Quotes about Relationships

Sincerity may not help us make friends, but it will help us keep them.

Abraham Lincoln. He once said that the best thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother.

I remain convinced to this day that compassion like that—sincerely caring for your players and maintaining an active interest in their lives, concerns, and motivations—is one of the most important qualities a coach can have.

There is also the professional mentor, a person whose success in his or her career can be a source of practical wisdom and inspiration. This success might be mea sured in material gain or far-reaching influence, or in lives touched and relationships fostered. These mentors can offer a model for good business, ethical practices, and effective work habits, and they often provide the motivation we need to seize whatever opportunities come our way.

Your family is what counts, and you must always remember that as you get caught up in your own professional responsibilities.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church.

The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.

Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.

You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.

That's enough, and I have a ministry as a neighbor as well. A ministry as a friend and a ministry as an aunt and a godmother, and family is very much in the circle of my vocation.

Never put business before family.