Relationships Quotes

Connection, conflict, and everything in between. What our bonds with others teach us about ourselves.

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"Relationships thrive on authentic communication."
Taslima Nasrin
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"To build a better world, we must first build better relationships with those around us."
Walter Sisulu
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"Trust is earned through consistent action, not promises or words."
Walter Sisulu
"Relationships are where we learn who we truly are."
Leymah Gbowee
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"The foundation of all relationships is built on mutual respect and shared humanity"
Oliver Tambo
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"We are connected to all of humanity by invisible threads of shared struggle"
Oliver Tambo
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"Ubuntu speaks to the very essence of being human. A person is a person through other persons."
Desmond Tutu
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"Love without honesty is merely an agreement to mutual deception."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"We cannot separate personal healing from collective liberation."
Leymah Gbowee
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"Isolation weakens us; connection strengthens us."
Taslima Nasrin
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"I went to Thea with a very heavy heart because I didn't want to hurt her."
Edith Windsor
"Relationships are where we practice the world we want to create."
Leymah Gbowee
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"The right to marry has been recognized as vital in our most essential institutions."
Obergefell v. Hodges
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"Its role in symbolizing the validity of relationships is universally understood."
Obergefell v. Hodges
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"We are all connected; the suffering of one affects us all."
Shirin Ebadi
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"Relationships require the courage to be vulnerable and the wisdom to set boundaries."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"Relationships teach us about ourselves through the mirror of another."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"Love without equality is not love; it is servitude."
Taslima Nasrin
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"The relationship between oppressor and oppressed can only be resolved through resistance."
Taslima Nasrin
"Our communities heal when we heal our relationships with one another."
Leymah Gbowee
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"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together."
Desmond Tutu
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"Being human is hard. That's why we need each other."
Desmond Tutu
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"Don't struggle alone. Let others share your burdens; that is how we were meant to live."
Desmond Tutu
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"Real dialogue requires genuine openness to being changed by another's perspective."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"I don't believe in monogamy, but I do believe in honesty."
Peter Tatchell
"Respect is the foundation of all relationships."
Peter Tatchell
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"It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage."
Obergefell v. Hodges
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"In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were."
Obergefell v. Hodges
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"An individual cannot separate the personal complexities of marriage from the personal right to marry."
Obergefell v. Hodges
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"The parties before the Court are again diverse, as in other marriage cases, encompassing opposite-sex and same-sex couples."
Obergefell v. Hodges