Good relationships make people happy, and happy people enjoy more and better relationships than unhappy people. . . . Conflicts in relationships--having an annoying office mate or roommate, or having chronic conflict with your spouse--is one of the surest ways to reduce your happiness. You never adapt to interpersonal conflict; it damages every day, even days when you don't see the other person but ruminate about the conflict nonetheless.
I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isnt happening.
Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
Relationships are the core of our existence because they are the core of God's and we are in His image.
I am Presbyterian and Protestant. I've had great relationships and developed even greater relationships with ministers. We have tremendous support from the clergy.
The fatal flaw of human wisdom is that it promises that you can change your relationships without needing to change yourself.
If our love for each other really is participatory, then all other human relationships nourish it; it is inclusive, never exclusive.
I used to believe, although I don't now, that growing and growing up are analogous, that both are inevitable and uncontrollable processes. Now it seems to me that growing up is governed by the will, that one can choose to become an adult, but only at given moments. These moments come along fairly infrequently -during crises in relationships, for example, or when one has been given the chance to start afresh somewhere- and one can ignore them or seize them.
Relationships change us and make us grow.
You can change your health, you can change your relationships, you can change your income, you can change anything.
The biggest thing our dad taught us is that enthusiasm is real. He talks about coaching with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. To me, that's how he lives his life. And the relationships he had with his players.
I don't want everybody to try to sound like something; I think that God has given us each unique talents and passions. The things that come out of me will be different than my neighbor, because I have a totally different set of relationships, totally different set influences and personality traits.
It has been said that the reason we establish relationships is to assure ourselves of a witness to our lives.
Dysfunctional co-dependent relationships always appeal to me. I don't know exactly how it started. I start writing sketches of characters and little scene-lets, and then it builds.
People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.
Don't give up before you get off your feet. Put the time in to learn what you can, build relationships, and develop quality content.
You won't build relationships unless you let your guard down
In all proper relationships there is no sacrifice of anyone to anyone.
But then, that was the trouble with relationships generally. They had their own temperature and there was no thermostat.
The inherent preferences of organizations are clarity, certainty and perfection. The inherent nature of human relationships involves ambiguity, uncertainty, and imperfection. How one honors, balances, and integrates the needs of both is the real trick of feedback.