Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day.
Learn something new. Try something different. Convince yourself that you have no limits.
Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
That which you do not bring to consciousness comes to you as your Fate, that which you do bring to consciousness, whether it was what you thought you wanted or not, is your destiny.
I want to let her know though that all the nights sleeping beside her even the useless arguments were things ever splendid and the hard words I ever feared to say can now be said: I love you.
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before – more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.
Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you’ll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you’ll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.
This was freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.
This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It’s up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.
You’re always haunted by the idea you’re wasting your life.
Follow the three R’s: – Respect for self. – Respect for others. – Responsibility for all your actions.
A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility.
Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.
There are no ordinary moments.
Life comes at us in waves. We can’t predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf.
You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.
When you visualize, then you materialize.