Cyril Connolly Quotes

People often confuse self-respect with arrogance. I believe that there is a very thin line between the two. Balance between the two is often what leads to happiness.

I'm at a place in my life right now where I'm very happy, very content. I'm finally OK with the idea of who I love, who I want to be with.

I love my personal life and having a social life. And I didn't ever want to have to compromise.

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.

If you don't have a valentine, hang out with your girlfriends, don't go looking for someone. When it's right, they'll come to you.

There's a lot of people desperately seeking to find 'the one,' and I think we should learn to be more at peace with ourselves.

Whether you're successful or not, you'll never actually feel the joys of accomplishment unless you love yourself. Success can be very difficult to deal with. You have to stay in the center. If you let your success define you, then you're really just setting yourself up for failure.

If you don't have a healthy relationship with yourself, how can you with anyone else? Even if it's not healthy, I imagine it's a lot of fun. And healthy or not, I still think there can be a lot of love.

Does self-acceptance ultimately require another person, or is there a kind of love that does not dabble in the dream of a perfect twinship?

They say you'll be blooming when you're in love; I agree, but what is important to bloom is taking care of yourself, too.

I love myself. I love my friends.

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.

I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. If you cannot, I will still seek to seserve that you should.

I love who I am. I love what I've become.

What I am is how I came out. No one's perfect and you just have to accept your flaws and learn to love yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.

I can't live off the ego.

Hopefully you marry someone who you not only love, but who you like as well.

I'm not the beautiful one.

No matter what size I am I love performing no matter how big or little I am! I feel good.

Why is it better to love than to be loved? It is surer.

It's pretty amazing being me.

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

You can't be happy if you're not tolerably happy with yourself. The addition of friends adds immeasurably to life.