Sting Quotes

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

I'll date one day if I find someone that I want to let into my life enough.

To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.

Of all the myriad ways we define love, there is perhaps none more honest and powerful than this: Great love is rooted in great partnership.

I just want to love and be loved.

Never say never, I find I get claustrophobic in a relationship.

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

Love needs two things: it has to be rooted in freedom and it has to know the art of trust.

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.

Love is a component of many different things - the baggage you bring, the moment, what you need in your life, seeing someone as a portal for understanding everything, and all the intensity that brings. It's not something to count on and act like it's a stable thing.

I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody.

All my other relationships with men, there was so much maneuvering and strategic decisions and stuff.

I fell in love for the right reason. I fell in love unconditionally.

You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go.

I'm not going to be in a relationship that I don't fully trust.

When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.

Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.

I think being able to really fall in love with someone is the craziest thing that could ever happen. You know, allowing yourself to really go there and really feel those things is extremely scary.

Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.

Trust is not about what you can or cannot do in the name of love but who you are and what you choose to reveal as things progress and evolve.

I feel like love is the thing we were created for, yet it's the place we struggle the most.

I want a man in my life, not in my house.

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.