“Good for you for having fucking standards. Good for you for deciding to set your bar super high. Good for you for not settling for mediocre, okay, average, mehhh that’ll do, or just fine.”— Shani Jayawardena, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Standards, mediocre, picky, Relationships
“Holding out for someone that makes you smile, someone you trust, someone who supports you, someone who (while they don’t necessarily have the same passions as you) is at least interested in your passions because they care about what you care about – that is having standards. There is nothing wrong w…”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Standards, Trust, Love, Laughter
“Having standards does not mean you are automatically shallow, foolish, and a hopeless dreamer. Having standards will actually save you more time in the long run, as long as you are being realistic about which standards you expect your potential significant other to uphold.”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Standards, shallow, realistic, Expectations
“It may take ten relationships or twenty years before you're even able to identify who Mr. or Ms. Right would be. Trust that the process is the unfolding, that there's no time limit or trial period you have to fit your life into before you expire into a settled forever.”— Brianna Wiest, bustle.comTagged: Standards, Settling, Marriage, Forever
“I realize that I'm asking for a tall order here—but I also think I'm worth it. And that whoever this guy is will be worth the wait. I'd rather hold out for the right person than waste time in dead-end relationships that won't make me happy.”— Lindsay Tigar, womenshealthmag.comTagged: Standards, Relationships, Expectations, Confidence
“You focus on the fact that he makes you laugh and not that he hasn't had a job in six months. You tell all your friends how tall and protective he is and leave out the part about his anger issues. While it's totally human to want things to go well for once in your love life, you have to resist the u…”— Emily Blackwood, yourtango.comTagged: Standards, Settling, red flags, Fear
“You'll get this when you believe that you're worth it. You'll get this when you stop settling for good, stop justifying poor excuses and half-assed compliments, and are ready to open up your heart to great. Start believing that you have everything to offer.”— Emily Abbate, thestir.cafemom.comTagged: Standards, Settling, Self-Esteem
“When you have low self-worth you will love mostly anyone willing to love you, and you often end up settling for less, becoming less and believe less in yourself and in love. To have more you must be committed to being more. Loving yourself attracts someone to love you as you love yourself. It all st…”— Sherrie Campbell, huffingtonpost.comTagged: Standards, Settling, Love, Self-Esteem
“Set high standards, ruthlessly pursue your goals, and respect yourself.”— Randall Degges, lifehacker.comTagged: Self love
“When girls know more about themselves and their goals, they know at the start what they are looking for in a guy. They understand the road to attaining their goals and how to find someone who supports their passions and dreams for the future.”— Lucy E., futurefemaleleader.comTagged: Standards, Goals, Passion, Dreams
“I wanted to run to the top of the Empire State Building and make an announcement to all [single women] that they don’t need to wrangle some warm body to sit next to them just so they aren’t alone on holidays. That they should never let a magazine or dating site or matchmaker monster tell them they’r…”— Amy Schumer, washingtonpost.comTagged: Standards, Settling, Single, Dating
“You keep watching other people find each other, and eventually your dream partner starts to feel like a mythical creature. The line between holding your love life to a certain standard, and being picky to the point of foolishness, becomes blurred. It is hard to understand when you’re settling out of…”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Settling, Standards, Dating, Relationships
“I hold high standards for the woman in my life because I hold extremely high standards for myself, and I believe that a woman is a reflection of the man she is with and vice versa.”— Mike Zacchio, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Standards, Dating, High Standards
“Would I date a dude who adored me, had a great job, bought me flowers once a year on my birthday, and made me feel happy—even if he was under six feet tall? Yep. But then again, I wouldn't feel like I had "settled" for him—I'd feel like I was pretty damn lucky to finally find someone so amazing.”— Lindsay Tigar, womenshealthmag.comTagged: Standards, Settling, imperfect, Happiness
“Men are used to women skating around their feelings, which is why they can be a little thrown off when we tell them exactly what we’re looking for. But we know what we want and aren’t afraid to let everybody know it. There’s nothing wrong with that, even though they think there is.”— Holly Riordan, thebolde.comTagged: Standards, High Standards, Feelings, blunt, Honesty
“There is a difference between 'committing to the right person while you're young' and 'settling for someone while you're young out of obligation or fear or both.'”— Brianna Wiest, bustle.comTagged: Standards, Settling, Love, Fear, Obligation
“If he won’t be your boyfriend, if he won’t commit, if he treats you badly, if he doesn’t appreciate you, if he only appreciates you for sex and can’t be bothered when you’re fully clothed, forget him. It seems so obvious, yet so many of us fail in this area.”— Sabrina Alexis, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Standards, Break Up, Sex
“I feel like being more selective at the outset has narrowed the field to men with good intentions, or who can at least make themselves presentable, carry on an intelligent conversation and be pleasant company for a night out. These men exist if only we stop giving our time to the men who are telling…”— Crystal Jackson, elitedaily.comTagged: Standards, selective, picky, Dating
“Since most of us are stubborn to admit that we made a mistake, we would rather settle for what we bought.”— Anna Agoncillo, amazon.comTagged: Settling, Standards, stubborn
“So many of us have settled for what is, rather than what could be.”— Michael Hyatt, amazon.comTagged: Settling, Standards, Acceptance