Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you’re supervised or not; finish a job once it’s started; carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENLove is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don’t live up to the expectations we have of them.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don’t live up to the expectations we have of them.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
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If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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Kids grow up awfully fast these days,”she said. “You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.
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