Both praise and criticism are reinforcing, but praise reinforces good traits, criticism bad traits. To criticize with the thought that pointing out deficiencies will cause them to be repaired is illusory. Criticism produces defensiveness, and no one acts well out… — Jo Coudert Copy Share Image
Of all the peple you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave nor lose. To the questions… — Jo Coudert Copy Share
We can win the struggle to avoid responsibility for our personal lives, but if we do, what we lose is our lives. — Jo Coudert Copy Share
It is possible to ruin a chicken in the cooking of it, but not easily. Short of burning it or letting it get dried… — Jo Coudert Copy Share
It is rewarding to find someone you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening to recognize that someone is a… — Jo Coudert Copy Share
If life is envisioned as a continuously running motion picture, the keeping of a notebook stops the action and allows a meaningful scene to… — Jo Coudert Copy Share
Sometimes, if your own life is to add up, you must subtract yourself from someone else's life. This time comes, I think, whenever you… — Jo Coudert Copy Share
In order to plan your future wisely, it is necessary that you understand and appreciate your past. — Jo Coudert Copy Share
The valuable friends are those who make you expand, who make you feel more decent and wiser than you suspect yourself to be. — Jo Coudert Copy Share
I saw one of the absolute truths of this world: each person is worrying about himself; no one is worrying about you. He or… — Jo Coudert Copy Share
While it is necessary to eat and therefore it is pleasantest to eat food that looks handsome and tastes good, on the other hand… — Jo Coudert Copy Share
We are all so much more interesting to ourselves than to anyone else because we know how many potentialities are alive in us, and… — Jo Coudert Copy Share
cookbooks, I found, are intended for people with time to cook - and, surprisingly often, for people who already know how to cook. — Jo Coudert Copy Share
One does not marry to become a judge of the spouse's behavior. If a marriage license is mistaken for a hunting license and disapproval,… — Jo Coudert Copy Share
Most people ask of their friends that they understand them, but, on balance, I think I prefer a friend who understands himself. — Jo Coudert Copy Share
Both praise and criticism are reinforcing, but praise reinforces good traits, criticism bad traits. To criticize with the thought that pointing out deficiencies will… — Jo Coudert Copy Share
