"If I Had My Child to Raise Over Again"

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Source : Diana Loomans, Julia Loomans (2003). “100 Ways to Build Self-esteem and Teach Values”, p.216, H J Kramer

Diana Loomans

#Children Quotes #Son Quotes #Raises Quotes

“Taylor Swift is super charming. Damn you Swift.”
“I never had one day that I didn't want to be on the ice, because I always had an objective for that day. I had a rigorous plan and schedule in place that I had to adhere to. It was a step-by-step process of slowly but surely inching toward the Olympic Games and using every day as a series of goals to be accomplished.”
“Even the greatest mathematicians, the ones that we would put into our mythology of great mathematicians, had to do a great deal of leg work in order to get to the solution in the end.”
“My favourite things are jokes, friendliness and feeling comfortable.”
“When something in life occurs that is troubling, we are supposed to not dwell on the thing itself. Instead, the focus should be on our obligation to turn this bad thing into something beautiful. It's not easy. But, if you focus your creative energy away from self-torture and onto â€˜how you can turn this into something beautifulâ€™ pretty remarkable things start to happen.”
“I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.”
“We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.”
“What greater thing can you do - besides for God - than good for other people? That goes for you mean people, too - I mean, really, what is your problem?”

Source : "Ysabella Brave"/"We Are a Powder Drink", August 20, 2008.

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