“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”
– Buddha Dhammapada Sutra (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta was the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)
“Life is a series of events. Every event is an opportunity for change. And it is from the most painful events that you change the most.”
– Mike Gosling
“Always keep a dream in your pocket. Dream deep dreams and reach for the highest dreams.”
“A man’s reach should ere exceed his grasp, else what’s a heaven for?”
– Robert Browning
“An argument seldom proves anything, except that two people differ.”
“Unresolved anger is often the hidden source of low self-esteem.”
“Resentments don’t punish the other person; they punish us.”
“There is a gap between stimulus and response. The key to both our growth and happiness is how we use that gap.”
– Mike Gosling
“The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action. Religion has nothing to do with compassion, it is love for God that is the main thing because we have all been created for the sole purpose to love and be loved.”
– Mother Teresa.
“Directly acknowledging feelings such as disappointment or anger, instead of making others guess at our feelings or having our feelings come out in other ways, is part of responsible communication.”
“The secret of a long life is to eat right and love what you do.”
– Dr. Leila Denmark <http://drleiladenmark.com/quotes/>
“Remember, anger is caused by your thoughts, not the actions of others.”
– Karen Gosling
“Like a river, my body changes as the moment changes, and if I could do the same, there would be no gaps in my life, no memory of past trauma to trigger new pain, no anticipation of future hurt to make me contract in fear.”
– Deepak Chopra
“Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength.”
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“Only the present moment exists; past and future are mental projections. If you can free yourself of these projections, trying neither to relive the past nor to control the future, a space is opened for a completely new experience – the experience of ageless body and timeless mind.”
– Deepak Chopra
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
– Reinhold Niebuhr
“Whatever is flexible and flowing will tend to grow, whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die.”
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“Emotional distress is an illness of how you think; how you feel depends on how you think.”
– Mike Gosling
“The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do.”
– John Holt
“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”
– Aldous Huxley
“Today, I will not strike out at those who cause me pain. I will feel my emotions and take responsibility for them.”
“Adventure is not outside a man, it is within.”
– David Grayson
“Doing what you don’t like is work. Doing what you like is play. I have never worked a day in my life.”
– Dr. Leila Denmark
“Part of self-acceptance is releasing other people’s opinions about you. Never let someone else’s opinion about you affect your own view of yourself. Be with people who make you feel good and leave the rest in the dust of your victories! ”
– Mike Gosling
“People are more amenable to change at a time of crisis. Watch out for the precipitating event; the “Oh Shit! experience.”
– Mike Gosling
Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.
– Aldous Huxley
“Acting “as if” can be helpful when a negative feeling begins to controls us. We make a conscious decision to act as if we are going to be fine.”
“Everybody needs someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to.”
– Karen Gosling
“Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others; let others have their way; do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.”
– Larry Scherwitz
“Use positive assertion. Ask open questions. NEVER make statements: I think…, I believe….”
– Mike Gosling
“Our potential for helping others is far greater when we detach, work on ourselves, and stop trying to force others to change with us.”
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
“People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.”
– Mother Teresa
“If we don’t change our direction we will always end up where we are headed.”
– Old Chinese Proverb
“Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.”
– Author Unknown
“Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.”
– Virginia Satir
“To laugh often and much,
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children,
to earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty,
to find the best in others,
to leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch,
or a redeemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived,
this is to have succeeded.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Don’t wish for the wind to change, wish for the wisdom to set a better sail.”
– Jim Rohn
“Happiness is when one’s spiritual needs are met by an untroubled inner life. Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.”
– Author Unknown
“Mistakes are the portal of discovery.”
– James Joyce
“No milk after the baby is weaned! No juice, no tea or Cokes. Only water. That cow out in the pasture never had a drop of milk after she was weaned, and look how strong and healthy she is.”
– Dr. Leila Denmark
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
– Mark Twain
“It’s better to be over the hill than under the hill.”
– Dr. Leila Denmark
“Dreams are whispers from your soul.”
– Marcia Wieder
