We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
We look at the world through our likes and dislikes, hopes and fears, opinions and judgments. We want everyone to behave as we think they should; otherwise we get agitated. But we are here to accept the world as it is, even as we work to make it better.
Only human beings can reorder their lives any day they choose by refining their philosophy.
Enthusiasm is the dynamics of your personality. Without it, whatever abilities you may possess lie dormant; and it is safe to say that nearly every man has more latent power than he ever learns to use. You may have knowledge, sound judgment, good reasoning faculties; but no one-not even yourself-will know it until you discover how to put your heart into thought and action.
Girls are trained to say, ‘I wrote this, but it’s probably really stupid.’ Well, no, you wouldn’t write a novel if you thought it was really stupid. Men are much more comfortable going, ‘I wrote this book because I have a unique perspective that the world needs to hear.’ Girls are taught from the age of seven that if you get a compliment, you don’t go, ‘Thank you’, you go, ‘No, you’re insane.
The naked female body is treated so weirdly in society. It's like people are constantly begging to see it, but once they do, someone's a hoe.
No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish.
It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.
Faith, sympathy - fiery faith and fiery sympathy! Life is nothing, death is nothing, hunger nothing, cold nothing. Glory unto the Lord - march on, the Lord is our General. Do not look back to see who falls - forward - onward! Thus and thus we shall go on, brethren. One falls, and another takes up the work
Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life.
Belief in God is an act of faith. But so is believing our existence is simply the result of chance.
If we dare to win, we should also dare to lose
Something will master and something will serve. Either you run the day or the day runs you; either you run the business or the business runs you.
It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.
And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Do you live in a mine field or a garden? When we live in a minefield mentality, we explode with the weeds of worry, doubt, fear, lack and limitation. Choose to cultivate your inner garden!
You can either give in to negative feelings or fight them, and I'm of the belief that you should fight them.
God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.
Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.
We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn't matter how hard you hit back. It's about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That's how you win.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you have more negative things than positive things in your life, then something is very wrong and you know it.
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