LeToya Luckett Quotes

Since women ask me about male motives all the time, I can offer a bit of advice. If you feel like you're going to get hurt then you shouldn't be there in the first place. That's the way I look at relationships.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.

I don't want people mistreating me. I found out when you're vulnerable and your heart's open, then people step on you. You're really stupid for letting that happen. And the only way to counteract that is to be like Wolfman Jack. Because if you do nice, kind things for people, then how are they going to mess you over?

I always find the worst lies are told in relationships - I learned to never lie about your happiness in order to save someone's feelings from being hurt.

I'm not a terrible person, I know that, but sometimes in a relationship, I can be crappy.

In life, when stuff happens the instinct is to close off your heart. By leaving your heart open, it leaves room for someone else to come in.

But I'm glad I'm not one of those actresses who is just so ready to open up for everyone.

You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot.

I think you have to be guarded but not closed off.

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.

It's a great big step for me to open my heart up even a little bit.

You'd have to spend a lot of time with me before I'd be comfortable enough to show my dark side.

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

It is hard for me to be vulnerable, because I never learned how to do that. I was never vulnerable in a safe way.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

I always tell my kids that as soon as you have a secret, something about you that you are ashamed to have others find out, you have given other people the power to hurt you by exposing you.

Empathy goes a long way, for sure. We cannot have healthy, loving, mutually respectful relationships without it. But we're not psychic. At least I'm not. And intuition can only take you so far, especially when a person's sense of safety, comfort, and self-worth hangs in the balance.

The parts of people that are the most lovable is usually the thing they're least willing to share: the tender, vulnerable side of people that's endearing and magnetic and lovable - that's the part they hide.

If you don't let love in, then you can't really give it back.

When I'm doing sports, I don't feel anything at all. I enjoy the moment. It's a safe haven. But once you try to let someone inside your soul, you become vulnerable. You have to be comfortable in your own skin. I don't open myself up like that to a lot of people. It takes courage.

Don't let men fool you... we all want love; we just know that it can leave us very vulnerable, and we seek a woman who understands and protects that with her life.

I believe we create a lot of problems in our relationships if we don't feel safe to talk about our feelings at the speed of life.

It's not easy to learn to trust someone and let someone trust you.

You can't be afraid to be honest and to be yourself. We all have imperfections and fall short at some point. Showing your human side creates a sensitivity, openness and trust. That's the beginning of the demise in a relationship - not being honest and not being you.

Sometimes men and women have trouble with just being vulnerable.