Quotes about Dating Yourself

If one door closes, another opens. As far as you're growing and updating yourself, the world craves to have a piece of you. Votes: 3

When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world--the world of fixed traits--success is about proving you're smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other--the world of changing qualities--it's about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself. Votes: 3

Beware the man who doesn't ask you any questions about yourself on your first date. Votes: 1

Dating is different when you get older. You're not as trusting, or as eager to get back out there and expose yourself to someone. Votes: 1

Dating is really hard because everyone puts on a front. It's really difficult to see who is who, so it is important to be yourself. Votes: 1

I think it's definitely important to look like yourself on a date. You don't want to look like someone else with too much makeup or too much hair. Votes: 1

As you schedule individual tasks, give yourself a cushion. Mark the due date a few days ahead of the actual deadline so you have time to deal with changes or last-minute emergencies. Votes: 1

We had two rules growing up in my house: If you're going to take a shower, do it with whomever you're dating so you don't waste water; and if you buy one for yourself, buy six, because everybody's going to want one. Votes: 1

We try to live by the secret of sevens. A friend, who has been married for over 40 years, told us about this magic. Make and keep a date every seven days, take a night away alone, for yourself, every seven weeks, and schedule an adult-only vacation every seven months. Votes: 1

Just because an individual in his 30s hasn't found true love and, yes, there are opportunities to date but it also forces you to be more particular. In so many ways, you become more adamant about finding that right person and not allowing yourself to open up to just anybody. Votes: 1

If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself. Votes: 1

I think you should not limit yourself to dating somebody older or younger. Votes: 0

Most people our age have the whole "dating game" [mentality] of trying to sell yourself or be strategic. Votes: 0