“The pattern of unnecessarily creating crises in your life is actually an avoidance technique. It distracts you from actually having to be vulnerable or held accountable for whatever it is you're afraid of. You're never upset for the reason you think you are. At the core of your desire to create a pr…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Courage is a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.”— Pema Chodron, amazon.com
“We cannot know if there is such a thing as altogether unappreciated genius or whether it is the day dream of those who are not geniuses.”— Hannah Arendt, amazon.com
“Talking about how hard it is for soldiers to take a step back in status when they transition: Why do they care? Because they care about what other people think. But the reality is nobody cares about you. This is good news. It means you are free. You are off the radar. You can do what you want. Go af…”— Nick Palmisciano, raiderproject.org
“As the boomerang comes back to the hunter who has thrown it only if it has missed its target, man, too, returns to himself and is intent upon self-actualization only if he has missed his mission.”— Viktor Frankl, amazon.com
“Buying a self-help book is usually the second-to-last step to surrendering to a crisis of self, the last step being therapy and the first step being a gym membership, or at least a Zumba DVD or a pamphlet on the Learning Annex.”— Michael Bennett MD, amazon.com
“The best sources of stimulation for the brain are physical exercise, mental exercise, and social bonding.”— Daniel G. Amen, amazon.com
“The sentiment behind the golden rule is great (treating others the way we wish to be treated ourselves). But nowadays we don’t even treat ourselves very well! We knowingly consume things that are bad for us, continue working at jobs we hate, and don’t spend half as much time relaxing as we do stress…”— Timber Hawkeye, amazon.com
“It’s easy to take things at face value. The accountant says this is what you owe. Your employee says this is how things are. People say this is the only way it can be done. Accepting implicitly is a great way to find yourself in deep shit.”— Ryan Holiday, thoughtcatalog.com
“When your heart is broken, you plant seeds in the cracks and you pray for rain.”— Andrea Gibson, youtube.com
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Women need to shift from thinking 'I’m not ready to do that' to thinking 'I want to do that— and I’ll learn by doing it.'”— Sheryl Sandberg, amazon.com
“Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true. Once you realize this simple truth, a whole new world of possibilities opens up in front of”— Biz Stone, amazon.com
“A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn’t depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.”— Timothy Ferriss, amazon.com
“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”— Carlos Castaneda, goodreads.com