Rudolf Dreikurs Quotes

• We cannot protect our children from life. Therefore, it is essential that we prepare them for it.

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Life, Children, Essentials

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• When children are allowed to help make family decisions, they tend to be much more supportive and happier with family life. Also when allowed to help make rules, they will follow them much closer than if rules are forced on them. All these add up to a happier home for all.

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Family, Happy, Children

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• A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Encouragement, Children, Water

  Rudolf Dreikurs, Don Sr. Dinkmeyer (2013). “Encouraging Children to Learn”, p.3, Routledge

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• A misbehaving child, is a discouraged child

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Children, Discouraged, Misbehaving

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• When a child makes a mistake or fails to accomplish a certain goal, we must avoid any word or action which indicates that we consider him a failure. 'Too bad that didn't work.' 'I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.' We need to separate the deed from the doer.

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Inspirational, Im Sorry, Children

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• We can change our whole life and the attitude of people around us simply by changing ourselves.

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Attitude, Kindness, Thoughtful

  "The Challenge of Marriage".

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• We cannot protect our children from life. Therefore, it is essential to prepare them for it. Feeling sorry for children is one of the most seriously damaging attitudes we can have. It so greatly demonstrates to them and to ourselves that we lack faith in them and their ability to cope with adversities.

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Children, Sorry, Attitude

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• Perfection never exists in reality, but only in our dreams.

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Education, Dream, Reality

  Rudolf Dreikurs (2013). “The Challenge of Marriage”, p.94, Taylor & Francis

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• Whoever alters a person's expectations changes his behavior.

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  Expectations, Behavior, Persons

  Don C. Dinkmeyer, Rudolf Dreikurs (2000). “Encouraging Children to Learn”, p.36, Psychology Press

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• Man does not see reality as it is, but only as he perceives it, and his perception may be mistaken or biased.

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Men, Reality, Perception

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• Children need encouragement like plants need water

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Encouragement, Children, Water

  Don C. Dinkmeyer, Rudolf Dreikurs (2000). “Encouraging Children to Learn”, p.3, Psychology Press

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• How many things would be different in everyone’s surroundings if we hadn’t lived? How a good word many have encouraged some fellow and did something to him that he did it differently and better than he would otherwise. And through him somebody else was saved. How much we contribute to each other, how powerful we each are-and don’t know it.

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  Powerful, Different, Would Be

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• The complaints which anyone voices against his mate indicate exactly the qualities which stimulated attraction before marriage.

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  Voice, Quality, Before Marriage

  Rudolf Dreikurs (2013). “The Challenge of Marriage”, p.80, Taylor & Francis

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• A great many people fall in love with or feel attracted to a person who offers the least possibility of a harmonious union.

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Falling In Love, People, Unions

  Rudolf Dreikurs (2013). “The Challenge of Marriage”, p.80, Taylor & Francis

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