humor, we now live in different parts of the world but when we find ourselves in the same place it is more or less as if there had been no years in between.

~ Roger Moore

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

~ Jawaharlal Nehru

Where do we enroll in Life 101? Where are the classes dealing with the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, the failure of a relationship? Unfortunately, those lessons are mostly learned through trial by fire and the school of hard knocks.

~ Les Brown

In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection.

~ Carol Gilligan

Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we believe in the relationship of the protagonists.

~ Mariella Frostrup

Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship.

~ Trisha Yearwood

If you truly want to find a meaningful relationship, you've got to find yourself first and learn to be confident in your own skin. Don't sacrifice anything about who you are to be with someone. That's setting yourself up for failure.

~ Whitney Wolfe

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

~ Bryant H. Mcgill

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.

~ Richard Bach

Nobody can predict the future. You just have to give your all to the relationship you're in and do your best to take care of your partner, communicate and give them every last drop of love you have. I think one of the most important things in a relationship is caring for your significant other through good times and bad.

~ Nick Cannon

You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.

~ Kirsten Dunst

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

~ Pietro Aretino

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

~ Khalil Gibran

I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

~ Jennifer Lopez

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

~ John Lennon

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

~ Mother Teresa

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

~ Thomas Merton

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

~ Lord Byron

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

~ Rabindranath Tagore

Even in the deepest love relationship - when lovers say 'I love you' to each other - we don't really know what we're saying, because language isn't equal to the complexity of human emotions.

~ Duane Michals

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.

~ William Arthur Ward

Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things.

~ Keanu Reeves

If a relationship is going wrong, if a marriage is going wrong, the answer cannot simply be to say, 'You can't afford to break up because you are going to lose the house.' The answer has to be only one thing, which is 'I love you.'

~ Rory Stewart

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

~ Mother Teresa

Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action, which produces further confusion, further misery.

~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

Some think love can be measured by the amount of butterflies in their tummy. Others think love can be measured in bunches of flowers, or by using the words 'for ever.' But love can only truly be measured by actions. It can be a small thing, such as peeling an orange for a person you love because you know they don't like doing it.

~ Marian Keyes

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.

~ Charles Stanley

My worldview, my philosophy, my attitudes, my relationships, my parenting, my marriage - everything has been transformed by my relationship with Christ.

~ Lee Strobel

Parenting now is a two-way relationship where you learn from each other.

~ Juhi Chawla

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.

~ Laura Schlessinger

You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship.

~ Connie Sellecca

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

~ Robert Cormier

My father and I had a really good relationship. We're cool. I am not trying to outdo him or anything like that.

~ Ziggy Marley

It's really cool to know that there are so many people out there that are attached to me or projects that I've done to really feel that it's a personal relationship.

~ Nikki Sixx

All of my relationships have happened organically with people who are super cool and in my life and it just moved into a relationship zone.

~ Hannah Simone

One of the key factors of life is love, and the key factor of God is love, so having that understanding is really important in a relationship. Having someone that genuinely respects you and understands your life and is open to hearing about your life is really cool.

~ Sofia Richie