R. Kelly Quotes

Every relationship has their ups and downs, and, you know, when you start having more downs than ups, you know, you gotta take a look at your relationship and be like, you know, 'Is this something that I'm supposed to be doing?'

There comes a crossroads in every marriage where you grow together or grow apart. I outgrew Len. He wanted me to be in that leather jumpsuit for the rest of my life and do nothing else. He constrained me. It got to a point where the marriage died or I did.

When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

I think the hardest thing to do in a relationship is something for yourself.

I talk to my friends and, you know, they all seem to get relationships that aren't right. You kind of want someone who is not at your beck and call but loves the idea of being in a relationship and what that entails.

I do believe in soulmates and happy/successful marriages. No marriage can be happy 24x7 for 365 days. Both partners have to make the relationship work, is what I believe in.

For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possessiveness, results in friction, suspicion, frustration.

Everyone's marriage is different. But everyone's marriage is a compromise.

My relationships are fairly stable.

I think the most fascinating thing in terms of relationships is imagining all the different variations that they could be.

If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.

I have a very intense marriage.

Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown more slowly than I had wished, but once it flowered it was much more stimulating than any marriage or relationship I had known.

In any relationship, after the first year is over, you can't help but want your own space.

Danny and I worked really hard in the beginning of the relationship to find different levels of this couple.

I don't think it's really possible to share someone in most cases.

The power dynamics in a relationship are going to be fluid over a long period of time, so to wait for 'perfect' is going to be a mistake.

A relationship is work, and it changes. And you go with the changes. It's more good times than bad times, but it's not always good. You have to overcome those issues and move on.

If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, that's what you expect to gain.

There's a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more.

It takes a lot of experience of life to see why some relationships last and others do not. But we do not have to wait for a crisis to get an idea of the future of a particular relationship. Our behavior in little every incidents tells us a great deal.

As a rule, all relationships go through their ups and downs. It's really about how much you want it.

If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!