Positive Grounding Quotes & Sayings

I'm off to an island nation where formal wear consists of a leaf tired around a penis. — J. Maarten Troost

There are alternative methods of discipline that are more effective such as implementing reward systems, utilizing point systems, time out, withholding privileges, grounding, modeling positive behaviors, praising good behavior, establishing rules, setting limits, saying no and talking to children about their behaviors" (McEachern 33). — Jessica McEachern

Anyone not shocked by quantum mechanics has not yet understood it. — Niels Bohr

Love without laughter can be grim and oppressive. Laughter without love can be derisive and venomous. Together they make for greatness of spirit. — Robert K. Greenleaf

Prior to my arrival at the Crowne Plaza in Indianapolis, my agent and I decided that it would be best not to participate in any drills at the combine. We wanted to wait until my pro day at Virginia, where I could limit the distractions and just focus on being my best. — D'Brickashaw Ferguson

I want to destroy ownership in order that possession and enjoyment may be raised to the highest point in every section of the community. — George Bernard Shaw

Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be. — Octavia Butler

The digital realm give cartoons and cartoonists more possibilities for exposure. — Robert Mankoff

Perhaps this is one of the last remaining strands of my Catholic upbringing, but to me the word 'worship' means absolute unquestioning affirmation of the authority of the deity. I'll not have that in my life. If you are wise, neither will you. — Brendan Myers

For, until men feel that they owe everything to God, that they are cherished by his paternal care, and that he is the author of all their blessings, so that nought is to be looked for away from him, they will never submit to him in voluntary obedience; nay, unless they place their entire happiness in him, they will never yield up their whole selves to him in truth and sincerity. — John Calvin

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. — Jessamyn West

Without him in my life I'm a frozen pond reflecting the daylight but never absorbing its heat. — Petra F. Bagnardi

What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language. — Miuccia Prada

When someone you have a lot of respect for believes in you, it helps you believe in yourself. — Cat Osterman

There are not many Irish people playing tennis! — Goran Ivanisevic

Halfway to the house Stan stopped and turned to Jane.
He put his hands on her shoulders and drew her toward him.
"I'm glad we're going steady," he whispered.
"So am I."
In spite of the reassuring weight of his bracelet on her wrist, Jane suddenly felt shy. It seemed strange to be so close to Stan, to feel his crisp clean shirt against her cheek. She could not look up at him. Gently Stan lifted her face to his. "You're my girl," he whispered.
-Fifteen — Beverly Cleary