Quotes from Ruth Westheimer

Remember, attraction is only one part of a relationship. Loyalty, commitment, responsibility and maturity make up the rest.

I have some afflictions, like diabetes 2, but I take care. I sleep well.

My mother was a very quiet woman and people say that she didn't get much of a chance to talk because my grandmother and I talked so much.

I got the Margaret Sanger award. I was kissed by President Obama.

Every person deserves respect.

Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun.

Planned Parenthood is a very important part of my professional life.

Hugh Hefner was instrumental in my career, you know, by promoting the free-speech movement. People forget that about him.

Before I became an orphan of the Holocaust my early family life was stable. I grew up as a German Jew in Frankfurt, and I was in a household with two loving parents and an adoring grandmother who spoiled me. My mother helped my father in their wholesale business and they went to synagogue every Friday.

It is impossible to deny that people in power face more temptations than ordinary citizens.

I would never have dreamt that I would live in this country and that we would see swastikas painted at the door of a psychology professor at Columbia University.

I worked at Columbia University's School of Public Health.

A friendship has to be cultivated. A friendship you have to give time.

I have the habit of always saying thank you to police and guards who watch us.

Many years ago, I went with my husband and daughter to Denmark. In those years, you could bring $400 worth of furniture without taxes. We had three people, we bought $1,200 worth of furniture.

I am not an expert on that whole issue of gender.

Don't make mountains out of molehills. If your partner says that everything is OK, believe it.

Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about taking risks.

Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upward, forward, toward the sun.

When it comes to sex, the most important six inches are the ones between the ears.

the joy to come front and center in your life, you also have to feel your emotions, even the sad ones. You have to mourn, let the tears pour out. If you bottle the sadness in, the joy gets bottled right along with it.

You can't be a risk taker and expect to win each and every time. If you could control the future, then you wouldn't be taking any risks. And while failure leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, the sweetness of winning more than makes up for it, and you'll never win at anything unless you take a risk in the first place.

If you're facing a problem, don't tell yourself that you can't do it. Convince yourself that you have the strength to deal with almost anything because of the way you were raised. And you do! Recognizing your core strengths is an important step toward having joie de vivre. You can count on better days to come because of the good days that came before. And you can find joy in the moment because you have the resiliency to overcome the problems that may be hanging over you.

For a romantic relationship to work, it must have shared communication that includes a regular exchange of ideas. Without them, you might as well be roommates.