“Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.”

In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.

Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.

One key to success is knowing the difference between knowledge and wisdom. One is information from the past while the other is the key to the future.

Leaders should interact with everyone in their organization as if the interaction is being recorded and will be used as a training film on how to treat colleagues, coworkers, and customers.

Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others’ expense … Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.

Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.

You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.

Want to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.

The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.

Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.

There are only three things we ‘have to’ do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!

If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.

Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.

Socialism is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a better and finer world, but the spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build, it destroys.

The advocates of public control cannot do without inflation. They need it in order to finance their policy of reckless spending and of lavishly subsidizing and bribing the voters.

In order to see a fish you must watch the water

The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”

A panda walks into a tea room and ordered a salad and ate it. Then it pulled out a pistol, shot the man in the next table dead, and walked out.

I respect order and it really gave me the discipline to be a leader and not a follower. It also helped me stay out of trouble.

Does patch have a restraining order against him?’ he read. ‘is patch a felon?’ ‘give-me-that!’ i hissed furiously. Patch gave a soft laugh, and i knew he’d seen the next question. ‘does patch have a girlfriend?

I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.