Herman Melville Quotes

Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.

I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

In a relationship you want to treat people the way you want to be treated.

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.

Any friendship or relationship is about a language.

Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.

What I really appreciate in my friends is that they really respect me.

Friendship brings in a lot of honesty and trust into any relationship, especially a marriage.

I take friendship very seriously.

Friendship is something that is cultivated.

It's important for couples to be friends first and to respect each other as individuals.

But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different.

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust.

I want a happy marriage and whatever it takes to achieve that. But I think the main prerequisite would have to be respect. He would have to respect me and vice-versa. And, that would be more important than being in love. I think respect really goes a long way. And he would have to keep me happy. And he'd have to be very, very, secure.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

People treat me like family, 'cause I've always treated them like family.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

Without a commitment to privacy, respect, love, friendship and trust are simply inconceivable.

If you do something with acceptance and kindness, you can create a true friendship.

Personally, I think fidelity is important. I don't see any point in being together if you're not being honest, having fun together, and respecting one another. Why would you stay in a relationship otherwise?

Friendship is the most important thing of all.

When we're talking about friendships, generosity and fairness and equanimity and sharing and all those things are super-important to me.