Karen Salmansohn Quotes

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

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.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

I think a good relationship is about collaboration.

In reality, relationships that are successful tend to take the attitude, 'How can I help you?' 'How can I enrich your life?' 'How can I be a better husband to you,' if it's a marriage.

A relationship succeeds when obstacles are met with communication and resolution. A relationship flourishes when we take the beloved as our teacher. Shared goals create a transformative, interwoven path.

Remember that relationships are important and have to be nurtured and cherished. Also keep in mind that a relationship is a two way street, so be ready to give a relationship just as you would expect the other person to be giving to you.

In every relationship, you have to be a team.

Love is not all that is required in a relationship. It needs understanding, openness, kidness, patience, long-suffering

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

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.

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 good thing is that women have such high expectations of men that it inspires us to live up to them. That's what I learned about male-female relationships.

In a relationship each person should support the other; they should lift each other up.

It's important for couples to be friends first and to respect each other as individuals.

The key to staying together is making sure you guys like each other and need each other.

Ideally, couples need three lives; one for him, one for her, and one for them together.

Trust is the most important part of a relationship, closely followed by communication. I think that if you have those two things, everything else falls into place - your affection, your emotional connection.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

I talk to my friends and, you know, they all seem to get relationships that aren't right. You kind of want someone who is not at your beck and call but loves the idea of being in a relationship and what that entails.

I think it's healthy for couples to be away from each other for short periods.

You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation.

Well, because we're so different as people. And it's that difference that probably also makes it easy to stay together, because we don't get in each others way.