Idina Menzel Quotes

You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.

I think, when you get to know somebody on a personal level were you truly understand what makes them tick, what they play for, things they like to do in their spare time, you're around their families, I think you're kind of able to kind of coexist more when you have a relationship.

It sounds cliche, but communication is the number one way to keep a relationship solid.

My audience is like my family at this point.

I feel very close to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders.

I traffic in empathy. I try to be vulnerable with people so they can be vulnerable back. I've always been searching for empathy in other people. It's when I feel most not alone.

Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

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

I have a lot of people in my life, and I think there's something key: the thing that leads to intimacy and relationship and connection is tenderness.

I used to think that's what love was: knowing someone so well he was like a part of you.

Look your significant other in the eyes, make that connection.

Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.

Here's the thing: When you become brilliant at listening, people feel that you care about them. When they feel you care about them, they begin to care about you. And when people care about you, your success becomes a part of how they define their success.

I have been in love, and it was a great feeling. It's when you are attracted to and feel affection for someone. You want to do things for that person. But only love isn't enough in a relationship - understanding and communication are very important aspects.

The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

I think family is the most important thing in the world. I think your own family is the most complicated thing in the world, and I think it's the most beautiful thing in the world.

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.

The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.