Andrea Thompson Quotes

Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.

I want to try to make difficult people somehow relatable.

I thank God I don't have a problem with any person. Nobody wants to have a problem with another person. I don't want it either.

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

I think most of the time when people have big disagreements and big misunderstandings, when time lessens that blow it creates a deeper understanding for both people.

I've undoubtedly offended people, but in the end, I've learned the people that will understand are the people I want to connect to, anyway.

Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.

Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

My mother is a ball of fire in the world, and I love that about her. But what I have learned from my stepdad is something as important, which is patience and compassion. Because when you are living with someone else, those two qualities go a long way.

I am prepared to talk with anyone. I have no personal grudge toward anybody.

When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.

Remember, if you want to love your life and live it to the fullest, don't let the sun go down on your anger. If you don't have a solution to the issue, agree to disagree and focus on the importance of the relationship.

There's not a human being alive I won't talk to. There's a quite simple rule. If you like somebody more than you dislike them you can have a relationship. Once you accept you like 75 per cent but 25 per cent you find irritating for this or that reason, you just have to ignore that 25 per cent.

If a man can beat you, walk him.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

Liberalism: To let things slide for the sake of peace and friendship when a person has clearly gone wrong, and refrain from principled argument because he is an old acquaintance, a fellow townsman, a schoolmate, a close friend, a loved one, an old colleague or old subordinate. Or to touch on the matter lightly instead of going into it thoroughly, so as to keep on good terms. The result is that both the organization and the individual are harmed.

As I grow up, the lessons I learn in love and relationships and how we treat each other are hopefully maturing - hopefully.

Most of the time, we make discoveries about how difficult people are at the moment when the difficulties have actually hurt us; therefore, we are not likely to be forgiving or sympathetic.

I'm a very good listener, and I'm not interested in having fights simply for a question of protocol or vanity.

In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.

In my personal life, I would just feel like, I will always be cool with everyone.

Women are better than man at valuing relationships and much better than men in terms of contributing towards a relationship.

The one piece of advice I would give to all girlfriends - or guy friends, too, I guess - is that if you're going to have a fight in a Baja Fresh parking lot, make sure one of you has an available pair of sunglasses because whoever is crying is going to want to wear them.

Negotiation is empathy. It's almost trite to say that if you can't put yourself in the seat of the other person you're speaking with, you're not going to do well. It's not about being a bully, not about making offers people can't refuse.