Quotes

“Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.” – Pema Chodron

“We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one’s companion.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

“When we embark on intimate relationships, we make a basic human promise to be decent, to hold a flattering mirror up to each other, to be respectful as we explore each other.” – Lena Dunham

“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.” – Marcus Aurelius

“You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that if we are not beautiful to each other, we cannot know beauty in any form.” – Dorothy Allison

“You attract the right things when you have a sense of who you are.” – Amy Poehler

“Few people, very few, have a treasure, and if you do, you must hang onto it. You must not let yourself be waylaid, and have it taken from you.” – Alice Munro, Runaway

“Never say you know the last word about any human heart.” – Henry James