Read This When You Need To Remember That You Are The Master Of Your Own Destiny

“You can have all the faith you want in spirits and the afterlife, heaven and hell, but when it comes to the world, don't be an idiot, because you can tell me that you put your faith in God to get through the day but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.”

— Sara B. Cooper, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com

“Patient: Times changes everything. House: That's what people say. It's not true. Doing things changes things. Not doing things leaves things exactly as they were.”

— David Shore, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com

“You don’t get anything you want by subscribing to the social rules of today.”

— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com

“The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fi…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.”

— Carlos Castaneda, thinkexist.com

“One of the unique things about the human brain is that it can do only what it thinks it can do.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“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.”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“I thought it would all fall into place. I’ve changed my mind. Do nothing, and nothing happens. Life is about decisions.”

— Mhairi McFarlane, amazon.com

“Within every desire is the mechanics of its fulfillment.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“When you make a choice, you change the future.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trashcan, then we'll figure out who you're going to be.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

“If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

“We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

“The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

“If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say No to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger Yes burning inside. The enemy of the best is often the good.”

— Stephen R Covey, amazon.com

“Stop wallowing and remember: the more decisions you make, the more your life is your own.”

— Alina Simone, amazon.com

“At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don't expect to get anything back, don't expect recognition for your efforts, don't expect your genius t…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

— J.K. Rowling, goodreads.com

“Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.”

— Evelyn Waugh, brainyquote.com

“I know people who have been stuck in doubt their entire lifetime. Each of these unfortunate individuals – some of them my very own friends and family – came at some point to a crossroads. They came to this crossroads and found themselves rooted there, with one foot firmly planted on each side of the…”

— Stephen Cope, amazon.com

“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.”

— Kyle Chandler, brainyquote.com

“I found that every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point and the turning point was where they made a clear, specific, unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50 and most never…”

— Brian Tracy, goodreads.com