Even the very best marriage or relationship involves a fight from time to time. Here are some of the best relationship struggle quotes we’ve come across in our work. Some provide insight into preventing or solving fights, while others acknowledge the range of emotions people feel. 

Relationship Struggle Quotes | Our 27 Favorites

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

2) “Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.” -Leo F. Buscaglia

3) “Assumptions are the termites of relationships.” -Henry Winkler

4) “The best person to talk to about the problems in your relationship is the person you’re in a relationship with.” -Unknown

5) “When someone is hard on you it may have very little to do with you.” -Bryan McGill

6) “Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.” -Leo F. Buscaglia

7) “A lovers’ quarrel is always about every quarrel you ever had.” -Robert Brault

8) “Never beg for a relationship. Be brave to accept the one who really wants to be with you and reject the ones who just pretend to be with you.” -Unknown

9) “There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another.” -Cyril Connolly

10) “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” -Jodi Picoult

11) “If you walked away from a toxic, negative, one-sided, dead-end, low vibration relationship – you won.” -Unknown

12) “Work on your relationships. They need renewal or they die.” -Wayne Dyer

13) “Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone. It has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.” -Ursula K. Le Guin

14) “Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.” -Oscar Wilde

15) “Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” -Ronald Reagan

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

17) “When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales.” -Ethel Merman

18) “A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” -Ursula K. Le Guin

19) “To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.” -Unknown

20) “Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.” -Unknown

21) “The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?” -Proverb

22) “Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping it will transform into a door.” -Coco Chanel

23) “It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

24) “The process of discovering with somebody that you love that you don’t work is so painful.” -Kate Hudson

25) “Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I really need it.” -Unknown

26) “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” -Mignon Mclaughlin

27) “Don’t be pushed around by the fear in your head. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” -Unknown