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Letter "R" » Relationships
«A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol.»
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
| About:
Character,
Power,
Purpose,
Relationships,
Thought,
Understanding
| Keywords:
altogether, comprehends, definite, exert, exerts, resisted, symbol
«A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.»
Author: Honore de Balzac
(Novelist)
| About:
Marriage,
Men and Women,
Relationships
| Keywords:
deaf, deaf to, husband
«A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself -- to laugh with me, but never at me; to cry with me, but never because of me; to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart.»
«A woman with a woman's viewpoint is of more value when she forgets she's a woman and begins to act like a man»
Author: Leonor Kretzer Sullivan
(Congressman)
| About:
Men and Women,
Relationships,
Women
| Keywords:
forgets, viewpoint, viewpoints
«Be polite to all, but intimate with few.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Relationships
| Keywords:
all but, be intimate, be polite, intimate, intimates, intimate with, intimating, polite, politer, politest
«A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.»
Author: Walter Winchell
| About:
Friends,
Friendship,
Inspiration,
Life,
People,
Pride,
Relationships
| Keywords:
Friend, real, rest, Rest of the world, walks
«A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.»
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Poet)
| About:
Men and Women,
Relationships
| Keywords:
across, conversation, mere, study, table
«A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude»
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle
| About:
Animals,
Gratitude,
Relationships,
Understanding
| Keywords:
bestowed, gesture, kindly, prodigies, prodigy
«A medal is a small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or services more or less authentic.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Relationships
| Keywords:
attainments, disk, medal, metal, services
«A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
| About:
Relationships
| Keywords:
attend, occupied, spelling
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