“You can’t just point out some random person and look to them to make you happy. You need a spark. You need that silly grin plastered across your face whenever you think of their name or how you met. You need that rush comes whenever your phone pings and it’s them. You need to date someone who isn’t…”— Jennifer Cie, thoughtcatalog.com
“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.com
“Do not settle for anything less than beautiful, unconditional love.”— Tricia Miller, thoughtcatalog.com
“By constantly thinking down on yourself, you're conditioning yourself to accept lower standards and mediocrity—the exact opposite of what you want to accomplish.”— Randall Degges, lifehacker.com
“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.com
“Each woman possesses standards unique to her, but it is important that she acquires standards that bring her true satisfaction and happiness.”— Lucy E., futurefemaleleader.com
“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.com
“Comparing your personal standards with other people’s standards is a dangerous game. Remember that most people have very low standards and expectations of themselves, and that is why most people live a mediocre existence. Comparing yourself with the way they live their life; with their standards; wi…”— Adam Sicinski, blog.iqmatrix.com
“It’s important to acknowledge that the origin of some of your standards may not have come from you. You might have for instance modeled them while observing your parents. You have now accepted these standards as part of your life despite the fact that they may not serve your best interests.”— Adam Sicinski, blog.iqmatrix.com
“When you set high standards you immediately raise your expectations of what’s possible. You suddenly expect more from yourself, more from your actions, and more from others.”— Adam Sicinski, blog.iqmatrix.com
“What keeps us in bad relationships isn’t that all men are jerks or that relationships are so hard or that we’re unworthy or that all the good guys are taken. What keeps us in bad relationships is low self-esteem. When you don’t value yourself, you will accept and even welcome people who don’t value…”— Sabrina Alexis, thoughtcatalog.com
“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.com
“Whenever someone comments on how we’re ‘too picky,’ what they’re really saying is that we should settle for someone, just so we can say we’re in a relationship. Well, screw that mindset. We’d rather be alone than in a relationship without real love.”— Holly Riordan, thebolde.com
“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.com
“Don't apologize for having high standards, the right people will come your way.”— Suede Brooks, twitter.com
“I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend.”— Olivia WIlde, books.google.com
“If you notice yourself falling into "blah" relationships, think about how you describe these guys to your friends. Discussing external attributes—"he has a great finance job"—rather than specific anecdotes and internal traits—"he’s so funny he made me shoot soda out of my nose"—may be a sign that yo…”— Anita Chlipala, shape.com
“We tell women they have unrealistic standards about what is obtainable to them, and we do this living in a world inhabited by males who will literally spend all day making sexual comments to any female in their sightline. We tell women to lower their standards, while men who look like turtles feel f…”— Mary Elizabeth Williams, salon.com