You can take my factories, burn up my buildings, but give me my people and I’ll build the business right back again.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; – it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.
One person caring about another represents life’s greatest value.
Becoming a good listener, you are able to connect with others on more levels and develop stronger, deeper relationships.
Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.
Integrity is important in building relationships and is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success, such as respect, dignity, and trust, are built.
If you don’t love yourself, it’s impossible for you to love others. You can’t give away what you don’t have.
Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.
Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure. Love that is washed by tears will remain eternally pure and faithful.
If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.
The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
Without understanding, your love is not true love. You must look deeply in order to see and understand the needs, aspirations, and suffering of the one you love.
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
You who seek an end of love, love yields to business: be busy, and you will be safe.
Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
To make a relationship work, focus on what you appreciate about the other person, and not your complaints.
Don’t be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.