Valuing Relationships Quotes

Love life more than the meaning of it?

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.

There's a poignancy to being with someone older. I think there's a greater appreciation of time and what you have together and what's important, and it can make the little things seem very small. It puts a kind of sharp light mixed with a sort of diffused light on something.

Money talks, but it don't sing and dance, and it don't walk. And long as I can have you here with me, I'd much rather be, forever in blue jeans.

I love people for giving me their time. It's a privilege - I make the most of it.

One truth I've learned as a father: Children want presence more than presents. They don't want to read about you; they want you.

I don't get a lot of time with my children. My time is precious, and time with my two kids is like gold dust to me. I can't get that time back.

I learned that you should breath it in, breath your life in and enjoy it. Always be optimistic and be nice to people, open to people. Follow your dreams but make sure that you know what your dreams are. If you find something really great, don’t screw it up, don’t mess it up but hang on to it. You never know how and when it ends

I'm certainly interested in taking a photo with anyone who took time out of their busy schedule in life to say hello.

Given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it... live it...and never give it back. Stop sweating the small stuff. Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what. Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.

Slow down and enjoy the journey right now. Take time for the people in your life. They won't always be there.

Paul and I don't see that much of each other these days, but I certainly still regard him as a friend.

One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.

Make that extra effort for every relationship. Whether it's with your parents, your children, your husband or your friends. It makes a difference to them. I try to give my kids a lot of solo time where I play with them, talk to them, listen to them. Similarly, you give time for your workout. You slot a time for it, no matter what.

You never really get a chance to sit down with the people you love, unless you really make an effort to do it. It doesn't just happen naturally anymore.

I love women and I love the women I have been with. I always try to be kind and cautious and treat people nice.

To throw awayan honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away.

I would never cheapen my relationships by talking about them.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

Some of my friends say that I only talk about myself. But it is funny: my house is covered in art but with nothing of my own, and when I'm working, I'm only thinking about what the client wants. So I don't see it that way, but maybe it's true. I mean, they are my friends.

If you aren't respected by someone, how can the friendship with them be valued?

The great thing about getting older is that you get a chance to tell the people in your life who matter what they mean to you.

The importance of detachment from things, the importance of poverty, is that we are supposed to be free from things that we might prefer to people. Wherever things have become more important than people, we are in trouble. That is the crux of the whole matter.

You really need to stop and appreciate what you have, the love you have from your family, your friends, the love that you have for yourself.