"Healthy parenting is nothing if not a process of empowerment. As we help to raise our children's self-esteem, we also increase their personal power. When we encourage them to be confident, self-reliant, self-directed, and responsible individuals, we are giving them power."

-- Louise Hart

#Children Quotes #Self Esteem Quotes #Giving Quotes

“You can't enjoy art or books in a hurry.”
“Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others.”
“Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs, and, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become expert at ignoring their gut feelings and in numbing awareness of what is played out inside. They learn to hide from their selves.”
“If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun.”
“Happiness not only needs no justification, but it is also the only final test of whether what I am doing is right for me. Only of course happiness is not the same as pleasure; it includes the pain of losing as well as the pleasure of finding.”

Source : Marion Milner (2011). “A Life of One's Own”, p.157, Taylor & Francis
“I like the word "indolence." It makes my laziness seem classy.”
“What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.”
“Grief can be a slow ache that never seems to stop rising, yet as we grieve, those we love mysteriously become more and more a part of who we are.”

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