The secret of his success? ‘I will speak ill of no man,’ he said, ‘. . and speak all the good I know of everybody.
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Quotes tagged ‘Relationships’
Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.
Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically…to those who hardly think about us in return.
Do you ever look at a picture of yourself and see a stranger in the background? Makes you wonder how many strangers have pictures of you. How many moments of other people’s lives have we been in? Were we a part of someone’s life when their dreams came true? Or were we there when their dreams died? D…
Just think, you could be a big part of someone else's life and not know it.
Part of being mysterious is learning not to make yourself available all the time.
The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self
Abuse manipulates and twists a child’s natural sense of trust and love. Her innocent feelings are belittled or mocked and she learns to ignore her feelings. She can’t afford to feel the full range of feelings in her body while she’s being abused—pain, outrage, hate, vengeance, confusion, arousal. So…
Fighting became a way of life and seemed perfectly normal for your family.
The truth is, if we rebel in reaction to our parents, we are being controlled just as surely as if we submit.
If you want to believe human beings weren’t built for monogamy, that’s fine, but it’s a small way to look at it. We also weren’t built to eat at tables or work routinely or refine our minds or wear clothes. We do these things to have a higher quality of life. Freedom is not the ability to act on you…
Mom forgave me before she died, even though she didn't know I sat beside her.
Love- bittersweet, irrepressible- /loosens my limbs and I tremble.
— Sappho, amazon.com
In toxic relationships, not only does your partner bring you down a lot. You must understand that without any kind of moral support there is no relationship at all.
A life without structure is too risky. A life without structure is the road to collapse.
I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, Ellen, and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him.
The nice girl meets a guy and acts like she joined a cult. In the beginning, a guy might ask her what she likes. The nice girl makes the mistake of shrugging her shoulders and saying: 'I like anything you like.'
The nice girl thinks she's giving up something to get something better in return. She gives up control over her own life. When the time comes for her to get what she expected, she winds up disappointed. In addition to being empty-handed, she's depleted.
But it wasn't even defined as a relationship really. One day you liked me and another day you hated me. One day we were "just friends" and the next day you'd laugh in my face, saying we never can be just friends and I knew it. You were neither friend, but certainly a foe. Every sign and every friend…
My love for you is more/ Athletic than a verb.