Inspirational Quotes

 On Relationships

Self-knowledge, comes into being when we are aware of ourselves in relationship, which shows what we are from moment to moment. Relationship is a mirror in which to see ourselves as we actually are.
-J. Krishnamurti-

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he
knows that you are slightly cracked.
-Bernard Meltzer-

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil
is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.
-Buddha-

So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modelled upon it.
-Haniel Long-

If you had a friend who talked to you like you sometimes talk to yourself,
would you continue to hang around with that person?
-Rob Bremer-

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart,
and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
-Donna Roberts-

Of all nature's gifts to the human race,
what is sweeter to a man than his children?
-Marcus T. Cicero-

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship,
we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.
-Charlotte Bronte-

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand
the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and
work out our differences.
-Harry S. Truman-

There can be no friendship without confidence,
and no confidence without integrity.
-Samuel Johnson-

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.
-Leo Buscaglia-

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile,
nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one
when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust
him with his friendship.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson-

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces;
but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.
-Richard Burton-

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to the understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. -Unknown-

Your children need your presence more than your presents.
-Jesse Jackson-

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed
by choosing personality over character.
-W Somerset Maugham-

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
-Leo Buscaglia-

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success
will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and co-workers,
and even strangers you meet along the way.
-Barbara Bush-