Rudolf Dreikurs Quotes

#1. We cannot protect our children from life. Therefore, it is essential that we prepare them for it.

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#2. When a child makes a mistake or fails to accomplish a certain goal, we must avoid any word or action which indicates that we consider him a failure. 'Too bad that didn't work.' 'I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.' We need to separate the deed from the doer.

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#3. Is that what love is all about? Needing them to come back to you when they're away? To come home and keep you safe?

Wally Lamb

#4. A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.

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#5. Whoever alters a person's expectations changes his behavior.

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#6. I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

Bill Nighy

#7. The wish to gain complete possession of somebody is expressed most plainly by jealousy. Jealousy is never a sign of love. It only indicates fear of not being able to hold another person.

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#8. Man does not see reality as it is, but only as he perceives it, and his perception may be mistaken or biased.

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#9. A great many people fall in love with or feel attracted to a person who offers the least possibility of a harmonious union.

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#10. When children are allowed to help make family decisions, they tend to be much more supportive and happier with family life. Also when allowed to help make rules, they will follow them much closer than if rules are forced on them. All these add up to a happier home for all.

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#11. We can change our whole life and attitude of the people around us simply by changing ourselves..

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#12. The complaints which anyone voices against his mate indicate exactly the qualities which stimulated attraction before marriage.

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#13. These days, people spent too much time striving to understand their feelings - and then ended up with none that were genuine.

Dean Koontz

#14. A misbehaving child, is a discouraged child

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#15. If our minds can hold us back, then they can push us forwards too.

Sally Brampton

#16. My husband would say my signature dish is pasta with a tin of tuna plonked on top. So, no. Although I make a good bangers and mash. I have been known to stick cocktail umbrellas in it, take a photo and send it to James upstairs with a text saying, 'Your food's ready'.

Joanna Page

#17. Children need encouragement like plants need water

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#18. The Snowflake Charm

Be As Unique As A Snowflake: Embrace All Your Dimensions

Viola Shipman

#19. Perfection never exists in reality, but only in our dreams.

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