Teach your daughters, teach your granddaughters, everybody has to have something that they're good at where they can earn a living.
Judy SheindlinRead
I always say that when I see that needle start to go in the other direction, when people have had enough of me, I'm going to be smart enough to say goodbye. It's such a joyous ride to be on top, and it takes away from that ride if you sort of ride it down.
Interpretation
Recognizing when to step away from a situation can bring joy and preserve one's experiences.
In this quote, Judy Sheindlin expresses the importance of self-awareness and recognizing when one's presence or influence is no longer welcomed. She suggests that the joy of success is diminished if one overstays their welcome, implying that it is wise to leave on a high note rather than risk a downfall.
In practice
In a motivational speech about leadership and leaving a positive legacy.
Teach your daughters, teach your granddaughters, everybody has to have something that they're good at where they can earn a living.
Women watch and say, 'I like watching you control your own space. It's motivated me to do better, to go back to college, to even try law school. My daughter's been watching you since she's 10 - I love the fact that she's watching a strong woman who's in control.' All of those things are good, positive things.
"Beauty fades," my father would tell me, "but dumb? Dumb is forever."
You don't teach morals and ethics and empathy and kindness in the schools. You teach that at home, and children learn by example.
So we want to free the women of America? You know what would free the women of America? Make men accept responsibility for birth control.
When I was a practising lawyer in the family court, there were too many judges who, when you left their courtroom, you didn't know whether you'd won or whether you'd lost.
Perfectionism is really a manifestation of the belief that one's efforts are never good enough. Imagine: How many of the obstacles standing in your way are the product of your own imagination? What have you convinced yourself that you can't do? What limitations have you come to believe in? Your mind is very powerful and effective. Is it working for you, or against you?
I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily written by me.
Confidence is highly overrated when it comes to creating literature. A writer who is overly confident will not engage in the struggle to get it exactly right on the page - but rather, will assume that she's getting it right without the struggle.
As long as anything in this world means anything to you, your freedom is only a word. You are like a bird that is held by a leash; you can only fly so far.
To some men it is hard seeing a call of God through difficulties; when if it would but clothe itself with a few carnal advantages, how apparent it is to them! They can see it through a little cranny.
We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.
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