Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.

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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

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Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

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What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. - William Shakespeare

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A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself -- to laugh with me, but never at me; to cry with me, but never because of me; to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart

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I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

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Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away. – Elbert Hubbard

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Time and tide wait for no man.

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I will do nothing lightly. When I walk, I will walk heavily. When I fight, I will fight with conviction. When I speak, I will speak strongly. When I feel, I will feel everything. When I love, I will love with everything. — Evan Tanner

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