Inspirational Quotes on Relationships

“Humans want crumbs removed; mice are anxious to remove them. It ought never to have been a cause of war. But you see that obedience and rule are more like a dance than a drill - specially between man and woman where the roles are always changing.”

“Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves.”

“We each ought to take heed that our boldness to talk to others about problems with the boss or pastor or spouse is not just a pretense for self righteousness, pride and dishonour.”

“When you sow your seed, when you perform your beneficence, your act of charity, in whatever shape or form, you surrender some party of your personality and absorb a part of another; you commune with another being.”

“If we would remember that all the trees of earth are marked for the woodman's axe, we should not be so ready to build our nests in them.”

“People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.”

“There's something like radar inside the human heart that senses the displeasure of others. Displeasure and ingratitude are like a repellant to human relationships.”

“We may not say that we have the answers. Questions of how to conduct oneself as a Christian, or how to serve as a Christian, must be answered by life itself- the life of the individual in his direct responsible relationship to God.”

“Do we approach God from a beggar's perspective or as His cherished child? If we have any difficulty seeing Him as our loving Father, we need to ask Him to help us develop a healthy Father/child relationship.”

“In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.”

“If we allow natural affection and human admiration or the lack of these to govern our efforts we will surely fail in our work and our lives shall be ruined. To obtain genuine fruitfulness we frequently need to disregard fleshly relationships. Our thoughts and desires must be offered completely to the Lord.”

“Over-sensitivity is another trait at which generally marks the soulish. Very difficult are they to live with because they interpret every move around them as aimed at them. When neglected they become angry. When they suspect changing attitudes towards them, they are hurt. They easily become intimate with people, for they literally thrive on such affection. They exhibit the sentiment of inseparability. A slight change in such a relationship will give their soul unutterable pains. And thus these people are deceived into thinking they are suffering for the Lord.”

“Just as the right relationship with Christ generates a Christian, so the proper relationship with the Holy Spirit breeds a spiritual man.”

“Loving the world destroys our relationship with God, it denies our faith in God, and it discounts our future with God.”

“First John 3:16 shows that true love is climaxed by our being willing to lay down our lives for fellow believers.”

“Nobody wants somebody who wants them for what they have or the position they're in--you want somebody who wants you for you. In case it all goes crazy and it all turns to dust. I want somebody who loves me in the welfare line, eating gumbo, eating fish,black eyed peas and rice. I want somebody that loves me. God wants you to love him, not his cars, not his house, not his blessing--love him.”

“It takes quantity as well as quality to develop warm and caring relationships.”

“You can't make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody.”

“Usaldus pole mitte üksnes juhtimissuhete, vaid kõigi suhete vundament. Sa ei saa mõjutada inimesi, kes sind ei usalda. Sa ei saa rajada positiivseid suhteid inimestega, kui neil on sinust negatiivne pilt. Usaldus on liim, mis hoiab inimesi koos.”

“The challenge of hospitality, both personally and professionally, comes when we are stressed out or tired and we offer it grudgingly. The gift of hospitality comes when we find in the welcoming face of hospitality the welcoming face of God.”