Quotes about positive relationships

34 Best Inspirational Relationship Quotes on the Internet

Don’t you just love an inspirational quote when it deeply speaks to you and your situation?

And those little gems of wisdom that can help get you back on track with your well-being.

After providing relationship counselling for more than 20 years, I think I’ve come across every relationship quote that’s ever been said.

So, I’ve compiled a list of what I think are the best relationship quotes in this post, so you can get a whole lot of inspiration in one place.

Enjoy!

1. When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are ~ Donald Miller

2. A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

3. Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.

4. Never love anybody that treats you like you’re ordinary. ~ Oscar Wilde

5. One day they’ll realize they lost a diamond while playing with worthless stones ~Turcois Ominek

6. We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain ~Alan Watts

7. He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

8. Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses ~Ann Landers

9. Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr

10. Love is a game that two can play and both win. ~ Eva Gabor

11. Choose your relationships wisely. It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company.

12. The most beautiful thing is to see a person you love smiling. And even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it.

13. The one who is meant for you encourages you to be your best, but still loves and accepts you at your worst.

14. Fall in love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely.

15. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.

16. Deep in your wounds are seeds, waiting to grow beautiful flowers. ~ Niti Majethia

17. True love doesn’t mean being inseparable; it means being separated and nothing changes.

18. We were born in a time when if something was broken, we would fix it, not throw it away.

19. Don’t try to be everything to everyone. Be everything to someone.

20. Pain will leave you, when you let go. ~ Jeremy Aldana

21. Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go. ~ Roy Bennett

22. Never love something so much that you can’t let go of it. ~ Ginni Rometty

23. A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~ Mignon McLaughlin

24. Happily ever after is not a fairy tale. It’s a choice. ~ Fawn Weaver

25. People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. ~ Joseph F. Newton Men

26. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. ~ Paul Boose

27. Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ~ Khalil Gibran

28. No road is long with good company. ~ Turkish Proverb

29. Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

30. Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. ~ Wm. Paul Young

31. You can’t lose something you never had. ~ Kate Hudson

32. A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. ~ Honore de Balzac

33. Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means. ~ Ronald Reagan

34. The first duty of love is to listen. ~ Paul Tillich

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By Sharon Martin, LCSW on January 30, 2017

Relationships contribute to our greatest joys and our biggest struggles. To put it simply, relationships are hard! I assembled the following 16 quotes about healthy relationships to inspire you when things get rough when youre arguing, heart broken, or confused.

Weve all been there! No one has a perfect marriage or a stress-free relationship with their parents or kids. Our relationship struggles may all take different forms, but we all have them (at least some of the time). But we also know that when we can offer kindness, respect, and open communication, and receive the same in return, we can open our hearts and experience deep connection, love, and acceptance.

A healthy relationship is a feast of affection/giving for both people; not one receiving crumbs and trying to convince themselves its enough. Shannon Thomas

I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone, its not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone. Robin Williams

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are. Donald Miller

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If its not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long. Amy Grant

As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships.?John Mark Green

Fear of breaking family loyalty is one of the greatest stumbling blockages to recovery. Yet, until we admit certain things we would rather excuse or deny, we cannot truly begin to put the past in the past, and leave it there once and for all. Unless we do that, we cannot even begin to think of having a future that is fully ours, untethered to the past, and we will be destined to repeat it.?Ronald Allen Schulz

As long as you leave to others the responsibility to make you happy, you will always be miserable, because that is actually your job?Linda Alfiori

A healthy relationship will never require you to sacrifice your friends, your dreams, or your dignity. Dinkar Kalotra

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person. Gloria Steinem

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others. Brene Brown

A healthy relationship keeps the doors and windows wide open. Plenty of air is circulating and no one feels trapped. Relationships thrive in this environment. Keep your doors and windows open. If the person is meant to be in your life, all the open doors and windows in the world, will not make them leave. Trust the truth. Unknown

My primary relationship is with myself all others are mirrors of it. As I learn to love myself, I automatically receive the love and appreciation that I desire from others. If I am committed to myself and to living my truth, I will attract others with equal commitment. My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another. As I learn to love myself, I receive the love I desire from others. — Shakti Gawain

Lets not forget its you and me vs. the problemNot you vs. me. Steve Maraboli

Love in such a way that the person you love feels free. Thich Nhat Hanh

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics. –Joyce Meyer

Dont walk in front of me; I may not follow. Dont walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend. Albert Camus

I hope these quotes inspire you to move toward a healthy relationship with yourself and with others and encourage you when things get rough.

