LL Cool J Quotes

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Of all the myriad ways we define love, there is perhaps none more honest and powerful than this: Great love is rooted in great partnership.

I would rather be loved by somebody who respected me.

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.

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

It's fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you.

There's this stress that is relieved when you realize somebody understands, and that's only going to happen if you feel the person who's writing the book or the people in the TV show aren't holding back.

The fastest way to have a loving, supportive, understanding spouse is to become a loving, supportive, understanding spouse.

I think there's a big difference between loving someone out of duty and dependency and loving someone because you really are able to sort of grow and be whole in the context of that relationship.

I want everyone to know what they deserve in relationships: that they can demand equality and kindness. Because everyone will have a relationship at some point in their life. It's what we all do, every day, and we need to know how to do it.

When trust works out right, it can be absolutely magical.

The key to coaching is love. It's not knowledge; it's not discipline. If you love 'em, you can discipline them. If you love 'em, you can yell at them and laugh about it later.

Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.

People fall in love when they are working together constantly.

My mom and my dad was the best example of unconditional love I could see as a kid. I've known it my whole life. Interactions, kissing, hugging - it definitely wasn't the fake love.

I just want a nice guy who loves me and who I love.

When you find somebody you love, all the way through, and she loves you—even with your weaknesses, your flaws, everything starts to click into place. And if you can talk to her, and she listens, if she makes you laugh, and makes you think, makes you want, makes you see who you really are, and who you are is better, just better with her, you’d be crazy not to want to spend the rest of your life with her. (Carter Maguire)

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals.

need is never a good basis for any relationship. it has to be much more than that.

Love is needed to strengthen the weak; love becomes tyrannical when it exacts obedience from an unbeliever.

Kindness is the key to peace and harmony in family life.

Between friends there is no bribery. ... the relationship of friends is intrinsically fair and equal. Neither feels stronger or more clever or more beautiful than the other.

What is love but acceptance of the other, whatever he is.