Social media has turned inspirational quotes into an everyday ritual. Reading one can brighten your day, refocus you and be a great reminder of what’s important in relationships.

Here are 14 of my favorites quotes that embody what healthy relationships are.

1. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”– Walter Winchell

2. “Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.”– William James

3. “When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
– Donald Miller

4. “People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.”
— Joseph F. Newton Men

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

6. “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
— Dale Carnegie

7. “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”
— Oprah Winfrey

8. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
— Carl Jung

9. “When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.”
— Catherine Ponder

10. “A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.”
– Donna Roberts

11. “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”
– Paul Boose

12. “The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.”
— Henry David Thorea

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