“Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment.”

“Loving someone doesn't mean you're never going to make mistakes.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

“All I want to tell young people is that you're not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.”

Louis Zamperini (1917–2014) Italian-American middle distance runner

“Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear.”

Sarah Dessen book This Lullaby

“Saying you like "Piano Man" doesn't mean you like Billy Joel; it means you're willing to go to a piano bar if there's nothing else to do”

Chuck Klosterman (1972) Author, Columnist

“Just because you're naked doesn't mean you're sexy. Just because you're cynical doesn't mean you're cool.”

Tom Robbins (1932) American writer

“Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young.”

E. Lockhart book We Were Liars

“Just because you're an atheist, that doesn't mean you wouldn't love for things to have reasons for why they are.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

“Just because you go to church doesn't mean you're a Christian. I can go sit in the garage all day and it doesn't make me a car”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

“In Europe, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman - we make love with anyone we find attractive.”

Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer