Top 160 Laura C. Schlessinger Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Don’t waste my time- I’m not stupid, and I’m not gullible.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

2. “People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

3. “Never sell your soul.”

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4. “Only good people feel guilt.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

5. “A lot of what children’s hurt feelings are about is how the parents react.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

6. “Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

7. “The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

8. “Don’t talk over me, don’t argue with me, just listen.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

9. “Go do the right thing.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

10. “Would you stop hoping? Hope is just postponed disappointment.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

11. “It doesn’t matter how we were raised. We become the person we choose to be.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

12. “Most people are weak and frightened, and run from anything which could be upsetting. Most people, also, are takers and not givers.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

13. “Having a sense of purpose in life is the best way to avoid dispair.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

14. “Venting every feeling isn’t mature. Learning to deal with uncomfortable and unpleasant feelings is an important aspect of maturity.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

15. “Victimization status is the modern promised land of absolution from personal responsibility.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

16. “There’s no reason to yell at anybody.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

17. “Losing a child is probably the singular most horrible thing.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

18. “When we’re hurting, it does not give us a license to hurt others.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

19. “Principles don’t mean anything until they cost you something.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

20. “Don’t worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

21. “Some women are like elephants. I don’t mean size, I mean they never forget.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

22. “Do not blame God for your stupid decisions.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

23. “You don’t go by your feelings. You do what is right.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

24. “If your life is going to be dictated by what’s comfortable, your life will stink.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

25. “When you’re the victim of the behavior, it’s black and white; when you’re the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

26. “Don’t put your nose into somebody else’s laundry, if you are not willing to fold your own.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

27. “You don’t need to make your heart and your head agree. Let your head make the decision, your heart will catch up eventually.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

28. “Self-esteem must be earned! When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream, dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts, and friction from the world, you will genuinely impress yourself.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

29. “Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

30. “Women have to be controlled- we’re just too emotional.”

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31. “A woman should always be more concerned with standing up for what is right than making sure everyone ‘likes’ her.”

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32. “Why should a man say what he feels, when a women is going to ignore what he says?”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

33. “The TEN Commandments are not prefaced with “If you’re in the mood”.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

34. “Never do anything that you aren’t prepared to face the true consequences of.”

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35. “Promises made out of ignorance should not be kept.”

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36. “Postponing happiness until “all your ducks are in order” means never because life is not that clean, fair or predictable. It isn’t what happens to you that defines your life, it is what you do with it that does.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

37. “In this regard, pleasure is an event; happiness is a process. Pleasure is an end point; happiness is the journey. Pleasure is material; happiness is spiritual. Pleasure is self-involved; happiness is outer- and other-involved.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

38. “Your mother doesn’t own you. Your father doesn’t own you. You own you.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

39. “You guys on the white horses keep trying to save women in distress, not realizing you just end up with a distressed woman.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

40. “Never ask anyone if you should do something, if ultimately you are afraid to do it. You’ll save yourself a lot of trouble.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

41. “So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

42. “Nothing is irresistible. There is no feeling that is irresistible.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

43. “My best way of making someone admit to something’s wrongness is to have them imagine that thing done to them. Suddenly then it all becomes clear.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

44. “Because it’s possible to do, and you have the right to do it, doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do.”

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45. “There’s nothing wrong with blame, if blame is due.”

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46. “When you’re around people, act like you like them.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

47. “A lot of people do what we call neurotic things in order to repair their childhood.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

48. “There is no such thing in life as no pain and no disappointment.”

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49. “I want to regain my First Amendment rights.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger

50. “I’m not good at debating – I’m much better at pontificating.”

— Laura C. Schlessinger