"When we give children advice or instant solutions, we deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems."

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Source : Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish, Joanna Faber (2012). “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

Adele Faber

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“We had to address information technology in the ways we had not before and give the agents the tools that they need to do their job more efficiently and more expeditiously.”
“When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.”

Source : "Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer". Book by Oscar Niemeyer, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1998.
“Remember that people come and go, and of all the people in your life, you are the one who is there to stay. You are the one who can choose to love yourself, choose to respect yourself, and promise with all your heart and soul that you will never leave you.”
“The key metric of whether you've succeeded is what fraction of your employees use that dashboard everyday.”
“I think if you really put your mind to something you can do it. Five and a half years ago I couldn't stand on stage and play guitar. I didn't have enough talent as a kid to play guitar. I started really late. I hired a guitar teacher when I was in Nashville and I applied myself and stayed focused.”
“You know all of my fears. There's nothing your eyes can't see. When I tried to give up Lord, you never gave up on me.”

Source : Song: Reach
“Imagine you are walking down a leafy pathâ€¦The sun is receding, and you are walking alone, caressed by the breezy light of the late afternoon. Then suddenly, you feel a large drop on your right arm. Is it raining? You look up. The sky is still deceptively sunnyâ€¦seconds later another drop. Then, with the sun still perched in the sky, you are drenched in a shower of rain. This is how memories invade me, abruptly and unexpectedlyâ€¦”
“As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect.”

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