Occupation: Author Birth: August 5, 1949 Death: June 14, 2000
Negative thinking is always expensive--dragging us down mentally, emotionally, and physically--hence I refer to any indulgence in it as a luxury..
Nothing adventured, nothing attained.
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all..
To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves..
..we are trained as children to get good grades, get a good job, get a good spouse, get children, get ahead. In all this getting we get something els….
This is a lifetime of good-byes. In our time, we will say good-bye to cherished people, things, and ideas. Eventually, we say good-bye to life itself….
To the degree we can live without the things of this world, we are wealthy..
I'm a confirmed negaholic. I don't just see a glass that's half full and call it half-empty; I see a glass that's completely full and worry that some….
All the things you think you should have done that you didn't do, and all the things you did that you think you shouldn't have done, accept them. You….
Keep your goals away from the trolls..
Pettiness seems to go hand in hand with vindictiveness. The smaller the person, the larger the need for revenge. This may account for the fact that s….
To visualize is to see what is not there, what is not real - a dream. To visualize is, in fact, to make visual lies. Visual lies, however, have a way….
The ongoing successful treatment of my depression is the single most important positive step I have taken in my life, hence my enthusiasm for the sub….
When it comes time to teach, teach from your experience. Go out and do, learn from the doing, then teach from the knowing..
Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?.
Whenever something good happens, write it down. Buy a special notebook . . . and use it to list all the good in your life..
Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks, automatically enroll in the University of Adversity..
Worrying is the interest paid on a debt you may not owe..
Many people weigh the guilt, they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take..
You can't afford the luxury of a negative thought.
It's your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious..