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“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.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“There is tremendous trauma in the betrayal caused by a perpetual liar as they repeatedly commit psychological abuse.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“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.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“Some people believe that if they yell and scream, others will get the point of just how serious they are. For me, all I get is the point of just how out of control that someone is.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“Direct lies, small lies, huge lies, and lies of omissionâ€� these are all self-serving and sources of self-destruction.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“Apologies require taking full responsibility. No half-truths, no partial admissions, no rationalizations, no finger pointing, and no justifications belong in any apology.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“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.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“Screaming and repeating lies makes them neither true nor more believable.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“We will remember the hurt, the injustice, and the trauma, but we can forgive the sinner.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“No one else “makesâ€� 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.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“Without stormy days, we forget to value sunny skies.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

“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.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“Encouragers turn mountains into molehills. Discouragers turn molehills into mountains.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

“Most single people are sick of married people presenting themselves as both available and interested, when indeed they are merely “playing.â€� Oh, yeahâ€� and cheating. Gee, that is attractive. Not! Others could not care less what someone’s marital status might be.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“Folks who scream the loudest get heard, and those who spew the most negative, most repeatedly, get falsely perceived as telling the truth.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin

“Adding more bull to bull yields bigger bull.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“We live far happier lives when we are generous in as many ways as possible.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

“I can only imagine that future generations will consider us to have been barbaric for our intolerance of differences.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“Being positive takes courage.
Kindness takes courage.
Gentleness takes courage.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

“All we need to do is get those nervous butterflies in our stomachs flying in formation.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

“Part of moving forward often involves stumbling a few steps back.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

“We tend to learn from bad examples, but we should take care not to use bad examples as a rationalization of our own bad behavior.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

“Never let words of encouragement go unsaid.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

“When we fail to be tolerant of others, we fail.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

“Societies that have condoned male cheating and condemned female cheating are simply male-dominated cultures. Cheating is cheating, no matter who is doing it. It’s wrong.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“It requires neither time nor money to be kind.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

“Unconditional love takes a strong and deliberate evolution. Unconditional love is way beyond emotional involvement. This is loving the person inside the personâ€� loving their very soul.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“It takes a strong woman to tolerate a weak man. That said, it takes a strong man to tolerate a weak woman, too.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“Whether we know it or choose to admit it, we are either an Encourager or a Discourager. We each make a choice as to which type we will beâ€� every day. Discouragers bring “stresspools.â€�
I call any of those places that add unnecessary stress and aggravation “stresspools.â€� They are just as stinky and rotten as cesspools, but “stresspoolsâ€� wreak of tension, strain, anxiety, worry, hassle, pressure, and emotional trauma.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts

“Fairness is dealt out fairly.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best