Supportive Partnership Quotes

Anytime you're with somebody, you become a reflection of that person. I believe the first five years of our relationship was me grooming her, getting her tough and getting her ready for all of this and how to deal with it. The last was just her being a strong Black woman who has her man's back.

The very best relationship has a gardener and a flower. The gardener nurtures and the flower blooms.

Every great man inevitable resents a partner in greatness.

Marriage is like pantyhose. It all depends on what you put into it.

Happy relationships depend not on finding the right person, but on being the right person.

A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman's ailments.

When I say we've had an ideal marriage, I'm not just talking about physical attraction, which I can imagine can wear pretty thin if it's all a couple has built on. We've had that and a whole lot more.

Love is meant to LIFT you up, not tear you down. It is meant to strengthen you, not weaken you.

[...] Tess and I are a good match. She understands intimately where I came from. She can cheer me up on my darkest days. It's as if she came perfectly happy home instead of what Kaede just told me. I feel a relaxing warmth at the thought, realizing suddenly how much I'm anticipating meeting up with Tess again. Where she goes, I go, and vice versa. Peas in a pod. Then there's June. Even the thought of her name makes it hard for me to breathe. I'm almost embarrassed by my reaction. Are June and I a good match? No. It's the first word to pop into my mind. And yet, still.

It only takes one clear person to have a good relationship.

I don't know, think for that relationship in particular age doesn't really come into play.

Let's talk a little about love. Sometimes you meet somebody and you have what is known as a relationship and things can go great. If things go great you have a great relationship. Sometimes it doesn't go so great and I call that a relationshit!

The relationship I have with Bethann [Hardison], it's so unique. It's based on trust. But most importantly, Bethann is the one who will call on me if I'm doing something wrong. That's a very specific relationship.

The three ingredients of a successful union between two ... humor, commitment & undying love.

I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you.

I like relationships on TV between men and women, when they're not just flirtatious and sexual.

But I'm not any better at relationships than you are. We'll find our way together, even if we're fumbling around in the dark for a while.

Thank[Barack Obama] for the reliable friendship and partnership you demonstrated in very difficult hours of our relationship.

I didn't know that being in a relationship meant you had to be nice. I thought it meant you had to hack away at the other person until they were beaten down and then were too afraid to leave.

The men who are the most attractive and well-adjusted people I know absolutely love women, and understand how to focus on what she needs, rather than on what he can get. Basically, men need to love women more.

We just didn't put any pressure on each other, and I think that everybody needs somebody, and I didn't do it to try to do it; it's what we [with Nina Simone] were to each other.

Do not measure your marriage by how much love you feel today: measure it by how much love you've offered today.

A relationship should be based on friendship. I remember somebody telling me that when I was younger and I just thought, you know, stupid people, with that rubbish. But now I see that that is so important.

I probably complained more when I was younger. The movie industry can be frustrating but I think sometimes I could have been more helpful, approaching a film as a partnership rather than being critical of a director's ignorance. I wasn't sensitive to the fact that it's very hard to direct.

Learning unconditional love helped me have healthier relationships, including my current marriage.