Pat Conroy Quotes

A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.

Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do.

Love is not a feeling to be felt, it's an action to be learned.

Love is an action, never simply a feeling.

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.

I think relationships are work, but love is a gift.

You can have all the agents and publicists in the world but no one's ever going to give you 110 per cent like someone who loves you.

You have to do the work in your marriage, but it has to be laid on a strong foundation of love.

Love takes a lot of work.

Most of the time, we fantasise about our love lives and partners, but don't put in enough work enough to fulfil them.

I'd like to be the best boyfriend I can possibly be.

There's no secret it's hard work. Even though Brian's the love of my life, and he's absolutely adorable, it's not easy, and we have to work at it. But because we love each other and keep working at it, it pays off.

The biggest mistake any of us can make is thinking that love is a feeling, an emotion. It's not that at all. It's an action.

Love is no game! It is no flowery softness! It is hard work- It demands everything from you- especially the truth. Only then does it yield results.

Love needs to be proved by action.

Love is not what you say; love is what you do

You can't just say 'I love you,' you have to live 'I love you.'

I think it's important to remember that you go into something like marriage knowing that you don't know very much about it at all. But I do look at the marriage of my mother and stepdad, and what makes it work for them is that it's a team effort.

Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work, or friendship - two of life's major assets.

Every relationship is work.

I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when it's difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there.

This is a business of love and labor.

Obviously, a long-distance relationship is hard. But, like anything worth having, you make it work.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

I've learned it's really important to work hard and keep your family and friends close. You've got to let them know how much you appreciate them for sticking by you.