#loving

My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#been #being #could #damn #feared

You are my home; it is in your loving gaze that I find the comfort, acceptance, and the sense of belonging. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#life #love #loving #relationships #experience

What if I'm in Slytherin?' The whisper was for his father alone, and Harry knew that only the moment of departure could have forced Albus to reveal how great and sincere that fear was. Harry crouched down so that Albus's face was slightly above his own. Alone of Harry's three children, Albus had inherited Lily's eyes. Albus Severus', Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, 'you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew'. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#inspirational #loving #death

The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #inspiration #inspirational #lovingkindness #meditation

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#cannot #faults #friend #friendship #him

Let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD. ↗

— Anonymous

#god #justice #know #loving-kindness #righteous

She held herself until the sobs of the child inside subsided entirely. I love you, she told herself. It will all be okay. ↗

— H. Raven Rose

#nurture #self-love #self-loving #love

Maybe if we choose who we love more carefully we limit the possibility of getting hurt. ↗

— Lee Monroe

#love

Loving is giving and being loved is receiving. Loving should not depend on being loved, but to all intents and purposes, your commitment in a relationship is grossly expressed by how much of yourself you share with your partner. ↗

— Olaotan Fawehinmi

#caring #commitment #giving #love #loving

The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#gifts #living-in-the-moment #loving-others #mindfulness #rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes