Best 103 quotes of Cathy Burnham Martin on MyQuotes

Actively repeating a lie or denial does not make it true.

Adding more bull to bull yields bigger bull.

All we need to do is get those nervous butterflies in our stomachs flying in formation.

An Encourager makes habits out of envisioning success for themselves and others and teaching us to do the same.

Appreciation and respect are mutual needs. We may be wired differently as men and women, but some needs are parallel human needs.

Being a character may be simple, but no one says being of good character is easy.

Being positive takes courage. Kindness takes courage. Gentleness takes courage.

Be one of a kind and be one with human kind.

Cheating is pure hypocrisy. Our partner deserves better than that. If we don’t love someone, we should not be with them. That would also be hypocrisy.

Direct lies, small lies, huge lies, and lies of omission… these are all self-serving and sources of self-destruction.

Discouragers are the folks who regularly see the glass as half-empty, and they do not want anyone else to get one that's half full.

Discouragers see the gloom in every room, the cloud on every silver lining, and the problem in front of every situation.

Discouragers talk at you. Discouragers genuinely want you to hear their opinions.

Don't let a Discourager's negativity creep into your thought. Remember, they are looking for the worst possible outcomes.

Don't let Discouragers sour our souls.

Encouragement makes us believe we can move forward, but it also gives us the power to help others move forward.

Encouragement persuades us to stay on course toward our goals.

Encouragement energizes us. It empowers us.

Encouragers turn mountains into molehills. Discouragers turn molehills into mountains.

Extra-marital affairs become things of legend… and often the undoing of legends… and mere mortals.

Fairness is dealt out fairly.

Folks who scream the loudest get heard, and those who spew the most negative, most repeatedly, get falsely perceived as telling the truth.

Great memories really can help overwhelm grief.

I am a great believer in not pushing each other’s “buttons” just because we know where they are! That’s part of trusting each other. We need to trust that our vulnerabilities and challenges are safe with the person we love.

I am calling for uncommon decency. Respect that comes from awareness.

I can only imagine that future generations will consider us to have been barbaric for our intolerance of differences.

If a man or a woman starts “expecting” sex, then it is no longer special, and a lover will likely start to feel used.

If someone is not lifting us up, they are holding us down.

If someone yells at me, they are not expressing love. They may be threatening me. They may be expressing great frustration with me. They may simply be trying to control my behavior. However, they are not communicating love.

If there were past misdeeds, I do not believe we should nag or repeat them, never mind throw them in someone’s face. If they sincerely apologized and we genuinely forgave them, we must move on. Learn from mistakes, but move on. If we bring them up and toss them at the offender, we may not have actually forgiven them, even if we claim we have.

If we are sharing challenges and concerns, laughter and life stories, dreams and dramas with someone other than our mate, we are making precious, intimate connections with someone other than our mate. We need to keep not only physical, but emotional and intellectual connections strong and active with our beloved.

If we were being encouraged and encouraging others, the world would be a far more beautiful place.

I like to laugh at myself. It frees me from any pesky expectations or delusions of grandeur.

In truth, if it isn’t to save your life when it’s in imminent danger, someone yelling at you is just plain wrong. The same is true for ranting or bitching. The same goes double for anything even close to manhandling.

Irritatingly angry people have no sense of humor when wearing their “angry pants.

It costs no money to be kind. It takes no extra time to be kind.

I think we need to develop a powerful dose of tolerance to understand each other’s humanness. None of us is perfect.

It matters little which party has gotten lazy about delivering what their partner craves. It doesn’t take too many days or weeks for an unsatisfied partner to start to feel love-starved and sadly unfulfilled. If you want great sex in the bedroom, show love to each other outside the bedroom.

It matters not which partner is bringing negativity into conversations and exchanges. Toxicity has no place at all between people who have promised to love each other.

It requires neither time nor money to be kind.

It’s amazing how many cheaters and liars believe they won’t be caught. News Flash: In today’s age of technology, there won’t just be a paper trail. There will be multiple electronic and digital trails, as well.

It takes a strong woman to tolerate a weak man. That said, it takes a strong man to tolerate a weak woman, too.

Liars are highly unlikely to admit their lies, never mind apologize for the hurt they’ve caused. Liars don’t genuinely apologize. Deceit has become their full-out lifestyle. They are centered on themselves with no thoughts of the consequences of their lies. In cowardly style, they tell more lies to try and cover their tracks. They are not good at admitting they actually have shortcomings.

Making it real starts with our attitude.

Most single people are sick of married people presenting themselves as both available and interested, when indeed they are merely “playing.” Oh, yeah… and cheating. Gee, that is attractive. Not! Others could not care less what someone’s marital status might be.

My parents blessed me with directives to think, to be aware of my choices and their repercussions. They were always trying to teach me how to think, rather than what to think.

Never let words of encouragement go unsaid.

No one else “makes” us do anything. They can’t make us nag them, or make us angry, or make us have to strike out at them, or make us drink alcohol, or make us yell at them, or anything else. We are responsible for our choices, including our responses and reactions.

No one needs to be around someone who dulls the shine on a brand new penny.

Once motivated, we likely perform better and succeed faster when we receive encouragement.