" We must be our own before we can be another’s. "

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

" Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd. "

- William Shakespeare

" Great attitude is like a perfect cup of coffee–don’t start your day without it. "

- Lisa Lieberman-Wang

" This has been my life; I found it worth living. "

- Bertrand Russell

" Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. "

- Robert A. Heinlein

" It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. "

- Andre Gide

" I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I'd see. "

- Unknown

" So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you. "

- Paulo Coelho

" Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. "

- William Arthur Ward

" There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment. "

- Sarah Dessen

" One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love. "

- Sophocles

" Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person. "

- James Thurber

" Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage. "

- Lao Tzu

" Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. "

- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

" Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage. "

- Lao Tzu

" When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully. "

- Steve Maraboli

" Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. "

- Elinor Glyn

" It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. "

- Friedrich Nietzsche

" ”A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.” "

- Kurt Vonnegut

" In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, ‘I got to wake up’ say ‘I get to wake up ! "

- Erykah Badu