Courtesy of Henrik Edberg The Positivity Blog
“’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.”
Vincent Van Gogh
“The art of love is largely the art of persistence.”
Albert Ellis
“If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.”
Benjamin Franklin
“When you adopt the viewpoint that there is nothing that exists that is not part of you, that there is no one who exists who is not part of you, that any judgment you make is self-judgment, that any criticism you level is self-criticism, you will wisely extend to yourself an unconditional love that will be the light of the world.”
Harry Palmer
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.”
Euripides
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.”
Paulo Coelho
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.”
Andrew Matthews
“We are most alive when we’re in love.”
John Updike
“The love we give away is the only love we keep.”
Elbert Hubbard
