If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful.
The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am
Men are very easy- You treat them well, and they behave right. You don't treat them well, and they don't behave right.
There's no battered woman alive who didn't know in advance that the man was bad.
People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.'
When a man marries he takes a bigger risk than the woman, because she can march out with his kids, his money, his home, and his dog.
Having a sense of purpose in life is the best way to avoid dispair.
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.
You don't go by your feelings. You do what is right.
There is little reason left for society to respect women as it once did. Women get knocked up. They don't marry. They have abortions. They go to bars. They get knocked up again.
Frankly, too many women treat their husbands as accessories instead of priorities.
Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
It takes courage to have a conscience when you seem to see others getting something tangible out of not bothering to struggle with the morality of a situation. It gets frustrating and demoralizing. This is precisely where character comes in. All throughout history special people have felt compelled to do what they objectively saw as right and good - even in the face of humiliation or rejection or expulsion or torture or death. That is because they believed that certain ideas were more important than individual well-being.
Why should a man say what he feels, when a women is going to ignore what he says?
So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist.
You guys on the white horses keep trying to save women in distress, not realizing you just end up with a distressed woman.
This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later.
When you're the victim of the behavior, it's black and white; when you're the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray.
You have the power. You are the magic wand.
In the end analysis, all we have is who we are and the way we have lived our lives.
Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage.
My best way of making someone admit to something's wrongness is to have them imagine that thing done to them. Suddenly then it all becomes clear.
Remember that feelings or emotions emanate from the more ancient, less evolved, lower part of the human brain, while thoughts are a product of our highly evolved, uniquely human, outer part of the brain.
Only good people feel guilt.
The path to solid, supportive, healthy relationships, self-respect, and a quality life starts with the usually painful decision to do the Right Thing.
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