Long after people forget what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel. —Tim Sanders

If I'm living a little better now, it's because I treats everybody right.

If we tolerate vulgarity, our future will sway and fall under a burden of ignorance. It need not be so. We have the brains and the heart to face our futures bravely. Taking responsibility for the time we take up and the space we occupy. To respect our ancestors and out of concern for our descendants, we must show ourselves as courteous and courageous well-meaning Americans. Now.

Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.

You are very kind and very intelligent and those elements are not always found together.

If I am comfortable inside my skin, I have the ability to make other people comfortable inside their skins.

No amount of control will effect a permanent or desirable change in another person. We can sometimes do things that increase the probability that people will want to change, but we can't even guarantee or control that. And

We are like singers in a large chorus. If the guy next to us gets off key, must we? Wouldn't it help him, and us, more to strive to stay on key? We can learn to hold our part.

attraction to and tolerance for the bizarre, other-centeredness that results in abandonment of self

Codependents aren't crazier or sicker than alcoholics. But, they hurt as much or more.

Today, I will practice tolerance, acceptance, and love of others as they are, and myself as I am. I will strive for that balance between expecting too much and expecting too little from others and myself.

We do not have to act in haste; we do not have to punish others to get control over our feelings. We can begin sharing our hurt feelings with others. That brings relief and often healing to them and to us.