Gene Pitney Quotes

I've learnt to be happy by myself.

Being single is only sad if you have a problem with your own company. I'm content with mine.

Most women would not be happy being me. People say, 'But you're alone.' But I don't feel alone. I feel very un-alone.

Until you can be happy, you can't facilitate happiness for anybody else.

I am not afraid of being alone and single.

There is no happiness outside of ourselves.

I think it's important to be happy before you can make anybody else happy.

I'm not afraid of my own company. I was made to be at home.

I'm a huge believer in you don't really need anybody to make you feel validated or make you feel secure. When you go to sleep at night, you're with yourself, and when you wake up, you're with yourself. Be happy, just alone, regardless if you're with somebody or not.

You have to be happy with yourself first of all - that's the most important thing.

It took me 36 years to be able to be by myself and like it.

To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.

There's a lot of people desperately seeking to find 'the one,' and I think we should learn to be more at peace with ourselves.

You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.

One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.

I don't need a person to make me happy.

I'm happy in my own world, and I'm also a good boy.

I was able to start building my confidence and know that I don't need anybody to be happy.

I've learned that I need to appreciate time by myself and that I don't need a partner to complete me.

You just need to be happy, and once you're happy with yourself then you can do more things.

There's nothing wrong with taking yourself out of the dating pool. You don't need to be in a relationship because that's what society expects of you or because your grandmother thinks you need to be married by a certain date. Those days are over. Instead, take a step back and say, 'I'm OK alone.'

It's when you're not looking for anything that something winds up coming along. It's about learning how to be just with yourself and that you don't need to be in a relationship. You don't need anyone to fulfill you.

My goal was to be able to be alone without food, sugar, phone, men, TV, anything and to feel O.K. about myself.

When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.