Derrick Jaxn Quotes

I don't want success if it comes at the expense of my soul and I don't need love at the expense of my sanity.

A relationship takes two. Not one person who's fighting to keep it together while the other one wants to be chased.

I don't want it all. I just want it right.

You don't belong to me. You belong to the people that hurt you. Because everything you do to me is a result of what they did to you.

A relationship is like a house. You continue letting everyone in, it will eventually get messy.

Prince Charming could easily be Prince Cheating. Stop thinking a good personality automatically means good character.

Healing is a process, not a waiting room. Work on loving you and removing the people who don't.

I can admit, I have pride issues. I hate asking people for help and I hate admitting when I'm not okay.

I'm not ready for a relationship" turns into "I told you I didn't want a relationship in the first place" later on if you force it.

When you let the fear of what could go wrong paralyze you, you also paralyze the chances of what could go right. Just go for it.

Therefore, “A man will act right for the right woman” is not only false, but an unhealthy narrative to continue propagating. With this mindset, men will continue being unprepared for relationships, and women will continue hurting themselves in efforts to love unprepared men or even worse,

Conditions are like fire extinguishers. They’re mere safety precautions that cause no harm to have around but will minimize the damage if things start going up in flames.

By his senior year, if he’s caught showing any kind of public display of affection with a girl, he’ll be taunted by his peers for being “whipped” since PDA is an indication he’s off limits to other girls. These experiences send a clear message to men during our developmental years that monogamy and manhood don’t mix.

Leave the past in the past,” is a signal that he doesn’t want to hear about painful experiences that shaped the way she moved in relationships are mantras of weak men. Of course, no one wants to dwell in the past for purposes of simply being a buzz-kill, but if a man has the capacity to be a good husband one day, he’s going to have to love that woman, including everything she’s been through. He won’t be responsible for healing her, but being a listening ear, and studying every inch of her heart, things she cares about, is afraid of, etc., better equips a man to love her.