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“The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am”
― Laura Schlessinger

“We, as human beings, should wish to be loved and embraced for our character, respected and relied on for our courage, and trusted for our conscience.”
― Laura Schlessinger

“It is attitude, infinitely more than circumstance, that determines the quality of life. Life is often quite tough, challenging us to choose between seemingly esoteric, intangible ideals and getting goodies or good vibes right now. You have character when you most often choose ideals.”
― Laura Schlessinger

“And you know, when it comes to a long-term, committed relationship: Love is not enough. There are issues of honor, respect, mutuality, sacrifice, acceptance, supportiveness, similarity of life values and morality, to name only a few. They, too, don't come without struggling and striving, but, oh, are they worth it!”
― Laura C. Schlessinger, Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives

“The path to solid, supportive, healthy relationships, self-respect, and a quality life starts with the usually painful decision to do the Right Thing.”
― Laura Schlessinger

“Venting every feeling isn't mature. Learning to deal with uncomfortable and unpleasant feelings is an important aspect of maturity.”
― Laura Schlessinger, In Praise of Stay At Home Moms

“How did so many women get to this unhappy place of not understanding how truly "simple" men are in their requirements and how much benevolent power their wives have over them? Why did notions like assuaging "male ego" and using "feminine wiles" rocket into disrepute? How is it that so many women are angry with men in general yet expect to have a happy life married to one of them?
There are a number of reasons for this, and I believe they all revolve around the assault upon, and virtual collapse of, the values of religious morality, modesty, fidelity, chastity, respect for life, and a commitment to family and child-rearing.”
― Laura Schlessinger

“Postponing happiness until "all your ducks are in order" means never because life is not that clean, fair or predictable. It isn’t what happens to you that defines your life, it is what you do with it that does.”
― Dr. Laura Schlessinger

“You've got to commit to something. I'm not telling you it has to be your life's dream or that it'll get you a Nobel Prize. But it will earn you more ownership of yourself. Commit to something--that is the essence of soul-searching.”
― Laura C. Schlessinger, Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives

“Learning to endure, transform by perspective or action, and be grateful is the fast lane to a good life. That's right. Having great luck and fortune is not the conduit to a loving and enjoyable life; gratitude is.”
― Laura Schlessinger, In Praise of Stay At Home Moms

“Children do not need half a dozen sports, music, art, or theater activities. Kids actually need more free playtime without adult instruction.”
― Laura Schlessinger

“Baking bread is as glorious as planting flowers, as doing a cardiac bypass, as teaching a child to read.”
― Laura C. Schlessinger, Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives

“I don’t for one moment believe that these folks believe that it is better for an infant or a toddler to be in day care than to be home with Mom. I do believe that these folks feel guilty for not wanting to be at home, so they devise a new reality to compensate for their uncomfortable feelings.”
― Laura Schlessinger

“Life is a unique opportunity to explore, create, and give.”
― Dr. Laura Schlessinger

“Crap happens in everybody's life all of the time, and the quality of that person is more based on how they behave under duress than when there's nothing bad going down.”
― Dr. Laura Schlessinger

“When you devote your life to ‘finding yourself,’ you probably won’t.”
― Laura Schlessinger, Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives

“We need only clear communication, appreciation, honest love, and respect.”
― Laura Schlessinger, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands

“Treat your spouse as if you loved them with your last breath—no matter how contrary to that you might feel at any one moment. Think hard every day about how you can make their life worth living. Be the kind of person you would want to love, hug, come home to, and sacrifice for.”
― Laura Schlessinger, The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage: A Practical Guide to Saving Your Marriage Through Communication and Traditional Values

“Sadly, hurting feelings has risen in our society to the status of a high crime, and that’s too bad, because temporary hurt feelings that lead to an awakening of positive possibilities are a small price to pay to literally save a life from wasted misery.”
― Laura C. Schlessinger, Bad Childhood---Good Life: How to Blossom and Thrive in spite of an

“The current feminist agenda mostly accuses men or society in general, thereby ignoring the pivotal role played by women themselves in their life predicaments.”
― Laura Schlessinger, Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives

“Most of the women who complain that they are not getting what they want from their husbands should stop and look at how disrespectful and disdainful they are of them.”
― Laura Schlessinger, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands

“I believe happiness is a habit—not a circumstance.”
― Laura Schlessinger, Stop Whining, Start Living: Act Instead of React—A Guide to Better Relationships and Positive Life

“My wonderful wife has put it best: “Sex is to a husband what conversation is to a wife. When a wife deprives her husband of sex for days, even weeks on end, it is tantamount to his refusing to talk to her for days, even weeks.” Think of it that way, wives, and realize what a deleterious impact enforced sexual abstinence has on a good man who is determined to remain faithful.”
― Laura Schlessinger, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands

“If you take on the martyr/entitlement role, two things are definitely going to happen: you’ll be a lot less happier with your life, and you will have a husband not exactly wanting to come home to you.”
― Laura Schlessinger

“Intuition is a
spiritual faculty
and does not explain,
but simply points the way.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn

“Infinite Spirit, open the way for my great abundance. I am an irresistible magnet for all that belongs to me by Divine Right.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Complete Works of Florence Scovel Shinn

“People think by running away from a negative situation, they will be rid of it, but the same situation confronts them wherever they go. They will meet the same experiences until they have learned their lessons.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn

“If you hate and resent a situation, you have fastened it to yourself, for you attract what you fear or dislike. When someone has been unjust to you, you are filled with wrath and resentment.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Magic Path of Intuition

“Your point of power is in the present.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Magic Path of Intuition

“Unexpected doors fly open, unexpected channels are free.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Complete Works of Florence Scovel Shinn