Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Request an apology when you believe you deserve one, but don't get in a tug of war about it. Instead, be a role model and tender a genuine apology yourself when an apology is due. Your willingness to apologize can be contagious and models maturity for your partner. Also, your non-apologizing partner may use a nonverbal way to reconnect after a fight, defuse the tension, or show you he's in a new place and wants to repair a disconnection. Accept the olive branch however it's offered.

Harriet Lerner's Popular Quotes

When you can't see yourself objectively, you won't see anyone else objectively, either.

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We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same p…

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Keep in mind that the tendency to be judgmental - toward yourself or another person - is a good barometer of how anxious or stressed out you are. Jud…

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Anger is a tool for change when it challenges us to become more of an expert on the self and less of an expert on others.

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An intimate relationship is one in which neither party silences, sacrifices, or betrays the self and each party expresses strength and vulnerability,…

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Whole-hearted listening is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to the other person.

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Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our co…

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If you want a recipe for relationship failure, just wait for the other person to change first.

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If we only listened with the same passion that we feel about being heard.

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