Ladies, a man doesn't want respect, he needs it. A man does not need love. There is no where it is written that a man needs love. They simply need respect. A man interprets respect as love. When a woman tells a man that she loves him, it doesn't mean anything to him, but when a man knows you respects him, that means a lot to him.

— Patience Johnson

Life and death are two banks of the same river. Time is the boat on which we travel from one to the other, over and over.

— Vinita Kinra

Lord, I know that where I am right now, isn’t where You’re taking me. Give me glimpses of Your vision for my future, so that my understanding may grow in accordance with Your timing. Give me patience along the way and faith to trust that You’re always working for my good. Amen.

— Patience Johnson

Love and hatred belong to the same plant: one is rose, the other is thorn.

— Vinita Kinra

Love is not the foundation for marriage, people normally get married to someone they think, they are in love with. Can I say to you that love does not make marriage work, don't be fooled by that funny feeling, don't get married because you love someone? I love aircraft, but I can't fly them, I failed two times my pilot license, I love cars, but I failed two times in the driving school made it on the third time. I love diving but not yet ready to go to diving school. You can love something and still don't know how to do it. So love is not the problem but the knowledge. I still maintain love doesn't make marriage work but knowledge and understanding. . Acquire enough knowledge before going into it.

— Patience Johnson

Many marriages would have succeeded today but many of the individuals didn't have the equipment; the knowledge to use to fix the situation. No marriage is irreparable, but most people are just too tired to fix it. This why it is important for you to get understanding. In all your getting don't get love....get understanding first. Understand what it means to be a woman. Understand what it means to be with a woman. You need to understand the compliancy in a woman and the uniqueness in a man. Understand communication skills, understand how to manage emotions and how to handle anger, you have to understand the dynamics of disagreement, you have to understand how to handle unfaithfulness; broken trust, if you do not understand all these things, you will always be stocked in life.

— Patience Johnson

Many of the people God used in Scripture looked like losers before they looked like winners. After the disciples fished all night and caught nothing, Jesus told them, ‘… Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men’ (Luke 5:10 NKJV). They did, and they ended up: a) building a church that’s still thriving two thousand years later; b) writing history’s greatest books; c) having our sons named after them. Does that mean you can just dream a dream and God will fulfil it? No. Paul says, ‘… You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God…’ (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV).

— Patience Johnson

Men....do you have a plan for your business? Tell your wife, be honest. If you lock her out of your plan, she will become malfunction.

— Patience Johnson

Most people's car last longer than their marriage. WHY? For instance in Germany, the government made it as a law that before you are qualified to drive a car, you will go to a driving school, learn the theory and practical before getting a license to drive. The same is applicable to your car, it must go to service and maintenance every two years if it is a new one to check if the car is still roadworthy. If your car is above five years old then it must go to service every year. So this makes the car last longer. For you to get a driving license in Germany it takes months but for you to take a marriage certificate in Germany it doesn't take two hours. Once you go on the view, they give you license which means that they are more concerned about your car on their street than they are about your life in their communities. A lot of people doesn't go to any driving lessons on marriages. So they end up knowing how to drive a car but not learning how to live with someone.

— Patience Johnson

My dear friend, a good attitude will determine your altitude. When you look at your life, career, job or family life, what do you say? Do you praise God? Do you blame the devil? A good attitude towards God makes Him move on your behalf. Just sit down and say, Today God, it is well with my soul, I am thankful I had a peaceful sleep, I am thankful I am alive with possibilities, I am thankful I have a roof over me, I am thankful I have a job, I am thankful that I have Family and Friends. Above all, I am thankful that I have the Lord Jesus Christ on my side. Be blessed and don't be envious or shocked when others are prospering because you don't know what they have been through to get there (test, trials and tribulation), so thank God for what you have. "Little is much when God is in it. It Is Well With My Soul! Touch someone’s life with this message. If God be for us, who can be against us?

— Patience Johnson