“In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.”

“I think that we [= Morris Louis and Noland] realized that you didn't have to assert yourself as a personality in order to be personally expressive. We felt that we could deal solely with aesthetic issues, with the meaning of abstraction, without sacrificing individuality – or quality.”

Kenneth Noland (1924–2010) American artist

“The marriage partner is not really the problem. No other person can ultimately make you happy. You must learn how to be happy within yourself.”

Joel Osteen (1963) American televangelist and author

“Self-interest must be sacrificed if you wish to keep your marriage alive, or to keep your significant one attracted to your attributes.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.”

Max Ehrmann (1872–1945) American writer, poet, and attorney

“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.”

Steve Maraboli (1975)

“You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“Don't settle for a relationship that won't let you be yourself.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“You’re only responsible for yourself, Jess. And that’s the only person you can control. Other people will either get it or they won’t but you can’t define yourself by their opinions.”

Susan Mallery (1950) American author

“If you do not keep your word, you will have demonstrated that you do not hold yourself to standards of conduct. You will have demonstrated that you care more about your own personal happiness and whims than you do about the pain of others. You will have demonstrated that you do not value your relationships and even that you do not value the people you are in a relationship with. You will have demonstrated yourself to be a person who lacks Integrity and honor. You will have demonstrated that you cannot be relied upon and that you cannot be trusted. You will be seen as an unsafe person. You will ruin the way that other people will see you, most especially you will lose their respect. And on the road to this ultimate loss, you will have created non-stop conflict in all of your relationships.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher