Alan Robert Neal Quotes - Page 4

American author, philosopher

I have never said I was proud of myself except jokingly when passing on a comic setup. That doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate myself; it means that thankful is better than boastful.
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Just because you can’t see all of your attributes doesn’t mean they’re not there.
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Some people dismiss their own hurtful words with the excuse that they were drunk, angry, or tired. But, those conditions and others don’t change our beliefs; they only indicate our comfort in revealing them.
– Alan Robert Neal

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He summed up his challenge to meet a compatible mate by explaining: “They want it all, yet settle for nothing.”
– Alan Robert Neal

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Never use love as a bargaining chip against yourself or others.
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It’s ironic that we want to dismiss or hide our pain, given that our deepest relationships are bonded by it.
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We confront our worst behaviors when their cost exceeds our fear.
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The people who continually whine about receiving bad advice are the ones who never follow good advice.
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There’s nothing to say differently to a person who wasn’t going to listen anyhow.
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Entitlement kills relationships.
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The fussier you are while not getting what you want, the less likely you ever will.
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You can answer a door without letting someone in, just as you can acknowledge a thought without having to indulge it.
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Reason stands no chance against a person whose verbosity is the inverse of their credibility.
– Alan Robert Neal

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Emotional turmoil is rooted in what we miss, deny, or forget about ourselves and others.
– Alan Robert Neal

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One of the toughest challenges of unpleasant moments is remembering they are just moments.
– Alan Robert Neal

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Crazy is unflappable.
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On an emotional front, needy and greedy go hand in hand.
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My number one commitment to my close friends is to offer the truth as best as I can perceive it and as best as I can convey it. I owe this at the cost of the friendship, itself, because a friend is more important than a friendship.
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Every single time I have seen an entitled person welsh on a commitment, their excuse, verbalized or not, is that the provider didn’t give them enough.
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Generally speaking, you should not assume responsibility for things you cannot control. Parentally speaking, that’s usually not an option.
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