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The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts QUOTES

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts QUOTES

41 " We have been led to believe that if we are really in love, it will last forever. We will always have the wonderful feelings that we have at this moment. Nothing could ever come between us. Nothing will ever overcome our love for each other. [..] Unfortunately, the eternality of the in-love experience is fiction, not fact. The late psychologist Dr. Dorothy Tennov conducted long range studies on the in-love phenomenon. After studying scores of couples, she concluded that the average life span of a romantic obsession is two years. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

42 " Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love that grows out of reason and choice, not instinct. I need to be loved by someone who chooses to love me, who sees in me something worth loving. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

43 " ليس الحب أن تحصل على ما تريد بل أن تفعل شيئا ذا أهمية لمن تحب، ورغم هذا فإننا عندما نتلقى كلمات تشجيعية ممن نحب فإن ذلك يخلق لدينا حالة من الاثارة والايجابية لتلبية رغبات الشريك. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

44 " But if, once we return to the real world of human choice, we choose to be kind and generous, that is real love. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

45 " Remember, emotions themselves are neither good nor bad. They are simply our psychological responses to the events of life. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

46 " life’s deepest meaning is not found in accomplishments but in relationships. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

47 " Welcome to the real world of marriage, where hairs are always on the sink and little white spots cover the mirror, where arguments center on which way the toilet paper comes off and whether the lid should be up or down. It is a world where shoes do not walk to the closet and drawers do not close themselves, where coats do not like hangers and socks go AWOL during laundry. In this world, a look can hurt and a word can crush. Intimate lovers can become enemies, and marriage a battlefield. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

48 " Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love. “I love you. I care about you, and I choose to forgive you. Even though my feelings of hurt may linger, I will not allow what has happened to come between us. I hope that we can learn from this experience. You are not a failure because you have failed. You are my spouse, and together we will go on from here.” Those are the words of affirmation expressed in the dialect of kind words. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

49 " Gifts are visual symbols of love. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

50 " Can emotional love be reborn? You bet! The key is to learn the primary love language of your spouse and choose to speak it. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

51 " We even fall in love with love. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

52 " A relationship calls for sympathetic listening with a view to understanding the other person’s thoughts, feelings, and desires. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

53 " When your spouse’s emotional love tank is full and he feels secure in your love, the whole world looks bright and your spouse will move out to reach his highest potential in life. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

54 " A soft answer turns away anger. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

55 " We need not agree on everything, but we must find a way to handle our differences so that they do not become divisive. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

56 " Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

57 " true love cannot begin until the in-love experience has run its course. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

58 " Almost never do two people fall in love on the same day, and almost never do they fall out of love on the same day. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

59 " For love, we will climb mountains, cross seas, traverse desert sands, and endure untold hardships. Without love, mountains become unclimbable, seas uncrossable, deserts unbearable, and hardships our lot in life. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

60 " An ancient sage once said, “A soft answer turns away anger. "

― Gary Chapman , The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts