What men and women need is encouragement. ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits.
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Eleanor H. Porter
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Hold up to him his better self his real self that can dare and do and win out. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.
Beware of the danger signals that flag problems: silence secretiveness or sudden outburst.
What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut ... Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out! ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.
Why, it would be such fun,' he chuckled, 'to just forget all about the hours when the sun didn't shine, and remember only the nice, pleasant ones.
Horas non numero nisi serenas,' 'I count - no - hours but - unclouded ones,