#liking

My mind and gut are never simpatico: Every time I think somebody likes me, she doesn't; every time I think somebody doesn't like me, she does. This has never changed and I'm certain it never will. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#change

Find yourself first…like yourself first…love yourself FIRST…& friendship & love will naturally find YOU. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#find-yourself #finding-yourself #friendship #like-yourself #liking-yourself

We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to 'like' one another. Love governs the will: 'liking' is a matter of sense and sensibility. Nevertheless, if we really love others it will not be too hard to like them also. If we wait for some people to become agreeable or attractive before we begin to love them, we will never begin. If we are content to give them a cold impersonal 'charity' that is merely a matter of obligation, we will not trouble to understand them or to sympathize with them at all. And in that case we will not really love them, because love implies an efficacious will not only to do good to others exteriorly but also to find some good in them to which we can respond. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#liking #love #love

English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did. ↗

— Malcolm Bradbury

#american #american history #burn #did #down

I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at some of the mistakes I made. But we're all learning every day; we never stop. I just hope people keep on liking what I do. That gives me such a kick. ↗

— Paul Kane

#day #days #early #every #every day

I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want. ↗

— Jon Fishman

#free #good #good band #good sense #having

When you are your own best friend, you don’t endlessly seek out relationships, friendships, and validation from the wrong sources because you realize that the only approval and validation you need is your own. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#confidence #friendships #liking-yourself #love-yourself-first #loving-yourself

I do remember being a fan of the Marvel characters and not liking the DC characters at all. ↗

— Alfred Molina

#characters #dc #fan #i #i do

Now I worry. If people ended up liking me, did I do the job wrong? So I decided they didn't end up liking me - they ended up being able to deal with me. ↗

— Daniel Okrent

#being #deal #decided #did #end

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#deeply #gardens #heart #how #human