Quotes about Relationships

he loved me for who I was, not for who I could be

How can there be love without a true choice? Would you suggest that man be stripped of the capacity to love?" This was the Great Romance. To love at any cost.

I see now that in my search for love and acceptance, I slowly began to enslave myself to various identities, which I mistook for my real self in many arenas—sports, church, relationships, career, wealth. These identities became like gods of a lesser kind, all of which I hoped would save me from insignificance in this life.

Everything each of us does affects the others. None of us lives in a vacuum. We're simply children on a quest to gain the highest forms of wisdom without being compromised in the process. But when one is compromised, the others are compromised. You see that, don't you?

As you become older, you become less judgmental and take offense less. But marriage is hard work; the illusion that you get married and live happily ever after is absolute rubbish.

Only by externalization, by entering into social relationships, can we develop the interiority of our own person.

In order not to hold a frame with someone, you have to be intimidated by them.

Good entrepreneurs are community builders, actively involved with their communities and dedicated to the community's well being. If you're dedicated to your community, it will be dedicated to you.

I think I am a little jealous of women who have great girlfriends as adults.

If Jesus were living in our culture, he would probably hang out in coffeehouses.

Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.

God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.