Relationship Quotes - Page 52

Between lovers a little confession is a dangerous thing.

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her.

Her face looked ugly in the attempt to avoid tears; it was an ugliness which bound him to her more than any beauty could have done. It isn't being happy together, he thought as though it were a fresh discovery, that makes one love--it's being unhappy together.

Long-term commitment to an intimate relationship with one person of whatever sex is an essential need that people have in order to breed the qualities out of which nurturing thought can rise.

Lack of self-worth is the fundamental source of all emotional pain. A feeling of insecurity, unworthiness and lack of valueis the core experience of powerlessness.

You gave me reason to believe that we were always meant to be, but now I see you were wrong, you can't keep running back to me with all them baby baby please, No More.

With three or more people there is something bold in the air: direct things get said which would frighten two people alone and conscious of each inch of their nearness to one another. To be three is to be in public - you feel safe.

An abusive relationship should be easy to identify though often one of the most difficult to end.

What you call flaws are really just scars and wounds accumulated over a lifetime.

I hope more women see, at least eventually, that a healthy relationship isn't anything that breaks you down.

I'd say to any woman, get out of that bad relationship that's turning you into a shell of your former self. Learn from it and get out. Then wait; enjoy yourself and your friends because, when what you want comes along, you'll spot it.

I've had a couple of long relationships. And I've had a couple of shorter relationships.

Choose a single, sacred word or phrase that captures something of the flavor of your intimate relationship with God. A word such as Jesus, Abba, Peace, God or a phrase such as "Abba, I belong to you." . . . Without moving your lips, repeat the sacred word inwardly, slowly, and often.

It's about strengthening the relationship and the bond of parent to child.

Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe.

I wanted someone to love who would stay: stay and be there, always.

I don't think it's necessarily healthy to go into relationships as a needy person. Better to go in with a full deck.

Too much is how I love you, but too well is how I know you.

Use romantic relationships to grow, not to lose yourself. Keep your priorities in order.

Harry and Draco have a very weird love/hate relationship.

I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons.

For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.

So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.

When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.

And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.