Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
BENJAMIN SPOCKI love to dance and I’d love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing…I want them to remember I was a dancing man in my day.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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I’m not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war we went in there to steal Vietnam.
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I really learned it all from mothers.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
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Parental trust is extremely important in the guidance of adolescent children as they get further and further away from the direct supervision of their parents and teachers. I don’t mean that trust without clear guidance is enough, but guidance without trust is worthless.
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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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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.
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What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
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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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I love to dance and I’d love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing…I want them to remember I was a dancing man in my day.
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Don’t worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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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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