Benjamin Spock Quotes

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• I really learned it all from mothers.
• It's up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
• Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people.
• The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
• Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.
• Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust your own common…
• When I was 88 years old, I gave up meat entirely and switched to a plant foods diet following a slight stroke. During the following…
• Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems,…
• If I could make only one wish for a child, I'd wish him the quality of lovingness.
• Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
• A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
• I agree today that a man has no business trying to tell women what their characteristics are, which ones are inborn, which are more admirable,…
• I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.
• I love to dance and I'd love to be saying goodbye to my friends while the band was playing and they were dancing...I want them…
• The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.
• Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
• I've come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
• Humans can be the most affectionate and altruistic of creatures, yet they're potentially more vicious than any other. They are the only ones who can…
• The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are…
• It's an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States... I'm free to thwart and torment the authorities - that…

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