“Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.”
More from Brené Brown on Love
“Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.”
“You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”
“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.”
“When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.”
“Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.”
Others on Love
Atticus Poetry
20 quotes“I’ll let you into my heart but wipe your feet at the door.”
Pablo Neruda
19 quotes“You are like nobody since I love you.”
Leo Buscaglia
17 quotes“Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to lov...”
Khalil Gibran
16 quotes“And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
Lord Byron
16 quotes“I have not loved the world nor the world me I have not flatter'd its rank breath nor bow'd To its idolatries a patien...”
Mother Teresa
15 quotes“When you judge someone you have no time to love them.”
Nicholas Sparks
15 quotes“Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver.”
John Donne
14 quotes“If ever any beauty I did see,Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.”
Shakespeare
14 quotes“I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.”
Rumi
14 quotes“There are as many ways of loving as there are people, and that wildflower variety is the great beauty of this dimension...”
Gabriel García Márquez
13 quotes“It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”
Balzac
13 quotes“The more a man judges, the less he loves”