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By Sharon Martin, LCSW on January 30, 2017

Best love and relationship quotes

Irina Balmanzhi

What is love? What is the secret to strong marriages? How to maintain good relationships in the family? We publish quotes that will help answer these and other important questions.

Love is a state when you receive by giving.

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Generosity is one of the forms of manifestation of love that should be developed in oneself, trained all the time.

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Love is a basic human need. Everything that a person does in life, except for what is aimed at physical survival, he does in the name of love.

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Marriage is a continuous learning and you will have to constantly take the exam in real time.

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Besides love, all reasons for starting or maintaining a family are based on fear.

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Both men and women strive to love and wait for love, but they speak about it in different languages.

Love never asks for anything, it always gives. Love suffers, but is not offended and never takes revenge.

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I know that nothing is impossible for pure love.

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Love based on the kindness of those you love is not true love, but a selfish transaction; true love is modest and does not require an answer. Love is the greatest force in the world, but it is difficult to imagine anything more modest than love.

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Spiritual relationships are much more valuable and more important than physical relationships. Physical relationships outside of spiritual ones are the same as a body devoid of a soul.

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The only worthy qualities of marriage are mutual love and harmony.

Love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure.

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We expect from love an incredible experience that will allow us to rise above the routine of everyday life.

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Love is born within us and is a product of the imagination, a creative act designed to satisfy our deepest aspirations, desires and dreams; it helps us to change and be transformed.

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In an effort to control the risks associated with unbridled infatuation and passion, you are slowly killing this passion. This is how the boredom of modern marriage is born.

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Free space is necessary to maintain eroticism in a relationship.

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Reality is so changeable that you need to have a fair amount of self-confidence to consider a relationship absolutely reliable.

Love is the most transformative force we know.

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Love can bring your dream back to life. Scientists have managed to register how the manifestation of love literally brings the dead brain matter back to life. Loving others, you restore them. By loving yourself, you restore yourself, revive your hopes and dreams.

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Love gives hope. Hope offers opportunity. Opportunity creates the conditions for success.

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No plan, no strategy, no money can take the place of kindness and empathy. Love changes everything around. Nothing can change the situation so drastically as love.

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The more you love, the more you succeed. There's nothing you can do about it. By loving, you change your future possibilities in spite of fear and pain.

People with high self-esteem give love first, without worrying about whether it will be reciprocated.

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Love for yourself and love for people are inseparable, they are two sides of the same coin.

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Instead of looking for flaws and weaknesses, pick out those traits that you admire and appreciate, and treat those close to you with the love and respect they deserve.

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By cultivating love within you, you increase the energy that allows you to remain strong and wise in the face of heartbreak, illness, and change.

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Love your loved ones: sincere love and devotion nourish our vitality and immunity like nothing else.

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Just as oil is the concentrated essence of a plant, love is the concentrated essence of human nature.

No matter what you experience, never forget that one of the greatest joys of life is to feel someone's care, love and attention.

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Married couples who have lived happily together all their lives have something in common - the ratio of positive and negative assessments of each other. Five to one. Therefore, there should be five times more approvals than criticisms. Support, don't scold.

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Good teachers and happy couples know one important thing. In order for students and spouses to perform at their best, you need to see the best in them and expect the best from them.

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People who do not know the care and attention of loved ones are characterized by unpredictable behavior, a narrow positive emotional range, often get divorced, change their spouse and suddenly change jobs.

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No other area of life affects happiness in the same way as the relationship between spouses.

