Our focus is our reality. What we choose to focus on becomes our world. It produces our thoughts, values, attitudes, and beliefs.
David J. LiebermanAt the root of fear is low self-esteem. This explains why angry people have low self-esteem, are argumentative, stubborn, and quick to flare up yet slow to forgive. Those behaviors are defenses against the underlying fear.
David J. LiebermanWe can find reasons to dislike anyone. But it's what you focus on and appreciate in a person that cultivates a positive relationship.
David J. LiebermanWhenever you are questioning a person's desire for something, consider what he does, not necessarily what he says.
David J. LiebermanSuicide is the dumbest possible way of getting revenge. Why is that? Because the people you want to strike back at are the very same folks who won't even remember you a week after you're gone, while the people you want to spare most -- the people who love you -- are the ones who will have to live with the pain of your suicide for the rest of their lives.
David J. Lieberman