When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“I picked it up, stared at it, and thought: Why am I the one bending and lifting while he sits downstairs complaining… — Belinda Kelderhouse Copy Share Image
“If you feel irritated or threatened by others' beliefs, it's a sign that you're experiencing crisis of confidence.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“Disavowal is an unusual form of betrayal. From the outside it is impossible to tell if you are disowning someone or simply… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
I try to think of something catchy to say, but there's nothing but irritation that something that was funny yo an eleven-year-old… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
He left Chainsaw behind, much to her irritation. Ronan didn't want her to learn any bad language. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
My encounter with another world and another culture and the beginnings of an attachment to them had set up an irritation, barely… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
One scientist had discussions about love and compassion. Usually, he felt irritation. After our meeting, for some months, anger never come. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe. — Anne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Lemoine could feel himself becoming angry. It was pretty fucking irritating, he thought, that he was yet to go a single day… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
[On writer George Moore:] ... I grew curious about Moore. Yet when at the rehearsal of 'Countess Cathleen' in some dark by-way… — Susan Mitchell Copy Share Image
Is there a point to your latest irritation, Kish? (Sin) Had a sudden death wish. Felt the deep need to come up… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“You go in the crowd and you mix, but no one knows that a buddha has entered the crowd. No one comes… — Osho Copy Share Image
Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations, distractions, apathy, and just plain weariness of this world, the gospel points… — Greg Gilbert Copy Share Image
With awareness there comes choice. And so you are able to say: "I allow this moment to be as it is". And… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I lead a very conventional life. I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The small irritations or indignities that we experience are nothing compared to what a previous generation experienced... It’s one thing for me… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Attempting mischievous and salutary irritation of his peers ... Keynes may only succeed in becoming an academic idol of our worst cranks… — Henry Calvert Simons Copy Share Image
“E poi quando si è con Tancredi ci si può forse irritare qualche volta, ma non ci si annoia mai; e questo… — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Copy Share Image
If your reaction to your partner's fear-or any other form of distress- is disdain or irritation, you do not want oneness or… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Hating someone is feeling irritation by their mere existence. — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought… — Conrad Hyers Copy Share Image
“He was an arsehole like that. It was entirely because of good manners that I didn't punch him in the face.” — Kuansiew Copy Share Image