Whether it’s your taste in clothing, your needs in a relationship, or what you do for a living—don’t let anyone else be at the controls. Define yourself.

There's nothing more prized to a man than something he had to wait for, work for, or struggle a little bit to get.

She lets him see how afraid she is to be without him and he soon comes to feel as though he has a 100 percent hold on her. This is often the point when women begin to complain: “He doesn’t make enough time for me. He isn’t as romantic as he used to be.

Anytime a woman competes with another woman she demeans herself.

Once you start laughing, you start healing.

Everybody has fallen down or been disappointed in love. Where you truly shine is when you get back up. Use it as a learning experience and believe in all of the possibilities.

He must feel that you choose to be with him, not that you need to be with him.