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title: "8 Personal Relations Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Personal Relations quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Personal Relations sayings and thoughts."
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> [Personal relations were critical to the success of dad's diplomacy all across the world during his presidency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-bush/personal-relations-were-critical-to-the-success-of-dad-s-diplomacy/)

[Neil Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-bush/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89b/neil-bush-8950_dad_personal-relations-were-critical-to-the_149722.jpg)

> [But for me, my personal relations, my personal family relations, are very important, and we've always tried to make sure that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-miliband/but-for-me-my-personal-relations-my-personal-family-relations-are/)

[David Miliband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-miliband/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/david-miliband-9624_always_but-for-me-my-personal-relations-my-pers_419688.jpg)

> [Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster/personal-relations-are-the-important-thing-for-ever-and-ever-and-not/)

[E. M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/e-m-forster-1118_important_personal-relations-are-the-important-thi_969627.png)

> [If one does not practice nonviolence in one's own personal relations with others and hopes to use it in bigger affairs, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/if-one-does-not-practice-nonviolence-in-one-s-own-personal-relations/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/mahatma-gandhi-23_affair_if-one-does-not-practice-nonviolence-in_1169529.jpg)

> [Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seamus-heaney/whether-it-be-a-matter-of-personal-relations-within-a-marriage-or/)

[Seamus Heaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seamus-heaney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/seamus-heaney-1711_do-it-yourself_whether-it-be-a-matter-of-personal-relat_1836008.png)

> [Sometimes being single and professionally successful holds more importance that getting entangled in personal relations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sometimes-being-single-and-professionally-successful-holds-more/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/anonymous-1_being-single_sometimes-being-single-and-professionall_2115980.jpg)

> [A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/a-sense-of-duty-is-useful-in-work-but-offensive-in-personal-relations/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/bertrand-russell-69_duty_a-sense-of-duty-is-useful-in-work-but-of_2362264.jpg)

> [The ablest and most effective leaders do not hold to a single style; they may be highly supportive in personal relations when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/the-ablest-and-most-effective-leaders-do-not-hold-to-a-single-style/)

[John W. Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-gardner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/john-w-gardner-7687_capable_the-ablest-and-most-effective-leaders-do_3089110.jpg)

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