Alana Stewart Quotes

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

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.

If I could do one thing over I'd have been nicer to my parents.

As parents, we're human beings, too, but sometimes we're not as understanding as we'd like to be.

I had an arranged marriage, and learnt you have to persevere and remember we are all human and all have faults. Obviously my husband Abdal has more faults than I do!

About love, don't be a silent partner. And be gentle with your anger.

Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.

A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

Like anyone, you could love someone, and it doesn't mean that you're equipped or you were taught or have the patience or the love or the wherewithal to be a good parent. One has nothing to do with the other.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.

Love and honesty are the things that make a good wife and mother.

If you're willing to tell somebody that you love them, are you also willing to say you're sorry? You need to, even when you think you're in the right.

What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each other and tell each other that you love each other. Don't go to bed mad. Life is too short. Keep it simple.

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.

Kids teach you a lot of patience.

I say sorry to my wife about five times a day for various reasons.

It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.

When my wife gets mad at me, I remind myself that she is much smarter than I am and so I probably deserve it, even if I don't really understand it!

He knows my limitations and where I'm a good wife and a good mom.

Continuing to listen and grow is important because we get into bad habits in relationships.

You have to learn how to be married. You have to learn to love somebody.

Love is saying you're sorry. It's the opposite of those cherub posters that say, 'Love is never having to say you're sorry.' Wrong! Love is three sorrys a day. If you haven't met that quota, something's wrong.