Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

Help thy brother's boat across, and Lo! Thine own has reached the shore

Help thy brother's boat across, and Lo! Thine own has reached the shore

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in read more

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.

The kind of man who thinks that helping with the dishes is beneath him will also think that helping with read more

The kind of man who thinks that helping with the dishes is beneath him will also think that helping with the baby is beneath him, and then he certainly is not going to be a very successful father

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise read more

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone read more

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.

There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has read more

There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.

The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of helping others in read more

The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of helping others in the only way which every ultimately does great god, that is, of helping them to help themselves.