Joy & Happiness
1. “Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.” – Marianne Williamson
2. “The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others.” – Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking
3. “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you.” – Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
4. “How I live life is my choice. Always. I can choose joy and peace in the midst of any circumstances because I know things will always change.”- Ginny Dye, The Last Long Night
5. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius
Strength & Courage
1.”I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Philippians 4:13, New King James Version of the Holy Bible
2. “You have power over your mind―not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius
3. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
4. “Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.” – Dr. Seuss
5. “Sometimes we are tested not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths.” – Unknown
6. “Vision is worthless without the courage to risk and take action.” – John O’Leary
7. “When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They’re sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.”- Joel Osteen
Perseverance & Determination
1. “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of anyone who isn’t trying.”- Tony Robbins
2. “When you reframe setbacks as opportunities, you find that you gain much more than you have lost.” – Sarah Young, Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence
3. “Unless you take action, nothing will change.”
Mindfulness
1.”Change always starts first in the mind. The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel influences the way you act.”
2.”Watch your thoughts they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.” – Lao Tzu
3. “Watch your words diligently. Words have such great power to bless or to wound. When you speak carelessly or negatively, you damage others as well as yourself.” – Sarah Young, Jesus Calling
4. “You are the one who calls the law of attraction into action, and you do it through your thoughts. You are in charge of your thoughts, and therefore in charge of what it is that you manifest into your reality.”- Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
5. “You can’t always choose the path you walk in life, but you can always choose the manner in which you walk it.”- John O’Leary
6. “You can choose to use your brain to receive and express positive thoughts or, you can choose to use your brain to receive and express negative thoughts. Either way, your choice will shape your entire life.”
Self-Worth & Confidence
1.”What if the thing you thought was odd or quirky or unique or wrong with you is actually one of the greatest things that’s right with you?”- Jamie Kern Lima
Anxiety & Fear
1.”Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”- Philippians 4:6 NIV
2. “Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.”- W. Clement Stone
3. “Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace.”- Randy Armstrong
Surrendering Control
1.“Don’t worry about what you can’t control. Our focus and energy needs to be on the things we can control. Attitude, effort, focus- these are the things we can control…” – Tim Tebow
2.“One of the most rewarding and important moments in life Is the moment you finally find the courage to let go of what you can’t change.” – Unknown
3.“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
Humility
1. “Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.” – James, 1:19 NIV
Self-Improvement
1.”If you spend your time chasing butterflies, they’ll fly away. But if you spend time making a beautiful garden, the butterflies will come. When you focus on improving yourself, everything you want will come to you. We attract based on who we are, not what we want. Don’t chase, attract.”
2.”Perfectionism is not self-improvement. Perfectionism is, at its core, about trying to earn approval and acceptance.” – Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Patience
1.”Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.”- Joyce Meyer
Faith
1. “When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen: There will be something solid for you to stand upon, or, you will be taught to fly.”- Patrick Overton, The Leaning Tree
2.”If I made a decision to do something because I believed I was meant to do it, that no matter how it turned out, the experience wouldn’t be wasted. The whole point may have been just to learn something I couldn’t learn any other way. It could have happened because it was meant to impact someone else for that period of time– and that there was no other way to reach them. I could spend spend my whole life second-guessing experiences, or I could be grateful for them and move on.” – Ginny Dye, Courage Rising