"People who get what they want are generally decisive people. And if you want to do this without having to ask, you need to be doubly firm with yourself. It’s OK —decisive behavior may not come naturally to all of us, but you can learn it. Just jump in with both feet. It gets easier every time."
-- Richard Templar
"I saw a cartoon some years ago of a man on his deathbed, telling his grieving loved ones, “I wish I’d bought more crap.” Successful people often keep working to increase their wealth, accumulating far beyond anything they could possibly spend and more than they want to bequeath. One day I asked a wealthy friend why this is so. His answer was that many people who have gotten rich know how to measure their self-worth only in material terms, so they stay on the hedonic treadmill of earning and acquiring, year after year. They hope that at some point, they will finally feel truly successful, happy, and thus ready to die. But it never works."
-- Arthur C. Brooks
"These small, everyday actions had their own value; the pressure of my daily habits would mold my future. These habits were little things on their own, but their combined weight was massive."
-- Gretchen Rubin
"My desire to explore life began with dreaming. When I was a child I used to watch famous dancers, actors and singers on stage and television and think, ‘That’s what I’m going to do one day.’ And I never for a moment doubted that my dream would come true."
-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup
"Once the storm quiets down, and it will surely pass, don’t feel the need to pick yourself up immediately and get right back to where you were before. Give yourself time to sit with your present feelings. Once you make time and space for your emotions, you will be able to process them easily and ask important questions such as “What am I feeling now?” “What are my emotions trying to tell me?” and “What did I learn from the experience?” When we pose these questions with curiosity, rather than with judgment, we will come to see deeper truths about ourselves."
-- Haemin Sunim
"Get it done. Then get it live. Then try to get it perfect sometime in the future maybe, if you have some time. Do then fail then learn then repeat. Any part in isolation won’t work out."
-- Nicholas Haralambous
"What has profoundly and positively changed my life, and the lives of so many others, is the understanding that changing one’s mind—and thereby having new experiences and gaining new insights—is simply a matter of breaking the habit of being oneself. When you overcome your senses, when you understand that you are not bound by the chains of your past—when you live a life that is greater than your body, your environment, and time—all things are possible. The universal intelligence that animates the existence of all things will both surprise and delight you. It wants nothing more than to provide you with access to all you want. In short, when you change your mind, you change your life."
-- Dr. Joe Dispenza
"If you want to be happy, you have to state your honest aspiration to be happy, to be willing to be a little less special in worldly terms, and thus to stop objectifying yourself. You must state your desire to lighten your load with pride’s opposing virtue: humility."
-- Arthur C. Brooks
"Positive emotions supply us with energy and drive. Experiencing a positive emotion about anything will direct our attention toward it, whether it’s something that has to be done or an activity that distracts us from a task."
-- Mary Lamia
"Some people’s identities get caught up with where they ‘should be’ at certain points. It is a very human thing to compare ourselves to others. But this can cloud our judgement and get in the way of going after what we really want."
-- Trinny Woodall
"Life is full of moments. One moment after another. Some moments pass by with you barely noticing. Other moments stay with you forever. They change the way you think, you see, you live."
-- Robert Holden
"Consider your purpose; what you’re here to do. When you’re standing there looking down at the water about to jump, you have to know why you’re doing it. I want to jump off the high dive because I want to be able to do fun things. I want to be able to swim. I want to be included by my friends. I want to feel courageous. I don’t want to be scared anymore. Those reasons are going to inspire that person to jump off the high dive because they are compelling. What are your reasons? What’s going to propel you forward?"
-- Dr. Aziz Gazipura
"Your subconscious mind will automatically play out the details of your life for you, based on whatever program it holds. If you take charge and direct what’s in there, the subconscious will create your life, and your world will be what you’ve chosen."
-- Natalie Reid
"When you do create purposefully, request a sign from the quantum consciousness that you have made contact with it. Dare to ask for synchronicities related to your specific desired outcomes. When you do, you are being bold enough to want to know that this consciousness is real and that it is aware of your efforts. Once you accept this, then you can create in a state of joy and inspiration."
-- Dr. Joe Dispenza
"For example, if you prioritise your kids and they make you happy then you should maintain that priority as long and as often as possible. