Respecting Relationships Quotes & Sayings

The confusion of love with abuse is what allows abusers who kill their partners to make the absurd claim that they were driven by the depths of their loving feelings. The news media regrettably often accept the aggressors' view of these acts, describing them as "crimes of passion." But what could more thoroughly prove that a man did not love his partner? If a mother were to kill one of her children, would we ever accept the claim that she did it because she was overwhelmed by how much she cared? Not for an instant. Nor should we. Genuine love means respecting the humanity of the other person, wanting what is best for him or her, and supporting the other person's self-esteem and independence. This kind of love is incompatible with abuse and coercion. — Lundy Bancroft

To us he's like... like scenery, in the background of our lives, but for him, he's the main character. He has a life and a job and a whole story. He's a real person. And to him, we're the background scenery. — Dan Wells

I will spend an eternity loving you, caring for you, respecting you, showing you every day that I hold you as high as the stars. — Steve Maraboli

Religion is a personal, private matter and parents, not public school officials, should decide their children's religious training. We should not have teacher-led prayers in public schools, and school officials should never favor one religion over another, or favor religion over no religion (or vice versa). I also believe that schools should not restrict students' religious liberties. The free exercise of faith is the fundamental right of every American, and that right doesn't stop at the schoolhouse door. — George W. Bush

I respect a woman who can respect me when I'm not around. — Mark W. Boyer

If there is not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government. — Emiliano Zapata

All anyone really wants is to feel appreciated. So if you want to create real, long-lasting relationships, do that. — Charles F. Glassman

Experience is the only teacher, and we get his lesson indifferently in any school. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Many of us struggle with ideas that come to our head from our self-identification. — Matthew Carter

I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake. — Brian Ferneyhough

All of us need better skills in listening, conversing, respecting one another's uniqueness, because these are essential for strong relationships. — Margaret J. Wheatley

Punishment teaches what not to do, pain ofter teaches what to do. — Ben Tolosa

in A Moral Vision of the New Testament. Hays says, "This means that for the foreseeable future we must find ways to live within the church in a situation of serious moral disagreement while still respecting one another as brother and sisters in Christ. If the church is going to start practicing the discipline of exclusion from the community, there are other issues far more important than homosexuality where we should begin to draw a line in the dirt: violence and materialism, for example." [117] I am convinced that how the biblical prohibitions apply to monogamous gay relationships is indeed a disputable matter and that the teaching of Romans 14-15 should guide our response. — Ken Wilson

We gazed at each other for what seemed like ages, so lost but so found. — Karina Halle

But, in my opinion, if I am not formed for love, it follows that I am not formed for marriage. — Charlotte Bronte

The moment you put someone on a pedestal they will look down upon you. The trick is respecting each other equally. — Teresa Mummert

Boundaries represent awareness, knowing what the limits are and then respecting those limits. — David W. Earle

I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends. — Raquel Cepeda

I lost an arm on my last trip home. — Octavia E. Butler

It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high. — Kathe Kollwitz

The true measure of a man is how he treats you when others are not looking. — Alessandra Torre

I gravitate toward the larger worldview questions such as, Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? What does it mean to know another person? To love someone? Of course, those questions are sort of in the background as I'm playing with language in the foreground, but those are the informing questions. — Aaron Belz

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while. — Max Eastman

Sooner or later we will come to the edge of all that we can control and find life, waiting there for us. — Rachel Naomi Remen