Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this.
It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them.
I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.
Believe in yourself, even when no one else does.
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They’re sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.
Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.
Successful people don’t have any fewer problems than unsuccessful people; they just have a different mindset in dealing with them.
Courage means to keep making forward progress while you still feel afraid!
You can’t be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.
You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. You will never improve yourself if you cling to what used to be.
Listen to yourself, not the noise of the world. Only you know what is right for you.
Never, under any conditions allow circumstances to determine your reality.
Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts, but rather a master of your own mind.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‘This is a misfortune’ but ‘To bear this worthily is good fortune.’