69 Relationship Problem Quotes That Help You Stay Strong

No relationship is devoid of issues. People often give up on working in their relationships because they assume that once the honeymoon phase ends, their love ends. However, remember that love evolves with time and both partners have to work together to help each other grow. It requires constant effort to maintain a healthy and happy relationship. During such rough patches, words of encouragement and relationship problem quotes can help you stay motivated and strong. However, you need to be patient too. If you are patient enough to find out the cause of your issues, your relationship will survive the initial turbulence. Keep reading this article to read the 69 best positive relationship quotes that inspire you to face the rough tides and move forward. Scroll down.

16 Powerful Quotes On Relationship Struggles

1. “The worst feeling is to be ignored once, then twice, then again and again by someone you consider precious.” – Betsy Kenton

2. “The world always said to just be yourself, but it turned out when Evelyn was herself, no guys were at all interested, so she was left with games of make-believe, expressing enthusiasm for whatever the men wanted to do, be it rock climbing or going to a cheese-beer pairing or a Knicks game.”― Stephanie Clifford

3. “We can learn to use the pain in our relationships to transform us thereby turning them into entities which heal not harm.” – Donna Goddard

4. “You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” — Epicurus

5. “Always remember that whatsoever is happening to you, is happening within you, and whatsoever you are doing, you are doing with yourself. Even when you are angry and hitting somebody else, you are doing something with yourself. The other is just a screen on which you project.”― Osho

6. “When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.” – Deepak Chopra

7. “Never beg for a relationship. Be brave to accept the one who really wants to be with you and reject the one who just pretends to be with you.”

8. “Looking back and wondering if it could have worked eventually hurts more than trying and failing.” – Dominic Riccitello

9. “I hurt myself by hurting you.” His face wore a look of compassion. I hated that look, because it reminded me that he was a good person, that he had tried over and over to apologize. He unwittingly brought out the part of me that I hated, and I projected that hate onto him, because it was easier to hate someone else than to hate myself. Tears poured out of my eyes. And he wrapped his arms around me, holding me as wept. And I hated that his arms still felt good.”― Jacqueline Simon Gunn

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11. “Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved”- Barbara Johnson

12. “Hold no grudges and practice forgiveness. This is the key to having peace in all your relationships.” – Wayne Dyer

13. “Secrets are festering parasites to a relationship, devouring their hosts from within, leaving behind an empty hollow husk of what once was.” – Mark W. Boyer

Quick Tip

In every strong relationship, challenges are inevitable. Practice empathy, exercise patience, and be open to uncomfortable yet essential conversations to foster a deeper understanding between partners.

14. “For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle.” – Robert Brault

15. “If you live your life to please everyone else, you will continue to feel frustrated and powerless. This is because what others want may not be good for you. You are not being mean when you say NO to unreasonable demands or when you express your ideas, feelings, and opinions, even if they differ from those of others.”― Beverly Engel

16. . “I found myself in a pattern of being attracted to people who were somehow unavailable, and what I realized was that I was protecting myself because I equate the idea of connection and love with trauma and death.”― Zachary Quinto

48 Quotes To Inspire You To Overcome Relationship Problems

1. “Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.” — Hugh Mackay

2. “When you get hurt in love, there are very few things that can help you get over the pain.” – Melba Sean

3. “Every relationship has its problems but what makes it perfect is when you still want to be there when everything goes wrong.” – Ritu Ghatourey

4. “Relationships, marriages are ruined where one person continues to learn, develop and grow and the other person stands still.” – Catherine Pulsifer

5. “A strong relationship is choosing to love each other even in those moments when you struggle to like each other.” -Unknown

6. “People who do not understand you will never settle for any proof, and people who appreciate you do not need any proof.” — Jane Roberts (Seth)

7. “If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they’re yours; if they don’t they never were.” – Richard Bach

8. “If your absence doesn’t bother them then your presence never mattered to them in the first place.”― Dido Stargaze

9. If your love for another person doesn’t include loving yourself then your love is incomplete.” – Shannon L. Alder

Pro Tip

To manage and regulate your emotions effectively, prioritize practices that nurture your mental and emotional well-being to give your best to the relationship.

