Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI met Woz when I was 13, at a friend’s garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computers and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together.
Steve JobsWhether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.
Dalai LamaMy wife and I love each other very much.
Stephen HawkingFriendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
Marcus Tullius CiceroPerhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can – that is their secret.
Hermann HesseTo an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others.
George OrwellKeeping score is for games, not friendships.
John C. MaxwellYou pay a certain penalty for going your own way. A lot of people think you’re nuts, and you’re not as popular with girls as you should be.
Ray BradburyI definitely don’t think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.
George BestIt was weird to be married; you kind of lose your identity. You’re suddenly somebody’s wife. And you’re like, ‚Oh, I’m half of a couple now. I’ve lost me.‘
Angelina JolieSome people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.
Virginia WoolfIt always seems odd to me that the fundamental laws of physics, when discovered, can appear in so many different forms that are not apparently identical at first, but, with a little mathematical fiddling, you can show the relationship.
Richard P. FeynmanLove is the one wild card.
Taylor SwiftTrying to meet new women, it’s always a little more difficult as opposed to calling somebody I knew that’s single and trying to rebuild that connection.
DrakeAmerica is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.
George H. W. BushMy favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because, as far as I’m concerned, love is absolutely everything.
Taylor SwiftThe desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.
Friedrich NietzscheOf all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
James MadisonI can’t go out with a Republican.
Madeleine AlbrightI’m good friends with Jay Leno, good friends with Ed O’Neill, Melanie Fiona and Russell Simmons.
Kevin HartWhy is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn’t say I lived in a ghetto; I’d say I lived in the ‚hood. The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me now.
EminemIf I love you, what business is it of yours?
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.
Muhammad AliIn the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
Khalil GibranMan will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.
Mark TwainI’d love to date somebody cool, fun, funny.
RihannaGeography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.
John F. KennedyIn order to have friends, you must first be one.
Elbert HubbardLove is an interesting thing. Perhaps I’ve never been in love before – I don’t really know? I think I have. I guess it’s subjective in that way.
Lady GagaI never promise anything. I don’t promise anything to my mum. I don’t promise anything to the supporters.
Cristiano RonaldoThe greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
AristotleI never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
Thomas JeffersonHow far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
William ShakespeareA woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
Abraham LincolnThe poorest people are the sweetest people.
Denzel WashingtonMany people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.
Bertrand RussellMy father always taught me that when you help other people, then God will give you double. And that’s what has really happened to me. When I have helped other people who are in need, God has helped me more.
Cristiano RonaldoI searched for years I found no love. I’m sure that love will never be a product of plasticity.
Frank ZappaIn the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.
Thich Nhat HanhI’ll tell you one thing, since I’m married, single people look absolutely ridiculous to me.
Jerry SeinfeldLet me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s. It will be a strong friend of Israel’s under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel’s under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.
Barack ObamaA friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
King SolomonFor the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.
Friedrich NietzscheLove does not dominate; it cultivates.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheYou know how big love is? Love is big. love can hold anger; love can even hold hatred.
Alice WalkerWhen I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, ‚Did you sleep good?‘ I said ‚No, I made a few mistakes.‘
Steven WrightTo be clear: we have fights and problems like any other couple.
Angelina JolieIt is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
Niccolo MachiavelliMy problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people’s kids than I did my own.
Jackie RobinsonI’ve never had a dislike for men. I’ve been badly treated by some. But I’ve been loved greatly by some. I married a lot of them.
Maya AngelouUnless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.
E. E. CummingsWe all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery.
Charlie ChaplinAs unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up our current less-than-fulfilling lives. We want to be happier, more loving, forgiving and connected with the people around us.
Brene BrownThere is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man’s self.
Francis BaconMen are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.
Arthur SchopenhauerTo help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.
Charlie ChaplinA lot of times, people make other people responsible for their joy: ‚You’re not making me happy, you’re not doing this, you’re not doing that.‘
Joyce MeyerIf I think too hard about a relationship, I’ll talk myself out of it.
Taylor Swift