Nathaniel Branden Quotes

I really always expected to somebody to make me happy and I don't think you can really enter into a relationship until you are happy.

I don't think there's anybody in this world who should be required to make you feel good about yourself. Be happy on your own.

I've learnt to be happy by myself.

I don't think it's necessarily healthy to go into relationships as a needy person. Better to go in with a full deck.

It took me 36 years to be able to be by myself and like it.

I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.

It's nice to be with someone, but I don't think you need to be in a relationship to feel complete. That would be really sad.

I think if we want to find happiness by finding a life partner, then it's a little selfish. You should be complete within yourself, so that when you're in a relationship, you can give out happiness rather than expect it.

You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.

I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and that's a long process.

When you're happy with yourself, you have to find another person who is happy with herself so you can share your happiness.

I don't need a person to make me happy.

When we find comfort in knowing that all the love and support we need is housed inside us, we can honestly share that joy with others without needing anything in return.

To me 'they lived happily ever after' means to be happy with yourself! My parents always taught me that being happy has to work without Prince Charming. My life is completed without a prince but it's nice of course to have someone who loves you and fights for you.

There is no happiness outside of ourselves.

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there.

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 do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you.

When you truly give up trying to be whole through others, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others.

In our relationship, we don't have that situation. I don't require what he needs, and he doesn't require what I need. I know what I do; I have an amazing life that nobody knows about.

I'm a strange person - I don't really get rewards out of how many hits I have on YouTube. I love it, and I'm grateful, and it's important to me. But does it equal peace within me? No, it doesn't.

As I graduated high school, it didn't faze me anymore. Right now, I don't even care what people think of me. I'm happy with myself.