Sherry Argov Quotes

I don't fight with people - like, I can barely fight with my husband because I'll just start crying instead.

If you're unhappy with another person's behavior, pray about it and be honest and open in dealing with it in the right kind of way.

I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.

My problems were not what ended Creed.

In elementary school, we should teach nonviolent conflict resolution and healthy communication skills, which will help children cope with issues like rejection and sexuality later in life.

Every couple goes through things.

I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't annoy the heck out of each other every 15 minutes.

I don't think roles help you resolve your issues. I just think they're good markers.

What will support any relationship is clear, complete and conscious conversations when upsets or breakdowns occur.

Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet service to see who they really are.

Unfortunately, I am not the typical, old-school, 'Yes dear, you're right,' just to get out of a situation. I am more of the type to work it out until you think I'm right or I think you're right.

Management is not about shouting and bawling, because some guys will not like that. They take it personally.

Girls groups tend to break up more because sometimes it's hard for women to get along. And everybody is like, 'They're breaking up over silly stuff.' That's not the silly thing to me - to break up. The silly part is that you couldn't get back together. It's about working out, because everyone has their differences.

A certain amount of volatility and drama can me healthy and keep things fun and interesting if you're willing at any moment during a fight to say, 'This means nothing. I love you, let's forget about it.

Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.

Marriage doesn't create problems. It reveals them. You bring unresolved stuff into it.

If I cannot retain my moral influence over a man except by occasionally knocking him down, if that is the only basis upon which he will respect me, then for the sake of his soul I have got occasionally to knock him down.

It is much easier to bury a problem than to solve it.

I have the benefit of experience which tells me that sulking solves nothing

If you don't have anything useful to say then you attack people. If you feel that your house of cards has been discovered and is starting to come unraveled, you become very desperate. Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don't sit around and call each other names. That's what you can find on a third grade playground.

You can't just throw people at all your problems, dear.

Professional marriage counselors agree that the most productive and mature way to deal with marital anger is to stomp dramatically from the room. You want to make your move before the opponent does, because the first person to stomp from the room receives valuable Argument Points that can be redeemed for exciting merchandise at the Marital Prize Redemption Center.

There has never been a merging of two lives where significant problems of daily living did not occur. One way or another, your relationship is going to be affected. The only question is how. There's a big difference between knowing and doing. It's not what happens between partners that determines the outcome of a relationship, it's how they handle what happens. If all you deal with in your relationship is problems, then you will have a problem relationship. If you want your pound of flesh with full acknowledgement that you're right, your future will be dim.

the relationship between people knot so easily, there needs to be a person skilled at working free the threads. Sometimes, though, the only way to extricate a tangle is to cut it out and start fresh.

I'm not making a problem out of a personal question; I make of a personal question an absence of a problem.