“In relationships, the little things are the big things.” – Stephen Covey
“Don’t give up at the first signs of friction: only through clear communication, flexibility, and willingness to adapt can you find a relationship that will weather the storms of life.” – Tom Miles
“The only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.” – Unknown
“There’s no perfect relationship. All relationships work. If you put in the work, you’ll reap the rewards.” – Jesse Metcalfe
“I think of relationships as having a safe place with someone where you are, and making an effort to show up every day to see them and feel seen, especially as an actor when you’re already pretending to be other people all the time. It’s an incredible gift to feel seen by one person: a culture of two.” – Maggie Grace
“Be with someone who will take care of you. Not materialistically, but take care of your soul, your well-being, your heart, and everything that’s you.” – Unknown
“You should date a man who’s willing to put in the effort for you, not a guy who makes you wonder if you should make the first move.” – Unknown
“Love is not really a mystery. It is a process like anything else. A process that requires trust, effort, focus and commitment by two willing partners.” – Elizabeth Bourgeret
“It is not those who commit the least faults who are the holiest, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping.” – Saint Francis De Sales
“Relationships take time and effort; they’re not always like the fairytale they start off as. – Neha Yazmin
“Life and love generate effort, but the effort will not generate them.” – Alan Watts
“Genetics doesn’t ensure love, or even like, time and effort do.” – Kim Holden
“It’s important to marry somebody who is your equal, and to marry and be with somebody who wants you to win as much as you want them to win.” – Michelle Obama
“We don’t learn to love each other well in the easy moments. Anyone is good company at a cocktail party. But love is born when we misunderstand one another and make it right, when we cry in the kitchen, when we show up uninvited with magazines and granola bars, in an effort to say, I love you.” – Shauna Niequist
“I never cared about the material things a man could give me. I cared about his time, attention, honesty, loyalty, and effort. Those gifts mean more than anything money could buy.” – Unknown
“So, it’s not gonna be easy. It’s gonna be tough. We’ll have to work on this continuously, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day.” – Unknown
“Understand the value of a good relationship. It is not only proclaimed, but also worked on.” – Unknown
“We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment unless there is loyalty unless there is love, patience, persistence.” – Cornel West
“Love is not really a mystery. It is a process like anything else. A process that requires trust, effort, focus, and commitment by two willing partners.” – Elizabeth Bourgeret
“Just because we are deserving of love does not mean we are excused from the work that’s required for a relationship to thrive.” – Unknown
Meaningful Relationship Quotes
“I want to make this person happy. That’s what I was thinking. For the first time in my life, I wanted to make someone else delighted. And I believe that their happiness will also make me happy.” – Unknown
“While thinking of how much you can do for that person, what you can sacrifice, and what you can put on the line, you feel as though you can do anything if it’s for that person.” – Unknown
“There is no flawless relationship. There will always be struggles. You just have to pick who you want to struggle with, and who you want to put an effort for.” – Unknown
There are a lot of “relationship goals” but no “relationship effort.” – Unknown
“The secret to life; is one can only see clearly with the heart. Anything that is essential is invisible to the eyes. How much time and effort you’ve spent on someone or something is what makes them so important.” – Michael Krol
“I’m going to share everything that’s yours. Everything, including your sadness, happiness, and despair. So don’t hide because things are tough. Make sure to leave my share.” – Unknown
“Even if all you can give me is misery, I’m up for it. I’m fine as long as we’re in it together.” – Unknown
“If you tell her you miss her and you want to be with her, but you don’t do anything to prove it, you’ve already lost her.” – Unknown
“A no-effort relationship is a doomed one, not a great one. It takes work to communicate accurately, and it takes work to expose and resolve conflicting hopes and beliefs. It doesn’t mean there is no “they lived happily ever after,” but it’s more like “they worked happily ever after.” – Unknown
“You have to work on relationships. You can’t just walk out on them every time something goes wrong.” – Unknown
“No man on earth is perfect, but when he shows effort in keeping you happy, acknowledge it!” – Unknown
“If someone believes you are worth the effort, they will make the effort.” – Kevin Darné
“You know what’s attractive? Efforts. When someone actually puts in the effort to see or talk to you, that’s attractive.” – Unknown
“In today’s world, options are everywhere. It takes a great effort to stay faithful, continue to honor your commitment, and do the work it takes to keep your relationship strong.” – Jane Greer
“Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.” – Jim Roh
“If you don’t try to reclaim the timing that was lost, it means you lack courage or didn’t care enough.” – Unknown
“Do what you did at the beginning of the relationship, and there won’t be an end.” – Anthony Robbins
“You may not be pushing me away, but you’re not fighting to keep me either.” – Unknown
“People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.” – Marina Abramovic
“If only one side makes all the sacrifices in the name of love, that’s the beginning of misery. One person is miserable because they have to make sacrifices, and the other is miserable because they feel guilty.” – Unknown
“I don’t want a one-sided relationship. I want a relationship where both sides always put effort, time, and love into making things last.” – Unknown
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