Brendan Coyle Quotes

A lot of relationships have ended for me in my 20s, because I knew that eventually those people would wanna settle down and have kids.

When men I have dated over the years whined about, 'Oh, you make no time for me' - see ya! I just dumped them. I don't need that pressure in my life.

If a person doesn't like me or doesn't like my game, OK, that's how they feel. Can't be upset with it.

I think just... never date anyone who doesn't accept you, and don't change for them. They aren't going to change for you.

I think every time you go through a difficult relationship, you realize more and more about what you will and you won't have in your next relationship - what you deserve and what you don't deserve.

Keep your standards high, and any guy who is worth it will rise to meet them.

The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.

You can't keep changing men, so you settle for changing your lipstick.

I'm just not into trying to convince people like me. I always say to myself, 'It is what it is.' I walk into a situation knowing that people are either going to love me or they're not, and that's OK. I'm just going to be me. You can't be everything to everyone.

I have a different mentality when it comes to catering to a man, I just won't allow it. Don't get me wrong, I'll do for you but I'm not taking care of no man and catering to him for life; he better be bringing something to the table. I learned that from my mother and my grandmother.

I don't think you can really, truly be the partner you want to be until you know on an absolute level that you are a complete person on your own.

I don't deal with the whole 'bad boy who doesn't call you.' That doesn't interest me at all, and I just look the other way.

You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that.

The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

I've worked very hard at understanding myself, learning to be assertive. I'm past the point where I worry about people liking me.

I'm going to be 50 soon. I'm single, I'm looking for something meaningful. By the time you've been single for quite a long time, you can get quite specific about what you can and can't put up with.

I like my life alone. I mean, I love being with friends, and I love kissing and loving someone to pieces. But it's hard to find someone who doesn't ultimately start judging you and your choices.

I'm not someone who feels the pressure of someone else's expectations. That's a very young way to feel.

They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.

You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.

Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was nine years old.

I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.