A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
Better to make a few mistakes from being natural than to try to do everything letter-perfect out of a feeling of worry.
Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.
Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.
Don't worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.
Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
Humans can be the most affectionate and altruistic of creatures, yet they're potentially more vicious than any other. They are the only ones who can be persuaded to hate millions of their own kind whom they have never seen and to kill as many as they can lay their hands on in the name of their tribe or their God.
I really learned it all from mothers.
I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.
I've come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
It's not the words but the music that counts.
It's up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
Man can be the most affectionate and altruistic of creatures, yet he's potentially more vicious than any other. He is the only one who can be persuaded to hate millions of his own kind whom he has never seen and to kill as many as he can lay his hands on in the name of his tribe or his God.
Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.
Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
Parental trust is extremely important in the guidance of adolescent children as they get further and further away from the direct supervision of their parents and teachers. I don't mean that trust without clear guidance is enough, but guidance without trust is worthless.
Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.
Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people. But I've always said ask for respect from your children, ask for cooperation, ask for politeness. Give your children firm leadership.
The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as vulnerable as their children.
The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.
The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.
There are only two things a child will share willingly- communicable diseases and his mother's age.
There is no one way of raising your children.
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?
Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
You know more than you think you do.
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