Jessica Williams Quotes

I could never be with a woman who felt like she needs to change me.

Don't try to change anybody. And they should let you be yourself, 'You loved me when you met me, so let's keep going!'

I think a lot of people want people who actually have qualities they don't find attractive as a way of being able to change them. It's fascinating, because people think if they can change the other person, they can change themselves. It's a complex phenomenon. It's a fantasy that's actually about being able to come to terms with ourselves.

Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.

One can only hope the person you love will make you the best version of yourself.

There's no such thing as a perfect guy. I think it would be strange if somebody was absolutely everything you always wanted, because then there'd be no challenge. Also, you'd feel inferior.

I think the mistake some people make is they try to change the man they love after they get married. You cannot change a person.

Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

Never marry someone in hope that they'll change later.

Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.

I would much prefer that they take me as I am, that way the experience is genuine between the both of us.

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

I don't like high-maintenance. High-maintenance does not work for me at all. And I don't like anybody who talks down to people. I don't speak down to anyone who works around me, and so I won't put up with it in a relationship.

If you don't have a healthy relationship with yourself, how can you with anyone else? Even if it's not healthy, I imagine it's a lot of fun. And healthy or not, I still think there can be a lot of love.

I've had this conversation with friends who have had challenging relationships with one or another parent. The only thing I can say is what I feel: The other person isn't going to change. That is who they are.

I learn something new about love every day. For example, loving yourself is just as important as loving other people.

Many people get into a relationship as a way to compensate for something they lack or hate within themselves. This is a one-way ticket to a toxic relationship because it makes your love conditional - you will love your partner as long as they help you feel better about yourself.

If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?

The people who help us grow toward true self offer unconditional love, neither judging us to be deficient nor trying to force us to change but accepting us exactly as we are. And yet this unconditional love does not lead us to rest on our laurels. Instead, it surrounds us with a charged force field that makes us want to grow from the inside out - a force field that is safe enough to take the risks and endure the failures that growth requires.

When my Mama asks me will I ever change, I tell her yeah... But it's clear I will always be the same until the end of time.

I'm not putting myself up as the epitome of virtue. I certainly am living a non-traditional life. But it is also a loving life and a very supportive one. I think that both in this, and the previous relationship, I think that I've been doing the best I can.

Don't try to change people. It won't work, and they will end up resenting you. Only God can change people!

A wholesome family is one where there is a lot of love. It's living by example. It's acceptance of people at their core, but it's also pushing each other to be our best selves and try things we might not be good at.

The thing is some girls think they can actually change guys