Dizzy Gillespie Quotes

Where there's no mutual respect, there's trouble!

It's difficult to love someone you don't respect, which is hard to remember when you're having an argument.

Life with another person is always difficult.

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

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.

Relationships survive on trust, and if that is broken at any point, it's pretty much the end of the relationship. Besides, inability to communicate leads to problems.

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.

It sounds so trite but in relationships, you have to communicate.

The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.

Mutual respect! That's what it takes to be friends.

In every relationship, there are two perspectives to it.

There is one particular argument that I call our 'ancient war.' If it could be summed up in one phrase, it would be, 'You don't get it. You don't understand what it's like to be me living with you.' There is such truth in that statement. None of us can really appreciate what it is like to be the other person, what that point of view feels like.

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

Interactions - whether personal or business, teacher-student, friend to friend, or family member - all call for balance, respect, and compassion.

I don't like to have problems with any friend I care about.

A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough.

If he's choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn't respect your feelings and needs.

It's important to be honest with and respectful of each other and deal with issues as they arrive, as opposed to letting them simmer.

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

Every relationship has its complications.

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.

It comes down to the way you treat people. When you treat people with dignity and respect all the time, you can work through anything.

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