"Often parents communicate most effectively with their children by the way they listen to and address each other. Their conversations showing gentleness and love are heard by our ever-alert, impressionable children."

-- Marvin J. Ashton

#Children Quotes #Parent Quotes #Listening Quotes

“They who disbelieve in virtue because man has never been found perfect, might as reasonably deny the sun because it is not always noon.”
“The people that you have around you are your biggest influence.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language.”
“I can't wait for the oil wells to run dry, for the last gob of black, sticky muck to come oozing out of some remote well. Then the glory of sail will return.”

Source : Tristan Jones (1998). “Ice!”, p.35, Sheridan House, Inc.
“I'm not for the parties. I'm for Texas.”
“When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges.”
“"Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly success-and it has long been ignored. [. . .] As experts, authors and gurus often note, the game of business is to influence the external world. But here's the point: How can you control your environment if you can't even manage your own thoughts and emotions? In other words, how do you rule the world without first mastering yourself? The cornerstone of effective leadership is self-mastery.”
“If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas.”

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