Mark Consuelos Quotes

Life with another person is always difficult.

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

The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

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.

The best you can sometimes do is learn to take a breath, count to ten and simply accept that try as you might, no, your husband will never, ever learn not to drop a wet towel on the bed. That acceptance too counts as resolving a fight.

Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.

Husbands, be patient with your wives; and wives, be patient with your husbands. Don't expect perfection. Find agreeable ways to work out the differences that arise.

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

But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.

I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you.

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

I have heard, 'Never go to bed angry,' and that makes sense. Unless you're always checking yourself, a grudge or something small can break apart a relationship, and you start to forget what is so amazing about your partner.

Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

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

If you want to get along with somebody, let them be right, and it will last longer.

I have differences with every single human being I know, but that difference shouldn’t define our relationship.

Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything.

Carrying our successful diplomacy is difficult if you do not have ears for things you do not want to hear.

if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.

We want instant food … instant peace. We need patience, patience, patience

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.