Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I love having a boyfriend but need to be secure on my own first.

The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.

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

It is very easy to love alone.

I don't like having people do little things for me.

The hand you hold the longest is your own.

Bending over backwards does not bring you the love and attention you crave, but having your own life, your own goals and a backbone will.

I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother.

I'm very happy alone.

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 was a loner in high school. I keep to myself, but I love life.

I think certainly that looking for love is a big part of the show, but I think that if - there's one thing that is different about 'Sex and the City' and the message that I think has resonated with viewers, especially women. It's that you don't need to get married. You don't really need that love to be fulfilled.

I don't expect anyone to give me anything.

I'm a huge believer in you don't really need anybody to make you feel validated or make you feel secure. When you go to sleep at night, you're with yourself, and when you wake up, you're with yourself. Be happy, just alone, regardless if you're with somebody or not.

Most women would not be happy being me. People say, 'But you're alone.' But I don't feel alone. I feel very un-alone.

I learned to basically pull my own weight, just do my own thing. I spent a lot of time alone and I loved it. It was actually really great because to the present day I love spending time alone. I go bicycling alone, go climbing alone and I just love being with myself and observing myself and learning something.

I love being by myself.

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

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

You should never need a guy to make you feel complete.

I don't need the Prince Charming to have my own happy ending.

It's just about keeping people who are close to me, near. It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.

People will occasionally ask me if I understand what it's like to be lonely. And the truth is I don't, because for me, solitariness is a blessing, a gift. Me, I get on fine with myself.

Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.

I'm so single. It's funny. I'm usually a relationship girl. I love being in love and having a partner in crime. But it's good to be your own partner in crime. God, that makes me sound like I have multiple-personality disorder.