“A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.” MenCharacterWifeResponsibleFlawsBentExertionShowing Up Book:Survival Source: Survival
“It is only reasonable to allow the administration of affairs to mothers before their children reach the age prescribed by law at which they themselves can be responsible. But that father would have reared them ill who could not hope that in their maturity they would have more wisdom and competence than his wife.” ChildrenAgeLawMotherFatherFamilyWifeResponsibleAffairIllAdministrationMaturityReasonableCompetenceBeing Responsible Author:Michel de Montaigne
“The diagnosis of drunkenness was that it was a disease for which the patient was in no way responsible, that it was created by existing saloons, and non-existing bright hearths, smiling wives, pretty caps and aprons. The cure was the patent nostrum of pledge-signing, a lying-made-easy invention, which like calomel, seldom had any permanent effect on the disease for which it was given, and never failed to produce another and a worse. Here the care created an epidemic of forgery, falsehood and perjury.” WayMadeCareLyingGivenEasyWifeEffectsProduceDiseaseResponsiblePatientInventionCuresPermanentFalsehoodPledgeCapsDiagnosisEpidemicsDrunkennessSigningPatentsSaloonsPerjuryForgeryAprons Author:Jane Swisshelm
“I'm trying to be a loving and caring mother, a loving and caring wife-to-be, a loving and caring daughter, a loving and caring friend, a responsible person. And every day is another opportunity for me to be successful at that.” TryingPersonsMotherOpportunitySuccessfulWifeDaughterResponsibleCaringBeing SuccessfulAnother OpportunityResponsible Person Author:Lauryn Hill
“To believe that your husband, wife, parents, kids, boss, job, bank account, or body is even partly responsible for your emotions, to think that there are bullets 'out there' that you have to contend with, that there are stressful life events to overcome, is to miss something vital.” ThinkingBelieveBodyKidsJobsParentEmotionWifeMissingEventsHusbandOvercomingAccountsResponsibleBossBulletsStressfulYour HusbandBank AccountsHusband WifeStressful Life Author:Andrew Bernstein