When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence; which costs us nothing
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
Some think love can be measured by the amount of butterflies in their tummy. Others think love can be measured in bunches of flowers, or by using the words ‘for ever.' But love can only truly be measured by actions. It can be a small thing, such as peeling an orange for a person you love because you know they don't like doing it.
We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.
Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.
We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
There's one sad truth in life I've foundWhile journeying east and west – The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best.
