It is only when parental ...

It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother\'s emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost.
It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost.
 Anna Freud

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
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 Dave East
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
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You have inside you the capacity to invest your mental, emotional, and spiritual gifts in a way that glorifies God, impacts the world, and satisfies your own soul. I believe that-and I want you to believe it, too.
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 Anna Freud
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 Anna Freud
My different personalities leave me in peace now.
 Anna Freud