Relationships Quotes

I think the reward of you is worth the risk.

~ Jen Frederick

You can't stop me from liking you. It's just a thing. Like the sun rising and the tides coming in.

~ Jen Frederick

Significantly, romantic friendships can coexist with the fact of partners' marrying because their reason for being is not to replace marriage but to open the possibility of sustained, committed true love existing among friends, and not just same-sex friends. No matter that our chosen relationship commitments change. Those of us who have long-term romantic friendships, some that have lasted longer than any of our marriages or partnerships, do not fear that these commitments will falter if we create primary bonds.

~ Bell Hooks

Relationships take skill, not perfection or luck!

~ Staci Bartley

Young girls often feel strong, courageous, highly creative, and powerful until they begin to receive undermining sexist messages that encourage them to conform to conventional notions of femininity. To conform they have to give up power.

~ Bell Hooks

The important thing is for me to feel love towards my fellow human beings—and sometimes, that has to be at a distance.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

Katherine feels that she must have learned something about marriage from being married before that is now working to her benefit. However, she doesn't know quite what it is, or how, actually, it works.

~ Joy Williams

I'm water... If you're oil, we'll clash. If you're a flower, I'll nourish you. If you're a light, I'll reflect you. If you can't swim, you'll drown in me. If you're up for adventure, I'm endless entertainment. I'm just being me. If we don't fit, it's not my fault, nor yours. You be you. I'll be me.

~ Steve Maraboli

Actively repeating a lie or denial does not make it true.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Our need for instant gratification is the reason we’re drawn to liars and hot air blowers.

~ Izey Victoria Odiase

Extra-marital affairs become things of legend… and often the undoing of legends… and mere mortals.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Cheating is pure hypocrisy. Our partner deserves better than that. If we don’t love someone, we should not be with them. That would also be hypocrisy.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Respect everyone who crosses your path, even if you feel they don't deserve it.

~ Alaric Hutchinson

Screaming and repeating lies makes them neither true nor more believable.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

One of the greatest ways you can affirm value in another person is by giving them the gift of your undivided attention, the kind of attention that says, “I hear what you are saying because I value who you are.” You don’t have to agree with someone to show them their value as a person. Listening demonstrates that any person you meet is worthy of your respect and attention.

~ Joe Jordan

There is tremendous trauma in the betrayal caused by a perpetual liar as they repeatedly commit psychological abuse.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Direct lies, small lies, huge lies, and lies of omission… these are all self-serving and sources of self-destruction.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

If you lack open communication and honesty in your life – It’s time to look within. Are you someone who handles heavy, emotional, or tough information well or do you often get excessively agitated, upset, or depressed? My rule of thumb is that no topic ‘should’ ever be off limits with a loved one. That is the goal to work towards. The point being, if you’re easy to talk to, people will talk to you! If you’re not, then they won’t!

~ Alaric Hutchinson

Most single people are sick of married people presenting themselves as both available and interested, when indeed they are merely “playing.” Oh, yeah… and cheating. Gee, that is attractive. Not! Others could not care less what someone’s marital status might be.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Once again, the world seems to be less about objects than about interactive relationships.

~ Carlo Rovelli

We never want to be taken for granted, but our partners should be able to expect our honest loyalty. That is a powerfully strong foundation block for a relationship. I want to meet the greatest expectations, without being the greatest fraud.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

In truth, if it isn’t to save your life when it’s in imminent danger, someone yelling at you is just plain wrong. The same is true for ranting or bitching. The same goes double for anything even close to manhandling.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

If a man or a woman starts “expecting” sex, then it is no longer special, and a lover will likely start to feel used.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

When we make the decisions to be and stay in love, we should also make a decision and commitment to be supportive.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

If we are sharing challenges and concerns, laughter and life stories, dreams and dramas with someone other than our mate, we are making precious, intimate connections with someone other than our mate. We need to keep not only physical, but emotional and intellectual connections strong and active with our beloved.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

We would not want the joy of physical and sexual intimacy to fade after years together. We need to also remember to keep our intellectual and emotional intimacy every bit as sacred.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Should we “expect” our physical, sexual, intellectual, and emotional intimacies to automatically continue throughout a marriage? Nope. At least, not in my opinion. But I do think we should be able to expect both partners to protect and preserve the sanctity of these intimacies. That, to me, is part of honest loyalty.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Some people think that it’s okay to be downright nasty to people they love. It is not okay. Nasty is never called for, and it’s certainly not sweet, useful, nor positive.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Past misdeeds must only serve as a reference point in calm conversation about lessons learned or actions that taught us to behave better. They should never be bantered about with sarcasm, anger, or nastiness.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Appreciation and respect are mutual needs. We may be wired differently as men and women, but some needs are parallel human needs.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

It takes a strong woman to tolerate a weak man. That said, it takes a strong man to tolerate a weak woman, too.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

I think we need to develop a powerful dose of tolerance to understand each other’s humanness. None of us is perfect.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Without trust, our relationships lack an essential ingredient for emotional intimacy. We need to be able to totally trust our partner with our deepest thoughts, dreams, fears, and secrets.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

It matters little which party has gotten lazy about delivering what their partner craves. It doesn’t take too many days or weeks for an unsatisfied partner to start to feel love-starved and sadly unfulfilled. If you want great sex in the bedroom, show love to each other outside the bedroom.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Sexy is a decision. We decide that our spouse looks sexy to us. Period. It doesn’t matter our age or how long we’ve been together.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

Love sucks sometimes. It can stretch you beyond what you feel you can endure. But you can, and you must get back to love and living!

~ Staci A. Welch-Bartley

The people with thriving careers and healthy personal relationships get the same amount of time each week as the burned-out professional who can’t remember their last meaningful conversation with a family member.

~ Joe Jordan

Some people believe that if they yell and scream, others will get the point of just how serious they are. For me, all I get is the point of just how out of control that someone is.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

If someone yells at me, they are not expressing love. They may be threatening me. They may be expressing great frustration with me. They may simply be trying to control my behavior. However, they are not communicating love.

~ Cathy Burnham Martin

When we resort to screaming at someone, we are revealing weakness and a sense of helplessness. If we can’t seem to get our message or feelings across any other way, then we get angry, and we get loud!

~ Cathy Burnham Martin