If you want your children to listen, try talking softly - to someone else.
Nobody says you must laugh, but a sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the day.
If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.
Remember, it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking.
Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you have always wanted to do but could not find the time. Call up a forgotten friend. Drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories. Vow not to make a promise you do not think you can keep. Walk tall, and smile more. You will look 10 years younger. Do not be afraid to say, I love you. Say it again. They are the sweetest words in the world.
Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.
More divorces start in the bedroom than in any other room in the house.
Experience, they say, is the best teacher, but we get the grade first and the lesson later.
Many people know the price of everything and the value of nothing
Don't indulge in gossip. ... People who throw mudballs always manage to end up getting a little on themselves.
Some things get better with age, but after a certain point, the mind isn't among them.
One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closest friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.
No one can take advantage of you without your permission.
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say “I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.” Then repeat to yourself the most comforting of all words , “This too shall pass.”
The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.
My personal recipe for success is- Do what you love and don't look at the clock.
Don't give up. Keep going. there is always a chance that you stumble onto something terrific. I have never heard of anyone stumbling over anything while he was sitting down
The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.
If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.
No one knows what a marriage is like except the two people in it - and sometimes one of them doesn't know.
Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.
When a person begins to yell during an argument, it is a tip-off that he is unsure of himself.
At every party there are two kinds of people - those who want to go home and those who don't. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.
A successful marriage is not a gift; it is an achievement.
All marriages are happy, it's living together afterward that's tough.
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