John Gray Relationship Quotations

People say, 'Where did you come up with all this stuff?' I mean, who are you?' ... It's based on spending my life understanding relationships between men and women. It's ironic. If you understand relationships, you understand how life works.

To grow in our ability to love ourselves we need to receive love as well.

Just as a man is fulfilled through working out the intricate details of solving a problem, a woman is fulfilled through talking about the details of her problems.

A man's sense of self is defined through his ability to achieve results.

A woman's sense of self is defined through her feelings and the quality of her relationships.

We mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react and behave in certain ways - the ways we react and behave when we love someone.

When a man loves a woman, periodically he needs to pull away before he can get closer.

Men are motivated when they feel needed while women are motivated when they feel cherished.

They're always under the microscope. And he went from one relationship to another so fast that there was little chance to be alone and find his happiness again.