Russian Proverb Quotes

I think the most important foundation about any relationship is just being honest. You've got to. My wife and I are honest to a fault with each other, and we're best friends on top of it, so we're very fortunate.

My eighty percent friend is not my twenty percent enemy.

I don't like to have problems with any friend I care about.

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

Opposition is true friendship.

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.

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

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.

The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.

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.

We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each other’s honesty.

I value nothing more highly than to be allowed the honor of entering into bonds of friendship with people who sincerely love truth. For ... I believe there is nothing in the world which we can love with tranquility except such men.

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

I think probably honesty is the biggest quality I look for in a relationship. Being exactly who you are with the other person.

People are entitled to their friendships, and we're all entitled to be disappointed by our friends when they disappoint us.

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

My dad taught me true words you have to use in every relationship. Yes, baby.

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

I take friendship very seriously.

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.

Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

This relationship is going to be built on trust.

A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.