Being deeply loved by someone

To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage. -Lao Tzu

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more correctly, being loved in spite of yourself. -Victor Hugo

Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so. -David Grayson

Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. -Vincent van Gogh