Joe Calzaghe Quotes

I love my dad. There is no doubt about that. He is a wonderful man and a good person. Like many father/son relationships, we have our struggles, our misunderstandings, and our miscommunications. We are very different people, but also very similar at the same time.

Which is, I'm an optimist that two people can be together to work out their conflicts. And that commitment, I think, might be what love is, because they both grow from their relationship.

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.

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!

Forcing people together is an enjoyable conflict to watch, but I think it's even more enjoyable if they love each other.

My husband and I get along great. We're both introverts, and it's hard to make new friends.

It's very difficult to judge relationships from the outside. You never know what happens in intimate moments with two people to know why they really support and love each other.

There are interesting tensions that will naturally occur with any relationship. No matter what setting, what era, the tension is very, very real. It's basic human tension.

As for adjustments, I think every relationship changes every day.

I actually believe that the basis of a good relationship isn't liking the same things, it's hating the same things.

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

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when we agree, we do what I want!

I think when a couple stays together, it's because of compromises they've both made.

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.

We run into some pretty tough arguments sometimes, but the idea is that at the end of the day, my wife and I realize that we'll always be holding each other's hand.

When you look at a family, if you have a family that never interacts with each other, never has strong conversation with each other, never has disagreements, nine times out of ten you have a very cold family and they're not going to be, at the end, they're not going to be close.

Moms and daughters can negotiate over anything, and they can go on longer than it took to settle the Vietnam War.

My mother and I always had full adult communication.

The older you get, the more you start to realize that you can't win an argument in a relationship. You can't win a fight with your woman. Because if you lose, you lose. And if you win, you lose.

Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.

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.

Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most complicated thing we all face.

I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends.

As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything.