John D. MacDonald Quotes

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.

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

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.

Trust is the most important part of a relationship, closely followed by communication. I think that if you have those two things, everything else falls into place - your affection, your emotional connection.

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

A pick-up artist gave me a good piece of advice: the three most important things in a relationship are honesty, trust and respect, and if you don't have those, you don't have love.

A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust.

Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.

It's better to be happy than right. Practice saying "Yes, dear" and "You're Right". The more you say those words, the happier your marriage will be.

Communication is extremely important in any relationship - it makes the relationship that much healthier.

Relationships feed on credibility, honesty, and consistency.

Trust, faith and belief in your partner is a basic necessity for any relationship to survive.

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

Whenever best friends get into a fight, I feel like it is always quick to resolve.

The key to a good relationship is how you repair the stress fractures.

In every relationship, the work is never just in the positive actions we do for each other, but in the follow up.

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

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

This relationship is going to be built on trust.

I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.

My parents love each other. They work through their problems.

I only understand friendship or scorched earth.

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

Relationships survive on trust, and if that is broken at any point, it's pretty much the end of the relationship. Besides, inability to communicate leads to problems.

I have heard, 'Never go to bed angry,' and that makes sense. Unless you're always checking yourself, a grudge or something small can break apart a relationship, and you start to forget what is so amazing about your partner.