Dave Willis Quotes

Any free time I have, the family comes first.

Obviously, Jo and I, as a couple, we just don't want to redline. You know, we don't want to run so hard after some dream or some goal only to find out that we've neglected the thing that means the very most to us, which is our marriage and our relationship.

If marriage isn't a first priority in your life, you're not married.

It's kind of sad that couples don't want to work together, it's like, 'Wow, you really don't like the person you're with?' I'd rather kiss her then some random person I just met

If fulfillment is gained through giving ourselves through intimate relationships, then allowing ourselves to be consumed with the cares of things, instead of the care of persons, is foolish.

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern.

The decision to give ourselves to others is a daily taking up of the cross.

Some men are heroes by nature in that they will give all that is in them without regard to the effort or to the personal returns.

The first act of love is always the giving of attention.

Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others.

As far as my experience of matrimony goes -- I think it tends to draw you out of, and away from yourself.

Marriage is not a love affair. A love affair has to do with immediate personal satisfaction. Marriage is an ordeal; it means yielding, time and again. That's why it's a sacrament; You give up your personal simplicity to participate in a relationship. And when you're giving, you're not giving to the other person; you're giving to the relationship.

The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gifts...Thus a heavy task is laid upon Gift-love. It must work toward its own abdication. We must aim at making ourselves superfluous. The hour when we can say 'They need me no longer' should be our reward. But the instinct, simply in its own nature, has no power to fulfill this law.

Marry somebody you love. That's the whole thing. And continue to love them.

To give of yourself is much more important than giving a gift you can buy.

Women's love is for their men, not for their children.

They serve best who give most of themselves. Self is forgotten by the one who serves, for such a one rejoices to see success coming to others through his or her efforts.

The best gift you can give someone is a part of your soul.

We must not only give what we have, we must give what we are.

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time

we compromise our career goals to make room for partners and children who may not even exist yet

My parents taught my sister and me the importance of giving back and making a difference in another person's life.

Don't give away to others what you have not first given away at home.

You can begin really looking for a relationship . . . when you can (appreciate) the whole concept of giving to someone, not just taking.

To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not enough.