-He drives recklessly or speeds up when he’s angry.-He punches walls or kicks doors.-He throws things around, even if they don’t hit you.

Abuse counselors say of the abusive client: “When he looks at himself in the morning and sees his dirty face, he sets about washing the mirror.

Abuse and respect are diametric opposites: You do not respect someone whom you abuse, and you do not abuse someone whom you respect.

Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once.

As a product of Anglo-Saxon-Protestant culture, I am familiar with its centuries-old tradition of hiding its abuse of women under pretty packaging.

Abuse grows from attitudes and values, not feelings. The roots are ownership, the trunk is entitlement, and the branches are control.

Addiction does not cause partner abuse, and recovery from addiction does not “cure” partner abuse.

Only write if you can't not.

Christianity is a way of life - not a dogma!

I want to bring softness and refinement to an urban, feminine wardrobe and to help the woman show her character and individuality through her unique clothes.

If it required some effort to go from today to tomorrow, some people would always remain in yesterday.

The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.

When people looked at him they had the feeling of being shut out. He did not shut them out. He shut himself in.

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

I think American Idol is a great career launcher. A blessing for all of us.

All I could think to say was, "The Lakers are my home team!

they go and set up free-will with the heathen philosophers and say that a man's free will is the cause why God chooseth and not another, contrary to all scriptures.