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Positive relationship quotes and aphorisms, p. 15.

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Everyone makes mistakes - both fool and smart. But unlike the first, the smart one admits his mistakes. So, by acknowledging aloud that a person was once right, you will immediately achieve his favor.

• Vadim Zeland

Relationships, Respect

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Everyone hears only what he understands.

• Johann W. Goethe

Quotes of Wisdom, Relationships, Understanding

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Whatever the case, in the foolish house of my memory you remain If I were a full-fledged woman, I would imitate and I will imitate.

• Elchin Safarli

Relationships, Paradox, Value

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No matter how cynical it may sound, it is also a kind of relationship. I just haven't always been lucky. I was the only one who worked. Whereas it is necessary together, and not separately.

• Elchin Safarli

Life, Relationships

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What a pity that your existence has become for me
, not you

• Iosif A. Brodsky

Unrequited love, Beautiful quotes, Relationships, Regret, Feelings Especially at the moment when you have already become attached to them.

• Anton P. Chekhov

Relationships, Reflections, Feelings

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• Evgeny A. Yevtushenko

Reciprocity, Relationships

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How to use reciprocity for mutual torture?
Just believing that if I do something for you
you must do something for me is enough.

• Byron Katie

Reciprocity, Greed, Relationships, Man

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then they are sincere and impartial.

• Blaise Pascal

Friendship, Life, Relationships

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How can you take care of others if you don't even take care of yourself? How can you do good when you just feel bad? I cannot love you without loving myself.

• Robin Sharma

Life, Relationships

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Silly as a fool's words are, sometimes they are enough to confuse a smart person.

• Nikolai V. Gogol

Conversation, Communication, Relationships

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How to keep passion? Go home, turn off the lights, have sex. Warranty

• Christina M. Aguilera

Relationships, Sex, Passion

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Once relationships become predictable, they lose their shine. Even in marriage, a woman must remain completely misunderstood by a man. And when we look at each other as if we were a disassembled Lego constructor, that's all...

• Ivan Urgant

Relationships

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As soon as I found all the answers, All questions have changed.

• Paulo Coelho

Irony, Answer, Relationships, Feelings

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How hard it is to be completely satisfied with someone!

• Jean de La Bruyère

Life, Relationships, Pleasures, Man, Feelings

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It's good to be alone. But how nice it is to have someone to tell,
how nice it is to be alone.

• Ernest M. Hemingway

Loneliness, Relationships

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It would be nice if people could always be stripped of lies so easily.

• Kobo Abe

Life, Lies, People, Relationships

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What good is it for a man in all his worldly learning or glance, if he cannot forgive his neighbor's one insulting word?

• Nicholas Serbsky

Good, Relations, Forgiveness

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What nerves need to have to spend every evening with a new girl ...

• Bill Kaulitz

Nerves, Relations

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No matter how strong a woman is, she waits for a man stronger than herself. And not so that he would restrict her freedom, but so that he would give her the right to be weak.

• Angelina Jolie

Relationships, Cognition, Fortitude

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Pictures are like living beings. Like women. You should not show them to everyone you meet and cross. Otherwise, they will lose their charm. And your price.

• Erich M. Remarque

Women, Life, Relationships, Charm

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Who would you be without the thought of impressing?

• Byron Katie

Approval, Relationship, Search, Person

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Who we were to each other,
no one knew, and still -
we, like a vicious circle,
are destined to endure unity.

• Bella A. Akhmadulina

Close people, Sad quotes, Relationships

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Slander is indifferent to nonentities.

• Honore de Balzac

Slander, Lies, Deception, Relationships

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Too much intimacy becomes very bad. And, on the contrary, when this is not enough, people are ready to go to any feats. Everything that has ever happened in world literature - no matter whether it is between relatives or not - was due to the fact that someone wanted to be together. Or break this closeness. That's all. The inner feeling of the world is important here, because the nature of a person is dual: on the one hand, he must be with someone, on the other, he must still be alone. Few people manage to be together and at the same time save themselves.