Jessica Alba Quotes

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

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

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

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.

Like any relationship, a marriage does take work.

Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.

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

Relationships, if you want them to work, take work. The biggest thing that I learned growing up, and even now, is if it's right, it's worth it. It's just a matter of finding that person you want to be with.

Everybody says love is about finding the person who is right for me and then everything will be fine. But it's not like that. It involves work. An old man tells you this!

Marriage takes work - it doesn't just happen.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

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.

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.

As a rule, all relationships go through their ups and downs. It's really about how much you want it.

Marriage is hard work, period.

Romance is alive and well in America, but the 50 percent who can't make it work fail because of selfishness. It gets down to that. You can't oversimplify it because every situation is so complex.

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow. Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.

If you really want to make a relationship work, at some point in time, you're going to have to make some sacrifices and do some things that are a little bit uncomfortable.

A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.

Love is a game that two can play and both win.

I think you're very lucky to find somebody you can coexist with without straying or going mad or being angry. That's whether you're Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton, Robbie Williams and Ayda Field, or Tim and June from down the road.

Marriage is not all rainbows and butterflies; you have to give in to your partner's whims every now and then, and that's a two-way street.

I think we've all been in relationships - whether they're romantic relationships or not - where there are things that you excuse because you want it to work, because you are hopeful, because you've invested in this relationship, and you might not otherwise let them fly, but you're being optimistic.