Quotes from Laura Schlessinger

We all get self-centered.

I really am a woman at peace.

Kids who don't have moms suffer a lifetime.

We all have to make choices in life.

I'm not surprised by hardly anything anymore.

Your mother doesn't own you. Your father doesn't own you. You own you.

Never use God to hurt yourself.

Probably more than half of the people who go into psychology do so because they need help. I think it's their way of feeling that they have control.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry out of your race.

I was in college in the '60s, and the whole feminist movement had swept me up.

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.

The path to solid, supportive, healthy relationships, self-respect, and a quality life starts with the usually painful decision to do the Right Thing.

Venting every feeling isn't mature. Learning to deal with uncomfortable and unpleasant feelings is an important aspect of maturity.

I pretty much preach, teach and nag.

My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current.

The ultimate quality of your life is not in your resume, but in the minds and hearts of those you mean something to because you gave yourself to them.

My best way of making someone admit to something's wrongness is to have them imagine that thing done to them. Suddenly then it all becomes clear.

Oh, well, there's a difference between privacy and secrecy.

Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.

Men are very emotionally dependent upon women from the day they are born to the day they expire.

The commandment to honor parents was given to ensure that the elderly, although they may not feel wanted by family or society, are still given their appropriate reward.

This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later.

The feeling of your baby taking nourishment from your body for the first time is amazing, and it remains the most touching moment of my life.