Michael Cunningham Quotes

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

When you love someone, you don't try to change them.

Unconditional acceptance of others is the key to happy relationships.

I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.

I want to be loved despite my faults. It isn't exactly true that I'm a provocateur. A real provocateur is someone who says things he doesn't think, just to shock. I try to say what I think.

Sometimes a lot of us men think we are doing everything for the woman we love, but there is an aspect of a woman a man doesn't understand.

Everybody's funny if you love them.

Everybody deserves to be loved.

Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.

You can't expect everyone to love you. I'm not someone who just wants to throw out hate, just because.

Friends accept you the way you are.

Everyone loves to be loved.

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

I'm all about making my girl feel like she's the only woman in the world. Whether it's telling her how special she is or showing her with gifts and romantic dates, I want to make her happy.

My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. Without them I have no idea where I would be and I know that their love for me is what's keeping my head above the water.

When we're looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles.

I'm lucky that I've never been bullied personally. There are always going to be kids who are mean and say stuff, but the people that matter to you - the people you love, like your parents, your siblings, and your friends - those are the people you should listen to.

If they can see you love them, you can say anything to them.

Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves.

If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.

There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.

How much do we owe the people we love? Now I would add a follow-up question: How do we cope with the fact that we can't necessarily give the people we love what they need?

We love things we love what they are.

I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.