#ge

That initial anger she had felt turned to sadness, and now it had become something else, almost a dullness of sorts. Even though she was constantly in motion, it seemed as if nothing special ever happened to her anymore. Each day seemed exactly like the last, and she had trouble differentiating among them. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#loneliness #anger

Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect. ↗

— Euripides

#anger

For some reason she found that Allan Harrington's attitude of absolute detachment made the whole affair seem much easier for her. And when Mrs. Harrington slipped a solitaire diamond into her hand as she went, instead of disliking it she enjoyed its feel on her finger, and the flash of it in the light. She thanked Mrs. Harrington for it with real gratitude. But it made her feel more than ever engaged to marry her mother-in-law. ↗

— Margaret Widdemer

#humour #mother-in-law #attitude

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way. ↗

— Wayne Dyer

#certain #dance #each #enjoy #floor

Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#fencing #stupid #stupidity #anger

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. ↗

— George Lucas

#star-wars #yoda #anger

Worry is stressing about a situation that may or may not occur and it’s always in the negative sense. ↗

— Rob Liano

#fear #future #growth #worry #worrying

I only wanted absolute quiet to think out why I had developed a sad attitude toward sadness, a melancholy attitude toward melancholy and a tragic attitude toward tragedy — why I had become identified with the objects of my horror or compassion. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#sadness #tragedy #attitude

Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#anger

So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet we adults have them all the time! We think if we don't nip it in the bud, it will escalate and we will lose control. Let go of that unfounded fear and give your child permission to be human. We all have days like that. None of us are perfect, and we must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves. All of the punishments you could throw at them will not stamp out their humanity, for to err is human, and we all do it sometimes. ↗

— Rebecca Eanes

#discipline #gentle-parenting #humanity #parenting #parenting-tip