Relationship Repair Quotes

My parents and I didn't speak for 10 years. It took a long time to rebuild that relationship.

A true apology is more than just aknowledgment of a mistake. It is recognition that something you have said or done has damaged a relationship and that you care enough about the relationship to want it repaired and restored.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

The trouble with anyone when they're unhappy or in a relationship they recognize is not working but don't know what to do about is that they can't see farther out than that. If the relationship is not working, if what was there isn't there anymore, you have to do something about it.

No one likes having offended another person; hence everyone feels so much better if the other person doesn't show he's been offended. Nobody likes being confronted by a wounded spaniel. Remember that. It is much easier patiently - and tolerantly - to avoid the person you have injured than to approach him as a friend. You need courage for that.

There were a lot of bad feelings when Lindsey first left the band. But there's been a lot of healing going on, growing up, maturing. The bond is a great deal stronger than what we first thought.

Trust grows when babies and mothers establish that they can find each other again after the inevitable moments of losing touch. It is not the goodness of the mother or the relationship per se that is the basis for trust; it is the ability of mother and baby together to repair the breaks in their relationship that builds a safe house for love.

This idea - that the only way to mend the relationship post-affair is through therapy - is unique to the American script.

You can't go through a divorce and then get back together.

Forgiveness prompted by love is the only way to repair the devastation that so often mars our relationships.

It's important to mend ties after a fight.

I'm Sorry are two of the most powerful words in our language, especially when they are not flipped blithely over the shoulder but spoken from the heart. They help restore order, balance, harmony. They reduce pain. They heal broken friendship. If they were medecine, they'd be called a miracle.

Many relationships can become difficult, and it can be hard to find a way back.

You practice forgiveness for two reasons: to let others know that you no longer wish to be in a state of hostility with them and to free yourself from the self-defeating energy of resentment. Send love in some form to those you feel have wronged you and notice how much better you feel.

Building and repairing relationships are long-term investments.

You don't need a reason to forgive... If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do.

Apologies are the art of spiritual housekeeping. They help to put and keep our lives in order.

And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.

Because of Jesus Christ, peace can replace guilt. Healthy relationships can be restored. Addictions can be overcome.

It is easier to mend neglect than to quicken love.

Dance with her, and she will forgive much. Dance well, and she will forgive anything.

Forgiveness in any aspect of something that is complex is the greatest tool.

Choices can change our lives profoundly. The choice to mend a broken relationship, to say "yes" to a difficult assignment, to lay aside some important work to play with a child, to visit some forgotten person - these small choices may affect many lives eternally.

Learning to heal ruptures is a key to having a successful relationship. Adam and Eve model that for all of us. In Hollywood love is a choice, and you live happily ever after. In real life love is a series of choices. You make the choice to be with a person over and over again.