#iv

Loving is giving and being loved is receiving. Loving should not depend on being loved, but to all intents and purposes, your commitment in a relationship is grossly expressed by how much of yourself you share with your partner. ↗

— Olaotan Fawehinmi

#caring #commitment #giving #love #loving

The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#gifts #living-in-the-moment #loving-others #mindfulness #rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes

You don't love hatred and evil, of course. You have to practice and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and to help them see it in themselves. That's what I mean by love. ↗

— Richard Bach

#richard-bach #love

Fate. She'd never been a big beliver in things like that, had always believed that solid decisions and hard work were what paid off. And they had. But, really, it was getting to the point where it felt like the universe was screaming at her to pay attention! ↗

— Bella Andre

#gabe #megan #romance #the-sullivans #love

The imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an effort to literally realize our collective dreams. ↗

— Terence McKenna

#culture #dreams #history #imagination #dreams

Try and live your life the way you wish other people would live theirs. ↗

— Raymond Burr

#live #other #people #theirs #try

The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four, of secondary importance is to prepare for being five. ↗

— Jim Trelease

#enjoy #five #four #importance #prepare

Many women arrange their lives around the people they love. Unfortunately, that arrangement takes up most of our days. ↗

— Holly Robinson

#glass-ceiling #women #writing #love

Effective discipline is based on loving guidance. It is based on the belief that children are born innately good and that our role as parents is to nurture their spirits as they learn about limits and boundaries, rather than to curb their tendencies toward wrongdoing. Effective discipline presumes that children have reasons for their behavior and that cooperation can be engaged to solve shared problems. ↗

— Peggy O'Mara

#gentle-discipline #love

You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now. Looking back makes you competitive. And, age is not a competitive issue. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#beautiful #competitive-issue #good #life #true