Dawn Steel Quotes

Everyone knows marriage is tough.

It's important to work through things in a relationship. You can't just give up because you're frustrated. It's most important to talk things through together. And that, for me, has been the way I've best resolved problems in the past.

Every relationship has its complications.

Relationships survive on trust, and if that is broken at any point, it's pretty much the end of the relationship. Besides, inability to communicate leads to problems.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

I have heard, 'Never go to bed angry,' and that makes sense. Unless you're always checking yourself, a grudge or something small can break apart a relationship, and you start to forget what is so amazing about your partner.

Marriage, even the best marriages are tough.

If you listen, you'll learn. If you talk over each other, you don't accomplish anything.

My dad always said that 90 percent of marital problems could be solved by getting your blood sugar up, and he's right! So I would say pick a partner who's forgiving when you have low blood sugar and threaten to drive your car through your shared home.

All marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes all the problems.

if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.

In a marriage, every fight is the same fight, over and over again, in different forms.

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

Conflict resolution, all those things, are important. When you're in a group environment, you have to have those. If you don't, things fester. Have the conversation. Resolve it. Move forward.

The four of us are really in sync with each other. We're pretty open about most things. We try to respect each other as much as we can. For us, communication is really important.

Interactions - whether personal or business, teacher-student, friend to friend, or family member - all call for balance, respect, and compassion.

With any long-term relationship, you have good days and bad days.

When you're not being heard - I can't tell you what to do when you're not being heard. I do think there is a way to move in love and get things done, though.

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

Life with another person is always difficult.

When a woman is frustrated, and it's your wife, you as the husband get that frustration.

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.

I believe you can work with anybody.

One of the things you learn when you get married is how you need to always work on continuing to make it better.