Marilyn Monroe Quotes

Towards my husband, I often fail to show interest in his affairs and amusements, not rousing myself to respond when I'm tired or concerned with other things, forgetting he is very patient with me.

Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.

Don't try to change anybody. And they should let you be yourself, 'You loved me when you met me, so let's keep going!'

Nine times out of 10, women don't want to fix a problem, they just want to be understood. I'll never get that.

You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.

Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen.

I don't like high-maintenance. High-maintenance does not work for me at all. And I don't like anybody who talks down to people. I don't speak down to anyone who works around me, and so I won't put up with it in a relationship.

This idea that we should be best friends with our partner of the opposite gender leads toward tremendous frustration. Did you ever notice that while men often refer to their wives as best friends, women usually refer to another woman in that way?

Typically, we get annoyed when our spouses complain. We get defensive. But, really, when your spouse complains, he or she is giving you wonderful information about what would make him or her feel loved.

Being seen means that your being is held by the other person without comment, without praise or blame or indifference - just with some kind of open care.

When everything else is looking so grim and the world is changing so fast that it's scary, one thing that remains consistent is kindness.

She didn’t judge him or hate him for things that weren’t his fault. She accepted him and that was the greatest miracle of all.

We have found that marriage should be made up of two forgivers. We need to learn to say, "I was wrong, I'm sorry." And we also need to say, "That's all right, I love you."

So what’s wrong if there happens to be one guy in the world who enjoys trying to understand you?

Make allowances for your friends' imperfections as readily as you do for your own.

Women are programmed to love completely, and men are programmed to spread it around. We are fools to think it's any different.

Love pays attention. Love listens to the fears and the doubts of others and treats them with respect. Love accepts others the way Jesus accepts you.

If a boy, if a man, asks you if you're all right and you say yes, he'll always believe you and get on with what he wants to do. It's just the way they're made.

Love can make up for a lot.

Let us not demean or belittle. Rather, let us be compassionate and encouraging.

Grant people a lifetime of forgiveness before you even meet them.

You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.

A suffering person does not need a lecture - he needs a listener.

Like people and let them know it.