Elizabeth Berkley Quotes

Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.

The only people who make love all the time are liars.

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.

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

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

Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself.

I really understand that we have to be sensitive to people's feelings and to their sensitivities, but you also can't be muzzled to tell a story.

I've never interviewed anyone where I set out to try to persuade them to reveal something. Instead, it's about creating a space that allows someone to be authentic without judgment on my part.

In reporting, you will often be humbled by the courage others have in telling and trusting you with their tale, no two alike.

Don't let men fool you... we all want love; we just know that it can leave us very vulnerable, and we seek a woman who understands and protects that with her life.

When you love somebody, you gotta be honest with them even if it'll hurt them.

I feel like I'm in a privileged position where I get to meet people and talk to them about the most important things in their lives. I appreciate that trust they're putting in me.

If a fan approaches me and I feel like they have some kind of agenda, I'm probably gonna get real closed-off and not talk to them. But if I feel a connection with someone, or if I feel a certain trust with somebody, I feel like, 'You know what, I can open up to this person and tell them about an experience.'

Love is being honest with yourself at all times being honest with the other person at all times telling, listening, respecting the truth and never pretending Love is the source of reality

Leaders must display their humanness. Those under their authority must be empowered & have the courage to engage in honest dialogue.

Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.

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.

No lies, just love.

If I can be my crazy, wild self in front of a person, and he still likes me, that's romantic.

The best proof of love is trust.

People will feel safer around you and speak truthfully to you when they feel you are listening intently to them.

My grandmother had a great saying. It always stuck with me: 'People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.' They've got to see it and feel it. And it's for real. And that's all. Be who you are.