Ice Cube Quotes

Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.

One of the most talented, smartest people happens to be my wife, so I can get great advice from her. She obviously knows me incredibly well and what I'm going through. I don't know that I've been as helpful to her as she has been to me.

Relationships are about helping motivate each other to be all that you can be.

If you want to improve a relationship, it's not that you demand your spouse to change. You have to ask, 'Where did I fail in this relationship?'

My husband is always supportive and excited about my projects, and I feel very fortunate to have him cheer me on and encourage me.

Seek out a personal coach or mentor in the workplace. He/she should push you when you need it by encouraging and motivating you. Don't be afraid of their honesty.

To bring out the best in someone, you really have to push them.

Find a group of friends that are going to push you and want you to do better whether it's in the classroom or on the court.

A lot of people look for you to change. Everything has stayed the same. Financially, this is God's money, and my wife and I are just stewards of it.

It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them.

I'm one of those people who tells my wife, "No coaching from the sidelines."

This is what marriage is all about - Man and woman walking together, wherein the husband helps his wife to become ever more a woman, and wherein the woman has the task of helping her husband to become ever more a man.

...in some ways I relied on that- someone to keep me thinking, keep me striving to do better, keep me from burying my head and praying it all worked out.

Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.

When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face.

By myself, I'm a hard pill. My wife makes me look real good, because she smoothes my rough edges. That's why I say, "Take your wife everywhere. It's a good thing."

[Marriage] is the merciless revealer, the great white searchlight turned on the darkest places of human nature.

As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers.

The moment that you place blame somewhere, you undermine your resolve to change anything.

Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.

I believed him. I was not stupid. I was his wife.

You are making better progress than you realize.

We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.

When you meet someone who is truly great, he makes you believe you can be great, too. This is the kind of relationship you want, and it's the only kind of relationship worth having.

My girlfriend makes me want to be a better person... so I can get a better girlfriend.