Mo'Nique Quotes

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.

I think I bring the songs that aren't about me or related to me to life. It's like the song 'How Do I Let A Good Man Down?' Let me tell you, I didn't write that song - because if I have a good man, I ain't going to let him down.

The only time a relationship is good is when you really love them.

I think I'd make a pretty good girlfriend.

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

I want a happy marriage and whatever it takes to achieve that. But I think the main prerequisite would have to be respect. He would have to respect me and vice-versa. And, that would be more important than being in love. I think respect really goes a long way. And he would have to keep me happy. And he'd have to be very, very, secure.

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.

The best relationships develop out of friendships.

I'm such a relationship guy. I really am.

This relationship is going to be built on trust.

The great thing about marriage is that it creates trust, the most precious of things.

What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.

My parents love each other. They work through their problems.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

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.

You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.

Well I think if you really go out with someone for quite a long time you do get to know each other very, very well, you go through the good times, you go through the bad times. You know both personally, but also within a relationship as well.

You've got to be in a bad relationship to really understand what a great one is.

A relationship to me is never about the romance.

A pick-up artist gave me a good piece of advice: the three most important things in a relationship are honesty, trust and respect, and if you don't have those, you don't have love.

Romance is important to me, and to have a romance with your husband takes a bit of doing. The key is to make sure your partner misses you. That means you have to take yourself away.

A successful marriage is a decision. You decide it's going to work. You can't always be there, but you have to be there enough. And you have to make sure you are where you're needed most.

Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place.

A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust.