Relationship Quotes

[Daniel E.]

"We are more than how other people see us."

~ various

 

[Daniel E.]

Worried About a Difficult Conversation? Here’s Advice From a Hostage Negotiator.

With chronic stress and flaring tensions, many of us are arguing with family and friends. Here’s how to achieve a better outcome.

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Here is the critical game-changing move: Remember that the last impression is the lasting impression. If you are struggling to get the last word in, that’s when the last word is a cheap shot. But when your last word is something positive, it seeds the possibility that the other person will think about what you said and come back and propose a resolution.

 

[Daniel E.]

Resolving relationship conflicts usually requires the death of the “self” or “ego,” and that can be painful. That’s why the Disarming Technique can be so hard for most people to learn, and many don’t even want to learn it, thinking that self-defense and arguing and fighting back is the best road to travel!

~ David Burns

 

[Daniel E.]

Nothing says "I'm sorry" like flowers ... except for lasting behavioral change ... but you can't buy that at the supermarket.

~ Homer Simpson

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[Daniel E.]

"Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible."

~ Carl Jung

 

[Daniel E.]

The Power of Discord

"You might think that perfect harmony is the defining characteristic of healthy relationships, but the truth is that human interactions are messy, complicated, and confusing...That is not only okay, it is actually crucial to our social and emotional development....Working through the inevitable dissonance of human connection is the path to better relationships with romantic partners, family, friends, and colleagues."

 

[Daniel E.]

"There's no better way to dismantle a personality than to isolate it."

~ Princess Diana

 

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“Love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped imagining.”

― James Hillman

 

[Daniel E.]

“I think that with most of our friends we choose how much of ourselves to reveal, and with a very select few it feels as if there is no choice.”

― Nell Freudenberger, Lost and Wanted

 

[Daniel E.]

"They forget how much they used to love their own parents," she said, "when they were kids."

― Nell Freudenberger, Lost and Wanted

 

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“It doesn’t matter what you do, it’s how you do it. That determines whether you really connect, whether you really help people, whether you’re emotionally intelligent.”

—Daniel Goleman, PhD, author of Emotional Intelligence

 

[Daniel E.]

Imago therapy - Wikipedia

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[Replace] judgment—the destroyer of intimacy—with curiosity, which ensures safety and deepens connection.

 

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“The medicine our world needs is widening circles of compassion. We need to love ourselves—and each other—into healing.” ~ Tara Brach

 

[Daniel E.]

"We can learn to feel good about ourselves not because we’re special and above average, but because we’re human beings intrinsically worthy of respect."

~ Kristin Neff

 

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Good Relationtips – Most Commonly Given Relationship Advice — Information is Beautiful

What relationship advice do the most popular guides agree upon? A visualisation of romantic wisdom.

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[Daniel E.]

"Try to assume the best of other people because you will help bring it out in them."

~ Nelson Mandela

 

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