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Takes a man or a woman to say I'm sorry, and it takes a fool to walk away.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

That love is all there is, Is all we know of love.

That which you or I think is most unique about ourselves we hide. In ordinary discourse, in the normal state, we share our common self, our superficial self. Yet what is most unique about us is what has the greatest potential for bonding us. When we share our uniqueness, we discover the commonality in greatness that defines everyone on the planet.

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.

The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves.

The close relationship between railroad expansion and the genera development and prosperity of the country is nowhere brought more distinctly into relief than in connection with the construction of the Pacific railroads.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

The central idea of love is not even a relationship commitment, the first thing is a personal commitment to be the best version of yourself with or without that person that you're with. You have to every single day-mind, body, and spirit-wake up with a commitment to be better.

The challenge and the energy running requires may be a selfish one, but it actually motivates me to be stronger in my relationships.

The best proof of love is trust.

The best you can hope for in a relationship is to find someone whose flaws are the sort you don’t mind. It is futile to look for someone who has no flaws, or someone who is capable of significant change; that sort of person exists only in our imaginations.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.

The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people.

The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.

The first time I saw my wife, Marjorie, I was doing stand-up in Memphis, and she was sitting in the front row. Afterward, I walked up and said, "Ma'am, I'm going to marry you one day". And 15 years later, I did.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.

The fundamental glue that holds any relationship together is trust.

The glue that holds all relationships together ... is trust, and trust is based on integrity.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.

The key to a good relationship is the key. Give me back the key.

The key to staying together is making sure you guys like each other and need each other.

The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.

The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.

The message about sex and relationships that she had gotten as a child... was confused, contradictory. Sex was for men, and marriage, like lifeboats, was for women and children.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

The more I know you, the more I want to know you more.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic) rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will sense that duplicity. We simply won't be able to create and sustain the foundation necessary for effective interdependence.

The moment love becomes a relationship, it becomes a bondage, because there are expectations and there are demands and there are frustrations, and an effort from both sides to dominate. It becomes a struggle for power.

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase.

The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life.

There are so many things that demand to be said. Where did you go? Do you ever think about me? You've ruined me. Are you okay? But of course, I can't say any of that.

Then the highest state of love is prayerfulness. In prayerfulness there is communion. In sex there is the I/it relationship, in love the I/thou relationship. Martin Buber stops there; his Judaic tradition won't allow him to go further. But one step more has to be taken that is neither 'I' nor 'thou' - a relationship where I and thou disappear, a relationship where two persons no longer function as two but function as one. A tremendous unity, a harmony, a deep accord - two bodies but one soul. That is the highest quality of love. I call it prayerfulness.

The paper burns, but the words fly away.

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make on your wedding day, and over and over again and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband.

The objective of two lovers is almost always the same; to find meaning in their individual lives and in their life together.

The one who loves least controls the relationship.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

The place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our circle of influence, our own character.

The purpose of relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness.