“You are beautiful without another person’s validation of your beauty. You are strong without having to demonstrate your strength to anyone. You are enough without someone by your side to prove your worth.”— Liane White, thoughtcatalog.com
“You may not see it now, but one day you will look back to this period of your life and you will realize that being single was the best thing that happened to you.”— Liane White, thoughtcatalog.com
“Believe that you are beautiful, talented and gorgeous, because YOU ARE!”— Stephanie Russel, thoughtcatalog.com
“Lose the antiquated set of ‘rules’ we’ve all had drilled into our pretty little skulls. About who can ask who out, and ‘don’t act too interested or he might get turned off’. These rules were made up by some delirious 19th century chick whose corset was obviously too tight.”— Stephanie Russel, thoughtcatalog.com
“You are a whole person, and a boyfriend should be an addition to your life that makes it better, not whole.”— Abby McCullough, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don’t waste your energy and your youth trying force a relationship into existence. Your time will come. But in the meantime, go out there and live.”— Nelisa Khwela, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don’t hate. It’s a waste of time. Don’t go raining on everyone’s love parade because you don’t have anyone to post cute selfies with.”— Nelisa Khwela, thoughtcatalog.com
“Physical beauty only takes a woman so far, it is her spirit that a man becomes addicted to.”— Kristina Zias, thoughtcatalog.com
“You need to have a value for yourself. Guys see how you present yourself, how you take care of yourself and how you respect yourself. They base their view of you from your view of yourself.”— Kristina Zias, thoughtcatalog.com
“Guys are simple. If they want to see you, they will let you know.”— Kristina Zias, thoughtcatalog.com
“You should never make excuses for someone. Don’t tell yourself they are a good person and try to block out all the bad things they’ve done just because they showed you a little bit of interest. It’s better to be alone than with someone who’s not a good person at their core.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“As much as being alone may suck for you sometimes you can’t force love. You can’t force someone to want to be with you, it just doesn’t work that way.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don’t skip out on work to look for love because love will find you when it’s ready, but your career can pass you by any second.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“You don’t have to find the love of your life right now. You’re allowed to be single for the next year. Or two. Or ten. The best thing you can do for yourself at this stage is figure yourself out – so that when the love of your life finally does come along, you’re ready for them.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“Everyone has baggage. You’re not seventeen anymore. You arrive to each new relationship with a list of ex-lovers. You arrive at each new endeavor with a past full of failed attempts. But guess what? So does everybody else. We all have baggage – and the last thing you need to be is ashamed of yours.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“I know you’ve been let down and disappointed by love. I know it’s been a long time since you’ve felt the magic you direly miss. But don’t worry – feeling like love is dead is just a key stage everyone passes through in their twenties. The magic comes back. It just happens when you’re expecting it th…”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“Do not let anyone make you feel like you’re unlovable; you may be difficult to love, you may have baggage, but you are not unloveable.”— Maya Kachroo-Levine, thoughtcatalog.com