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Bullet "If you don’t think for yourself, somebody else will."-- Harry Chaiklin

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"He who has not thought himself a fool is truly a fool."

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 "If one is too afraid of rejection or looking foolish, one will miss out on opportunity. Those who don’t fear looking like idiots get the breaks."

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 "True courage does not mean having no fear. Bravery means doing what you have to do even though you're afraid."
Relationships
Bullet "Sad but true—it takes two people to have a relationship, but only one person to not have a relationship."-- Jack Amos, Ph.D.
Bullet "It doesn’t matter which one of a couple ends the relationship. That person is only the first to recognize that the relationship doesn’t meet the needs of either of them."
Bullet Pearls"Corollary to the above: no ongoing relationship can be "good" [meet the needs, be satisfying, whatever] for one member and not the other, no matter how much they both protest. [Whether or not this is true in cases of domestic violence can be debated, but it’s ethically irrelevant. The person who is violent has full responsibility to stop being violent no, matter what.]"
Marriage
Bullet "Sane people don’t marry crazy people, and crazy people don’t marry sane people."
Bullet "Everyone marries the psychopathology they need."--Al Lucco, Ph.D.
Bullet "Everyone has an unerring accuracy when it comes to picking the wrong mate."--James Framo, Ph.D.
Bullet "Oh, I get it. The rocks in his head fit the holes in her head!"--Rose Goodman, LCSW
Miscellaneous
Bullet "Be careful about giving advice. You don’t have to live with the results if people act on it."
Bullet Corollary to the above: Be careful when taking advice. You have to live with the results.
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Corollary to the above: Be careful what you ask for.

I have included sources for the above quotes when known.  If you are familiar with the origin of quotes that are currently author unknown, please contact me.  Thanks for your help.

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