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Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
There's no such thing as a 'stressful' situation.
You can't fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
Peace of Mind? Don't leave home (or go home) without it.
When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
Let's not let our fear of dementia deepen our fear of dementia.
You can't 'cope with' change anymore than you can 'manage' stress.
When the question is either/or, the answer is almost alwaysboth/and.
Mistakes are just 'mis-takes,' or an action that we took that missed.
When 'Being Rushed' is the problem . . . Rushing is never the solution.
What we feed our mind becomes the material with which we build our life.
Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another's state of mind.
You never want to tie your responsibility to another's irresponsibility.
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
Just because we have a thought, doesn't mean it is a thought worth having.
Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
Change isn't about what you are stopping... it's about what you are starting.
We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.
Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.
How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don't give your chain to jerks!
The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
You can't use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
Want to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.
Making changes isn't about stopping the problem, it's about starting the solution.
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
Trusting fear, while fearing trust and happiness often creates a less than happy life.
The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.
Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
One key to creating a meaningful life, is choosing what we want to feel, and for how long.
Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
It's not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.
The most successful form of correction is when the "other" feels informed versus chastised.
The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.
When stress and anxiety have your system stuck in a brainstem loop? Reboot. It's I.T. for life!
Stress is a signal that something needs to change. Suffering, is when we don't make the change!
Meaning isn't something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
To influence others, we must know what is influencing them... and they must know that we get it.
The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
Remembering the past should help you create a purposeful future, not cause you to be afraid of it.
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
There are two ways to make someone important in our lives ... we can either love them or hate them.
Nothing will sabotage our happiness and success more thoroughly than the fear that we are not enough.
Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series 'on purpose' ?
Sometimes our ability to accept what we can't change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.
The key to being with family is to engage with those we love in a way we would teach to those we love.
The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.