No matter how lovesick a woman is, she shouldn’t take the first pill that comes along.
There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.
Women who are confident of their abilities are more likely to succeed than those who lack confidence, even though the latter may be much more competent and talented and industrious.
Don’t fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.
The need to connect with one another intimately is what makes and keeps us human. The challenge throughout life is to find the courage to reach out to potential partners when our primary relationship ends and to recharge our tried-and-true unions when their sizzle starts to fizzle.
I have emerged from the tunnel of grief into the light. Life is better. Not the same, but good and getting better all the time.
Feeling gratitude isn’t born in us-it’s something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.
Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible.
I don’t believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.
A person’s self-concept is the core of his personality.
If you change nothing, nothing changes.
Those who are the most happy appear to know it the least; happiness is something that for the most part seems to mainly consist in not knowing it.
If we did get a divorce, the only way my husband would find out about it is if they announced it on Wide World of Sports.
The best of all possible marriages is a seesaw in which first one, then the other partner is dominant.
They say that money is not everything. I say that when you don’t have any, it is everything.
A woman should never underestimate the power of the child in the man. Sometimes the child seems to be in the driver’s seat at the very moment when all a man’s adult judgment and insight is needed.
The simple but observable fact is that the more you love, the more you are able to love.
The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.
The only people who don’t make mistakes are the people who don’t do anything.
Some men are self-made, but most are the revised work of a wife and children.