“What do you pack when you pursue a dream? And what do you leave behind?”
— Sandra Sharp
“Worry serves no useful purpose and can have a serious adverse effect upon your mental as well as your physical health. Charles Mayo, who with his brother William founded the famous Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, said, “I have never known a man who died from overwork, but many who died from doubt.” Because worry is directed at some vague, uncertain threat, it is difficult to deal with it logically. The best way to get rid of your worries is to take positive action to eliminate their source. When you develop a plan for dealing constructively with problems and get to work implementing your plan, you will no longer be troubled by worries. Negative thoughts always yield the right of way to a determined person in pursuit of a positive plan of action.”
— Napoleon Hill
“The fewer desires you have, the happier you will be. Having the right information (truth) leads to contentment. Having the right understanding of the self, our purpose, our origins and our true relationships should free us from the cycles of boom and bust and lead society to that ultimate happiness.”
— Unknown
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”
— Denis Waitley
“Value your own opinion more, and others’ opinions less.”
— Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves – there lies the great singular power of self-respect.”
— Joan Didion
“That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.”
— William J. H. Boetcker
“Celebration wears a lot of different outfits but always wears the same old, beautiful dancing shoes.”
— Mary Anne Radmacher
“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.”
— Hasidic Proverb
“To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer,is to have kept your soul alive.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
“Resilience is about believing in yourself, and trusting your own wisdom rather than being swayed by the opinions of others.”
— Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“Gather all the facts.Listen respectfully to others.Be charitable to all.And then make your own decisions.”
— Jonathan Lockwood Huie