Top 33 Thoele Quotes

#1. An essential part of a happy, healthy life is being of service to others.

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#2. When we become response-able - that is, when we learn to choose our responses freely and consciously - we are free to build a life of continuing growth and increasing happiness.

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#3. Hiding our fears behind compulsive behavior of any kind severely limits our ability to be ourselves.

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#4. Teasing is veiled hostility and is almost never funny, unless the teasee has openly agreed to relate that way.

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#5. Anger, if not allowed to fester and grow out of proportion, is healthy, like a smoke alarm that if heeded can prevent all sorts of damage.

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#6. If you're about to become a stepmother or are currently filling that role, you are gambling that the love you've found and the strength and wisdom that you've acquired will see you through.

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#7. Pausing gives us the opportunity to arrive at an internal place from which we can choose wisely what needs to be done or said, and then do so gently.

Sue Patton Thoele

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#8. An angry frontal attack puts even the most invulnerable person on the defensive.

Sue Patton Thoele

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#9. One of the most crippling things we can do to ourselves is expect someone else to make us happy

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#10. Sometimes the waters of our spirits are churned and murky, and it is difficult to tap the reservoirs of our innate wisdom and knowledge. But the waters will settle as we do. Quietly and gently encourage yourself to go inside. Clarity will come.

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#11. Worry is a habit that shatters our peace of mind and needlessly drains our energy, a form of mental masturbation without any benefits.

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#12. It's so important to break the pattern of looking outside ourselves for self-esteem.

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#13. Unresolved grief is created when we don't allow ourselves to work through feelings as they arise. If we deny having painful feelings or put them on a shelf, they don't simply evaporate. Rather, unresolved feelings gnaw at our energy, prey on our emotions, and generally debilitate us.

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#14. To most women, friendship is not a luxury; it is an essential part of their being.

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#15. If you take a single word ... and make it your own on a day-to-day basis, I hope it's choose. Being able to choose to act differently, even while feeling the old way, may be the most liberating growth you can accomplish.

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#16. Because we fear other people's reactions and don't know how to respond, we allow them to violate our limits and boundaries.

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#17. Having emotional independence means we are no longer tied to the need for constant approval and are, therefore, not coerced into doing more than we feel comfortable doing by our need to please others.

Sue Thoele

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#18. Expecting people to read your mind hardly ever gets you what you desire.

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#19. We all need to feel understood and connected to ourselves and to others.

Sue Patton Thoele

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#20. Considering the fact that we're all laced with flaws, idiosyncrasies, and vulnerabilities, wouldn't it be wise and kind to adopt an attitude of gentleness in relating to each other?

Sue Patton Thoele

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#21. Intuition is a heart message minus the static.

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#22. We need to accept our anger, fear, or whatever undisclosed feelings we have, no matter how socially unacceptable they seem.

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#23. Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open- hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.

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#24. Placing our attention on providing consistent appreciation, approval, and applause to those we love not only focuses their energy on the good things about themselves but also teaches them to return the favor to us.

Sue Patton Thoele

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#25. Grace is goodness and respect given freely and unconditionally. A sense of divine love and protection bestowed on us when we need strength and renewal. Grace helps us know we are not alone and believe we are cared for and cherished. Grace is a drink of clear, clean water in the desert.

Sue Thoele

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#26. Lack of forgiveness gives others power over us. Withholding forgiveness simply allows another person to have control over our well-being.

Sue Patton Thoele

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#27. However, if criticism and humility aren't balanced with appreciation for things we do well and our willingness to learn, we can become critical, judgmental, and stress-filled.

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#28. Being aware of our feelings sounds easy, but it's not because many of us spend our entire lives pushing feelings aside as we try to please others.

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#29. Abundance is, in large part, an attitude.

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#30. Age is reforming our bodies to better roll with the punches!

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#31. Wolves together stand howling soft and loud at light, singing family songs.

Sue Thoele

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#32. Often illness is an expression of feelings repressed.

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#33. Pace yourself in your work and commitments. Nobody is indispensable. And when you get sick, honor your body by giving it the rest and medical attention that it's asking for.

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