Laura Schlessinger
Laura Schlessinger
Laura Catherine Schlessingeris an American talk radio host, socially conservative commentator and author. Her radio program consists mainly of her responses to callers' requests for personal advice and has occasionally featured her short monologues on social and political topics. Her website says that her show "preaches, teaches, and nags about morals, values and ethics"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRadio Host
Date of Birth16 January 1947
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. . . . Not doing right may have momentary payoffs but will wreak havoc with your self-esteem, respect from others, and quality of life.
Integrity, honesty, and honor may not give immediate rewards or gratification, and they can be life-threatening (for example, being a whistle-blower or turning state's evidence). The absence of integrity, honesty, and honor do not always bring punishment or scorn, and can be life-aggrandizing (connivers and cheats often gain power and wealth). Therefore, morality must be its own reward.
You have to define success in your own way. What maintains your dignity and integrity and what is your life's plan; where do you want to put your efforts? I could be richer and more famous, but I would have to give up things that are of infinitely more value.
Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses.
The success of the show is when I get a fax or a letter from somebody who gave up drinking, who didn't get an abortion, didn't do an adoption,
My mother shut all her family out of her life over the years, though we made several futile attempts to stay connected. May God rest her soul.
A lot of what children's hurt feelings are about is how the parents react.
I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I'm sort of done with that.
I've made the decision not to do radio anymore.
We all have to make choices in life.
When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going.
There are so many ways to talk with the people who appreciate my help.
Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.