partnership dynamics Quotes

I've lived with someone and probably will again, but I don't want children and I have known that since I was little. My parents thought I would change my mind. My boyfriends always think I'm going to change my mind, but it never happened. I fall in love with my businesses.

Success in marriage depends on being able, when you get over being in love, to really love....You never know anyone until you marry them.

I know it sounds old-fashioned, but I like the idea of women taking care of their men.

Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not.

If love can not keep you together, nothing else can keep you together. And if

In a true partnership, the kind worth striving for, the kind worth insisting on, and even, frankly, worth divorcing over, both people try to give as much or even a little more than they get. 'Deserves' is not the point. And 'owes' is certainly not the point. The point is to make the other person as happy as we can, because their happiness adds to ours. The point is -- in the right hands, everything that you give, you get.

My husband always felt that a marriage and career don't mix. That's why he's never worked.

Marriage is a big adjustment for anyone - male or female. There is no guarantee that a person who has become set in his or her ways can successfully make that transition.

I have criticized foreign policy, but that does not mean that we should agree with everything. Indeed, we criticize a lot of things, we think that our partners make many mistakes [may be we make mistakes too, no one is immune to making mistakes], but as for the economy, I repeat that, in my opinion, the European Commission and the leading European economies are acting very pragmatically and are on the right path.

Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.

Every time I do a partnership with the corporation, it's usually - I mean, it is - reflective of me and they really want who I am. They want what I've established for my brand and the respect and quality that I've established.

I'm very open with my business partners, just like I am with my husband.

A truly strong woman will choose a stong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along.

See?” I’d whispered to Bones, nudging him with a grin. “He never argues with her. Isn’t that sweet?” A snort preceded his response. “Keep dreaming, pet.

Marriage is one of the few institutions that allow a man to do as his wife pleases.

Your partner has to live with the best and the worst part of you, and they're affected by it.

We're a team, and just by the nature of our sport, we're always promoted together. I think we are definitely two different people with two different personalities, but we're always linked.

Both Neil and I had done solo projects where we were the boss and I just thought that if he was willing to get into it, it would really be a good experience for him.

Solitude can become your most meaningful companion and it can assist you in being a more giving person in your spiritual partnerships. Rather than regarding your partner's need for time alone as a threat, see it as a time of renewal that you celebrate. Make every effort to help each other have that space. Treat that space as sacred.

I think it can be hard for any man to sometimes be upstaged by his wife. So when I'm home, I work very hard to be Todd's wife and Jade's mother. I have no problem going back to those traditional roles. I try to be Giada, the young girl that he met 20 years ago and fell in love with.

Marriage is a bargain, and somebody has to get the worst end of the bargain.

A woman can't change a man because she loves him. A man changes himself because he loves her.

One aspect of a successful relationship is not just how compatible you are, but how you deal with your incompatibility.

There's never a mistake in the universe. So if your partner is angry, good. If there are things about him that you consider flaws, good, because these flaws are your own, you're projecting them, and you can write them down, inquire, and set yourself free. People go to India to find a guru, but you don't have to: you're living with one. Your partner will give you everything you need for your own freedom.

When each expects the other to live in his or her world, to always be there to join in his or her chosen activities, an ego battle inevitably develops.