25 Quotes About Enabling
- Author Rasheed Ogunlaru
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To truly motivate others 1) discover what their motives, desires & drivers are 2) genuinely connect with and support them from the heart.
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- Author George C. Marshal
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If you want someone to be for you, never let him feel he is dependent upon you; rather, in some way, make him feel that you are dependent upon him.
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- Author Ron Baratono
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The enabler will love the addict into darkness. The addict becomes a shadow of the person they once were. The enablers love is blind and selfish. Blind, because they cannot see the selfishness, when they cradle their own emotions over the addict’s recovery. It will always be tough love, support and lots of praying to keep an addict clean. The underlined reason for the substance abuse can only be found when the addict is thinking clearly.
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- Author William Faulkner
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It was as though, so long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice, since all people are cowards and naturally prefer any kind of treachery because it has a bland outside.
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- Author D.C. Hyden
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It doesn’t matter if you’re the spouse, romantic partner, concerned friend, parent, or child, you still bring something precious to the table - something the addict depends on. What do you bring? You bring an “obligation by association.
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- Author D.C. Hyden
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Enabling is the mortal enemy of consequences.
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- Author David Pietrusza
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Nixon was by nature a excluder. Halderman like to exclude people. When Nixon's need met Halderman's abilities, you had the most perfect formula for disaster. – Jim Shepley
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- Author H.W. Brands
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In imperial relationships, getting out proves much more complicated than getting in.
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- Author Darlene Lancer
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Allowing others to suffer the consequences of their own actions, without enabling them, is the best motivation for them to undertake the difficult task of change.
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