“Your opinion is not my reality.”

The more I understand the mind and the human experience, the more I begin to suspect there is no such thing as unhappiness; there is only ungratefulness.

Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.

In your own life it’s important to know how spectacular you are.

Most haters are stuck in a poisonous mental prison of jealousy and self-doubt that blinds them to their own potentiality.

It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.

You didn’t just cheat on me; you cheated on us. You didn’t just break my heart; you broke our future.

It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.

If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you’ve made, if they don’t realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go.

A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.

The problem that we have with a victim mentality is that we forget to see the blessings of the day. Because of this, our spirit is poisoned instead of nourished.

Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Be true to yourself. How you treat yourself sets the standard for how others will treat you.

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.

Love has no limitations. It cannot be measured. It has no boundaries. Although many have tried, love is indefinable.

When we are judging everything, we are learning nothing.

Don’t confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It’s ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you!

“I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.

Blessed is he who has acquired a wealth of divine wisdom, but miserable he in whom there rests a dim opinion concerning the gods.

Most men will go farther to give advice than to follow their own opinion.

I don’t always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I’d like to maintain.

All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.

If the world thinks you’re not good enough, it’s a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.

Particularly as a writer, it is my job to ignore social critics, or the response that social critics might have when it comes to the opinions of my characters, the way they talk, or anything that can happen to them.

there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.

I want to honor Jesus with the things I say and the things I choose not to say. Lord, help us all be so careful with sharing opinions as if they are truth.