Quotes About Support

Any man who, having a child or children he can't support, proceeds to have another should be sterilized at once.

No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Why should I clutter my mind with general information when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I need?

Marriage should be a duet -- when one sings, the other claps. Joe Murray The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you -- gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

Of my friends, I am the only one I have left.

Healthy people love their partners even when they don't make them feel good.

Prayer alone can do a lot of good for the people you pray for. Beyond that, it's not necessary to try to help the whole world. Concentrate on your own circle of companions who need you. Then, whatever you do will be of greater benefit.

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Each partner, in fact, shares in the honor and dishonor of the other.

We should pray most regularly for those who give us light.

It is certain that a man who has no need of anyone has many friends: in my own experience I have found this to be very true.

Good parenting requires three elements: nurturing, limit setting, and guidance.

Like so many of the men I treat, Stan was being instrumental. His focus was on the task at hand, not on the subjective feelings of his partner. He was looking after her; he was not attending to her emotional needs.

There is no redeeming value whatsoever in harshness. Harshness does nothing that loving firmness doesn't do better.

Everyone gets to go crazy in long-term relationships, but you have to take turns. I call this relational integrity. It means that you hold the (Wise Adult) fort while your partner goes off their (Adaptive Child) rails. It's not an easy practice, but it builds strong relational muscles.

the most reliable predictor of long-term marital success was a pattern in which the wives, in nonoffensive, clear ways, communicated their needs, and husbands willingly altered their behaviors to meet them.

The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body; use yours to lift someone up today.

Empathy, attention, and calm provide a scaffold that steadies the teen's volatile emotions.

You can be your own biggest enemy or your own greatest ally.

You can't just check out and think it will all be over. It won't be over for anyone who loves you. You'll only leave them to run after the pieces that scatter in the angry wind. You'll leave them desperately trying to solve the problems you wouldn't . . . all while plugging their own wounds. Even if you're like me, single without children, you could impact generations.

When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too.

I could always accept not being the prettiest or the smartest Because I had the best of friends. A and A they called us. But, Anna, somehow, I failed you. And now I've lost the best part of Me.