11. “A relationship is like a house. When a light bulb burns out you do not go and buy a new house, you fix the light bulb.”– Bernajoy Vaal

12. “You can’t have a relationship without any fights, but you can make your relationship worth the fight.” – Unknown

13. “All relationships have problems. Your ability to overcome them defines your relationship strength.” – Unknown

14. “What love we’ve given, we’ll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.” — Leo Buscaglia

15. “Without communication there is no relationship. Without respect there is no LOVE. Without trust there is no reason to continue.”– Unknown

16. “When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you’re sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.” – Joseph Campbell

17. “Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.” – Swedish Proverb

18. “We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” – Cornel West

19. “Don’t rush into any relationship. Work on yourself. Feel yourself, experience yourself, and love yourself. Do this first, and you will soon attract that special loving other.” – Russ Von Hoelscher

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21. “In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” – Paul McCartney

22. “Assumptions are the termites of relationships.” – Henry Winkler

23. “Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship to get something: they’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.” — Anthony Robbins

24. “I think a relationship is like a shark. It has to move forward constantly, or it dies.” – Woody Allen

25. “Science may have found a cure for most evils: but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings.” – Helen Keller

26. “The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.” – Henry Cloud

27. “Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.” – Leo Buscaglia

28. “You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.” – Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse

29. “Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.” – Nicholas Sparks

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31. “Relationships don’t always make sense, especially from the outside. But when you work through the tough times together, the bond grows stronger.” — Oprah Winfrey

32. “We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

33. “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of withering, of tarnishing.” – Anais Nin

34. “Every relationship needs an argument every now and then. Just to prove that it is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.” -Melchor Lim

35. “In general, the problem in a relationship is when the couple stagnates.” – Simon Baker

36. “A beautiful relationship does not depend on how well we understand someone. But, It depends on how well we avoid misunderstanding.” -Unknown

37. “Forget all the reasons why it won’t work. And believe the one reason why it will.” -Unknown

38. “A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.” – Elbert Hubbard

39. “What we wait around a lifetime for with one person, we can find in a moment with someone else.” –Stephanie Klein

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41. “Great couples still get angry with each other, but they continue to discuss until there is a solution even if it takes several days.” -Bob Grant

42. “For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle.” – Robert Brault

43. “Love is the remedy of all problems, misunderstandings become jokes, insults become humor, a perfect relationship.” -Dielnov Muchati

44. “We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.” – Ellen Goodman

Quick Tip

Strengthen the bond by surprising your partner with small gestures and saying “thank you” as often as you can to regularly showcase the love you have for each other.

45. “There is no challenge strong enough to destroy your marriage as long as you are both willing to stop fighting against each other, and start fighting for each other.” – Dave Willis

46. “You don’t have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.” – Jane Green

47. “Obstacles in life get the best of a person from time to time. When two people experience obstacles separately, it leaves little room to help each other. This does not mean the relationship failed because you did not try hard enough, obstacles aren’t always conquered in general.” – Kimberly Danner

48. “A relationship when held loosely with respect and freedom for the other person is likely to remain intact. But when held too tightly, too possessively, it slips away and is lost.” — Kaleel Jamison

5 Difficult Relationship Quotes

1. “Behind every happy couple lies two people who have fought hard to overcome all obstacles and Why? Because it’s what they wanted.” – Kim George
2. “Love should be the lighthouse that guides you through the storm, not the storm itself.” – Sophia Roberts
3. “When you don’t talk, there’s a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.” – Catherine Gilbert Murdock
4. “It is better for someone to break your heart once by leaving your life than for them to stay in your life and break your heart continually.” – Terry Mark
5. “In a relationship, it is demeaning to seek your partner’s approval constantly. In such relationships, real caring, depth or even love is missing.” – Daisaku Ikeda

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