Richard L. Evans Quotes

I want someone who can make me laugh and just be normal and understand my lifestyle and how I wanna live it.

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.

I believe love is finding the person you're happiest with because he understands and accepts you the way you exactly are.

Each additional day together is a gift. The end of the day means the end of hostilities, the recognition that the underlying shared values and commitment to the relationship trump the need for one last dig or self-righteous justification.

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

In every relationship, the work is never just in the positive actions we do for each other, but in the follow up.

Friendship is something that is cultivated.

We run into some pretty tough arguments sometimes, but the idea is that at the end of the day, my wife and I realize that we'll always be holding each other's hand.

The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support.

If you look at Jack Benny, George Burns, or Don Rickles, they've all had long, successful marriages. So, I think there's something about laughter and the durability of a marriage.

A relationship has to be cultivated. There have to be feelings of love for another first. But then you have to really like the person.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

I want someone who is my partner in life. Who supports me, and I support her. I can share all my experiences in life with her, and she can share hers back with me. Not only do we love each other, but we accept, embrace, nurture, and care for each other.

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

It's very difficult to judge relationships from the outside. You never know what happens in intimate moments with two people to know why they really support and love each other.

The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.

Lot of ugly funny dudes end up with some pretty gorgeous women. Women are much deeper than us in choosing a mate - they see in the long term.

A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor's and people's commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled.

I liked the premise of this material. I love the marriage relationship. They kind of keep each other honest, and they enjoy each other's sense of humor. Kind of a sexy but boring relationship.

Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.

Compassion, not passion, keeps a marriage together.

Relationships have to have a give and take if they're going to work in the long term.

I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.

I wanted a relationship like the one my mother and father had. It wasn't perfect; they had to work on it. But there was an unbelievable mutual respect.