Don’t take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don’t be overawed by what the experts say. Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
BENJAMIN SPOCKA human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
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I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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People have said, “You’ve turned your back on pediatrics.” I said, “No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics.”
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I agree today that a man has no business trying to tell women what their characteristics are, which ones are inborn, which are more admirable, which will be best utilized by what occupations.
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I would say that the surest measure of a man’s or a woman’s maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.
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Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
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How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
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Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.
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Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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