Quotes about Relationships

One can do many external deeds of love and still hold back the really precious gift, the inner self. This gift can be given only through communication.

How much would every marriage change if we pursued absolute benevolence over our own comfort, happiness, and self-interest?

it may feel as if they just want you to stop being you.

There are certain people who drain us, demean us, and distract us from other healthy relationships. Long after they're gone, we're still fighting with them in our minds and trying to get them out of our hearts. They keep us awake. They steal our joy. They demolish our peace. They make us (if we're honest with ourselves) weaker spiritually. They even invade times of worship and pervert them into seasons of fretting.

You don't marry a position. You marry a person.

The story of Isaac and Rebekah is an account of what was, but not necessarily of what should be for all of God's people.

One of Satan's cleverest attacks is getting us to pour our time and energy into people who resent the grace we share and who will never change, keeping us from spending time with and focusing on others whom we can love and serve.

Sometimes to follow in the footsteps of Jesus is to walk away from others or to let them walk away from us.

A defeatist attitude kills almost as many marriages as do affairs.

Even if you're a giver who likes to give, it's exhausting being married to a taker. A taker will suck the life out of you in many ways, and in one sense undercut your ability to minister to others.

Here's the reality: many women are led into marriage primarily through romantic idealism, and many men are swept to the altar through sexual attraction. Before you can make a wise marital choice, you have to rid yourself of inferior motivations. The wrong why will lead you to the wrong who.

Understanding the truth is the doorway to new life. And understanding the truth often requires the use of labels. Honoring someone, whether that person is a boss, parent, or spouse, doesn't mean we have to pretend they're something they're not. Honoring and honesty can exist side by side.