William Glasser Quotes

There are different definitions of love, and one of the most wonderful definitions of love is to allow somebody to be.

Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough to get beyond surfaces and games, who are willing to take the risks of being totally open, of listening, of responding with the whole heart. How much we can do for each other.

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.

If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

I hate jealousy, I hate possessiveness. I'm nobody's possession.

Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of Love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving.

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Friendship is something that is cultivated.

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends.

There's something so grabbing about people who will do anything for one another.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

A friend is someone who will allow me to be a really bad friend and not hold it against me.

A dog is like a liberal. He wants to please everybody. A cat really doesn't need to know that everybody loves him.

I define friendship as a bond that transcends all barriers. When you are ready to expect anything and everything from friends, good, bad or ugly... that's what I call true friendship.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

My wife and I don't compete. We know each other's preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That's what friends do.