Taraji P. Henson Quotes

In the past I would self destruct when it came to love - I was immature, throwing myself into things but now times have changed, I want a relationship where you understand the other person.

We are who we are, and when you accept people instead of trying to change them to fit your needs, your relationships can fully blossom.

I like guys who are confident but not cocky, who are comfortable with themselves, and who know what they want.

I hang out with people who are amazing parents and really value a rich living. I'm not talking about monetarily. I'm talking spiritually and mentally, and we help make sure that each one is on their game for their spouses.

A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.

It's important to fall in love with someone you don't want to change.

It was very important to me to be with a woman who is better than me at some things. You want someone who brings new, interesting things into your life.

I think just... never date anyone who doesn't accept you, and don't change for them. They aren't going to change for you.

If you truly want to find a meaningful relationship, you've got to find yourself first and learn to be confident in your own skin. Don't sacrifice anything about who you are to be with someone. That's setting yourself up for failure.

The more respect I had for myself, and the more I took care of myself, the more I understood what I needed out of a partner.

Not to settle. If you're not happy with a person, leave. And wait until you find that one person who makes you feel good about yourself every single day and is not expecting you to change, but to grow.

And don't change for a guy, ever," Leah added. "If they're worthy, they'll like you just the way you are.

Real love makes you more of an individual. It does not efface your individuality, it gives you individuality. Real love is very respectful.

Learning unconditional love helped me have healthier relationships, including my current marriage.

Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit. (But who also kind of likes my bullshit.)

I've done an awful lot of trying to make everybody else okay and happy. I have learned, now it would really be ok to wait for someone who wants to be there for me and partner with me and I'm really looking forward to it.

I need to have perspective. That's one of the big things former players told me, to not try to live up to anything, just live up to yourself.

Be the person you are. Never try to be another, and you will become mature. Maturity is accepting the responsibility of being oneself, whatsoever the cost.

I don't think Emma Watson needs any advice. She's an incredibly smart young woman who knows what she wants out of life and she has some great parents.

Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.

I don't try to do anything. I think the moment that I'm like, "Oh, I have to be this way or that way" is the moment that I become sad, or maybe an asshole. So I just try to be myself and put out what is most natural. But I think I am - I mean, I've seen a lot, been through a lot. But something remains sort of naïve within me. And I just try to nurture that.

Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they turn out the same

No boy is worth your teenage years!." "For me to be in love with someone means that I have to accept who I am, and not allow another person to define me. And if someone loves me in spite of all that, then that's a start.

But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete.

We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in true love know that we can love only in proportion to our capacity for independence.