“Rest is a productive activity.”

You’ve got to rest if you want to keep going.

Be brave enough to bet on yourself.

Can you seek your own approval instead of theirs?

Put yesterday down to carry on with you.

Trust that something good is up ahead.

Making mistakes means you are perfect at being human.

Gratitude can help find the good. That is usually taken for granted.

When we cling to what we know, we miss how could we grow.

We focus on being extraordinary but forget we can always be extra kind.

You are not failing – you’re trying, you’re human, you’re pushing past what you know.

With every loss, you gain a new perspective.

Your body doesn’t need to change – the way you think about it does.

What if you used the time wondering if you can make a difference to just began?

Stop trying to fit in places that make you leave a piece of you out.

Small steps can carry you a long way.

Vulnerability is hard – faking it forever is harder.

When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran’s nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA.

Everything abstract is ultimately part of the concrete. Everything inanimate finally serves the living. That is why every activity dealing in abstraction stands in ultimate service to a living whole.

We need to make sure our activities and our attitudes line up with what pleases God first and foremost. Wherever we focus our attention the most will become the driving force in our lives.

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.

If disproportionate results come from one activity, then you must give that one activity disproportionate time.

The activity you’re most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity.

This drink has a magical power. It strengthens the weak, and revives those who have fainted. Those tired after work and physical activity can return their life forces by this drink much sooner than by nourishment. It works as a diuretic, an appetizer, an antitoxin.

Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.