Quotes About Relationship Struggles & Problems

We have rounded up some emotional and inspirational quotes about relationship struggles, problems, and issues that you might relate to.

Struggling with a troubled relationship with your spouse, parents, siblings or friends can be one of the most disheartening and challenging phases of your life.

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A true relationship is built on trust, love, and faith which can make or break us. All relationships undergo moments of ups and downs which makes you feel miserable and all messed up.

If you can let go of ego clashes and sort out your issues with the understanding that could be the best for a healthy relationship.

You must also go through our post on how efforts in relationship can save you and help you overcome your problems.

You may find these relationship problem quotes to resonate with your feelings if you are hurt or have a broken heart.

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Famous Quotes About Relationship Struggles

“Assumptions are the termites of relationships.”- Henry Winkler
“Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.”- Barbara Johnson
“Problems in relationship occur because each person is concentrating on what is missing in the other person.”- Wayne Dyer
“If your love for another person doesn’t include loving yourself then your love is incomplete.”- Shannon L. Alder
“Trouble is part of your life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough.”- Dinah Shore
“For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle.”- Robert Brault
“The best person to talk to about the problems in your relationship is the person you’re in a relationship with.”
“Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.” – Nicholas Sparks
“The worst feeling is to be ignored once, then twice, then again and again by someone you consider precious.” – Betsy Kenton
“We can learn to use the pain in our relationships to transform us thereby turning them into entities which heal not harm.” – Donna Goddard
“You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” — Epicurus
“When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.” – Deepak Chopra
“Never beg for a relationship. Be brave to accept the one who really wants to be with you and reject the one who just pretends to be with you.”
“Looking back and wondering if it could have worked eventually hurts more than trying and failing.” – Dominic Riccitello
“If you walked away from a toxic, negative, abusive, one-sided, dead-end, low vibration relationship – you won.”
Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. Barbara Johnson
“Hold no grudges and practice forgiveness. This is the key to having peace in all your relationships.” – Wayne Dyer
“Secrets are festering parasites to a relationship, devouring their hosts from within, leaving behind a empty hollow husk of what once was.” – Mark W. Boyer
For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle. Robert Brault
Problems in relationship occur because each person is concentrating on what is missing in the other person. Wayne Dyer

Relationship Problem Quotes and Sayings

Sometimes, when our relationships with friends, family, or someone we love doesn’t work out the way we want them to, we experience feelings of ignorance, hurt, pain, anger, hatred, and loneliness.

These quotes are about the problems bad relationships face and how love and understanding can make it better.

“Assumptions are the termites of relationship.” – Henry Winkler
“The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.”
“Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes be an illusion.”
“You may not be pushing me away, but you’re not fighting to keep me either.”
“Hidden resentments poison a relationship; so if something bothers you, say it.”
“When someone is hard on you it may have very little to do with you.” – Bryan McGill
“In general, the problem in a relationship is when the couple stagnates.” – Simon Baker
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another.” – Cyril Connolly
“Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.” — Hugh Mackay
“When you get hurt in love, there are very few things that can help you get over the pain.” – Melba Sean
“You can’t have a relationship without any fights, but you can make your relationship worth the fight.”
“All relationships have problems. Your ability to overcome them defines your relationship strength.”
“What love we’ve given, we’ll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.” — Leo Buscaglia
“If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they’re yours; if they don’t they never were.” – Richard Bach
“Problems in relationship occur because each person is focusing on what is missing in the other person.” – Wayne Dyer
“Looking back and wondering if it could have worked eventually hurts more than trying and failing.” – Dominic Riccitello
If your love for another person doesn’t include loving yourself then your love is incomplete.” – Shannon L. Alder
“Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.” – Hugh Mackay
“A relationship is like a house. When a light bulb burns out you do not go and buy a new house, you fix the light bulb.”– Bernajoy Vaal
“Without communication there is no relationship. Without respect there is no LOVE. Without trust there is no reason to continue.”
“When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you’re sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.” – Joseph Campbell
“Every relationship has its problems but what makes it perfect is when you still want to be there when everything goes wrong.” – Ritu Ghatourey
“Relationships, marriages are ruined where one person continues to learn, develop and grow and the other person stands still.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“Once you accept the reality that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful relationship can grow.”
“People who do not understand you will never settle for any proof, and people who appreciate you do not need any proof. “ —Seth (Jane Roberts)
“When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.” – Deepak Chopra
“We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” – Cornel West
“Don’t rush into any relationship. Work on yourself. Feel yourself, experience yourself, and love yourself. Do this first, and you will soon attract that special loving other.” – Russ Von Hoelscher
“Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship to get something: they’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.” — Anthony Robbins

Fighting Relationship Quotes

When couples find it difficult to cope in their marriage, then the best thing is to respect each others differences and find a middle ground to bring out the best in their relationship.

If as a woman or man you feel you are failing in your relationship these quotes might help you to fight for your love and marriage and give it a second change to set things right.

Don’t forget to also read our collection of relationship quotes and true love quotes for your boyfriend/girlfriend to express your unconditional love.

“A ‘perfect marriage’ is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.”
“One of the hardest decisions you’ll ever face in love is choosing whether to walk away or try harder.”
“Don’t worry when I argue with you worry when i stop because it means there’s nothing left for us to fight for.”
“When two people are meant for each other, no time is too long, no distance is too far, no one can ever tear them apart.”
“Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.” — Colleen Hoover, “This Girl”
“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions. That we’ll screw up royally sometimes.” — Arianna Huffington
“A strong relationship requires choosing to love each other even in those moments when you struggle to like each other.”
“Never leave a true relationship for a few faults. Nobody is perfect, nobody is correct, and in the end, affection is always greater than perfection.”
“50% of a great relationship is how you treat someone. The other 50% is having the ability and confidence to communicate the treatment you want in return.” — Matthew Hussey
“You can’t just give up on someone because the situation’s not ideal. Great relationships aren’t great because they have no problems. They’re great because both people care enough about the other person to find a way to make it work.”