“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.”
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people's lives, problems, and wants set the course for my life. Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, remarkable things began to take place in my life.”
― The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency
― The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency
“Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.”
― Gaudy Night
― Gaudy Night
“No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman.”
― The Woman in White
― The Woman in White
“She talks like you. It’s not every day you hear a four-year-old say Prince Charming is a douchebag who’s only holding Cinderella back.”
"That’s my girl.”
― Tangled
"That’s my girl.”
― Tangled
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