Wayne Dyer Quotes

If we are focusing on our needs, the relationship is in trouble.

In general, the problem in a relationship is when the couple stagnate.

Suddenly, relationships go topsy-turvy, and guys often don't understand what's going on. I think a lot of men are in that boat.

Men are often miserable in relationships because they feel their partner takes them for granted, or shows him no appreciation for the things he gets right.

A young lady had only one complaint about her good husband: "My husband always praises me to other people," she said, "Often I hear from friends the wonderful things he has said about me. But I miss something, because he never gets around to saying these some things to me, to my face."

Most of the problem I see amongst friends and I've experienced amongst myself is when people haven't accommodated the inequality that they want, they haven't understood that their partner wants to give more love and receive less or they haven't understood that their partner wants to receive more, but sort of give less.

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other female.

I was a firm believer that if you get married, then that should be it. But it's sadly not always the case; sometimes people can't remain together for whatever reason.

I think I was a terrible husband, I think I'm a terrible boyfriend.

I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.

People change and forget to tell each other.

My relationship with Dean was great, but ultimately it wasn't a fulfilling marriage for either of us.

I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with.

The dynamic between two individuals starts off with everything warm and nice and fabulous and good. Working and living together can serve you quite well, but when it starts to go wrong - oh, boy!

I think I'm prone to not being a good guy in relationships.

No relationship is easy, and nobody should ever think it is. The minute you start forgetting the needs of the other person is when you get in trouble.

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?

To be clear: we have fights and problems like any other couple.

Lack of communication is the key to any successful relationship going wrong.

Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression, so it's easy to spot once you're aware of its signs. One researcher has successfully tracked it in couples as a predictor of divorce. When someone is angry at you, you've still got traction with them, but when they display contempt, you've been dismissed.

Because everyone has love or wants love there are always problems. And if you don't have problems, you're probably leading a boring life.

My debut single "Pointless Relationship" is about a girl's view of where the relationship is going with her partner and it sounds like a negative term. But the song is more of an empowering song from a woman's perspective! It's the life of them together and it's just never going to go where it should go, and so she's saying to him this is a pointless relationship.

Agendas tend to drain the life out of relationships.

See, Cameron. The only things I care about in this life are me, you, Mum, Dad, Steve and Sarah. And maybe Miffy. The rest of the world means nothing to me. The rest of the world can rot.' Am I like that too?' You? No way.' There's a slight gap in his words. 'And that's your problem. You care about everything.' He's right. I do.