People have the right to think and say whatever they want to. But you have the right not to take it to heart, and not to react.

There has never been a merging of two lives where significant problems of daily living did not occur. One way or another, your relationship is going to be affected. The only question is how. There's a big difference between knowing and doing. It's not what happens between partners that determines the outcome of a relationship, it's how they handle what happens. If all you deal with in your relationship is problems, then you will have a problem relationship. If you want your pound of flesh with full acknowledgement that you're right, your future will be dim.

If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.

Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.

People have the right to think and say whatever they want to. But you have the right not to take it to heart, and not to react.

At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you're living your life doesn't matter. What matters is whether you're comfortable with it.

People create their own experiences.