2)      The degree of spiritual, emotional, and physical relationship that you have with yourself, to a great degree, determines the degree of spiritual, emotional, and physical relationships you have with others.

3)      The parents will give you a good idea of how the son or daughter will be in a relationship.

4)      The best relationship is the one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other

5)      In a relationship it is better to shovel manure than to throw dirt.

6)      The best relationships are when the man is the boss and the woman is in charge.

7)      Women have their prerogative; men have their pride.

8)      Some people work on their marriage by changing it; some people change their marriage, and others have their marriage change them.

9)      Choose your words wisely; ask, “Do my words increase love?”

10)   Loving one just as they are is the best expression of love one can give.

11)   The words “I love you” are not enough when your actions conflict with it.

12)   Your relationship is about as good as you make up your mind to have it be.

13)   We choose the kind of relationship we will have by choosing the people we get in relationships with

14)   People are hurt by what one does not say as much as by what one says.

15)   The most destructive relationship activity is indifference.

16)   We are born to be in relationship with others.

17)   Managing a relationship makes it unmanageable

18)   The best way to have a happy marriage is to be happy in the marriage you have.

From Tuchy's book "Relationship Recovery"