Rick Warren Quotes

But the key to our marriage is the capacity to give each other a break. And to realize that it's not how our similarities work together; it's how our differences work together.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possibility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Even married people have differences of opinion, I'm told.

Let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

You always have to come from the element of 'What do you have in common?' first. It makes it easier to work through your differences.

The more reasons for people to be willing to put their differences aside, the better.

Our differences needn't divide us, but unity takes work.

All men should freely use those seven words which have the power to make any marriage run smoothly: You know dear, you may be right

Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.

Whether we are Christians or Muslims or nationalists or agnostics or atheists, we must first learn to forget our differences. If we have differences, let us differ in the closet; when we come out in front, let us not have anything to argue about until we get finished arguing with the man. If the late President Kennedy could get together with Khrushchev and exchange some wheat, we certainly have more in common with each other than Kennedy and Khrushchev had with each other.

In a marriage, we have to accommodate each other's views.

I don't like controversies. I try to understand where a person comes from and where he is.

We seldom give each other advice-I think that's the success of 25 years of marriage.

Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.

The next time you find yourself in an argument, rather than defend your position, see if you can see the other point of view first.

The real essence of any marriage that has struggled, however unsuccessfully, towards happiness, lies in the growth of a wordless understanding that what is acceptable to one partner will be acceptable to the other.

A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough.

compromise is the work of mature people.

To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides.

But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted on.

Marriage isn't a contest to see who is most often right. Marriage requires being what the Japanese call 'the wise bamboo,' which means you bend so you don't break. Treat your spouse with the flexibility and respect you would give to a top client. Think how we treat clients; We smile, we are polite, we listen to their ideas. Never forget that your spouse is your most important client.

We have found that marriage should be made up of two forgivers. We need to learn to say, "I was wrong, I'm sorry." And we also need to say, "That's all right, I love you."

In the Muslim world, this notion that somehow everything is the fault of the Israelis lacks balance - because there's two sides to every question. That doesn't mean that sometimes one side has done something wrong and should not be condemned. But it does mean there's always two sides to an issue. I say the same thing to my Jewish friends, which is you have to see the perspective of the Palestinians. Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen.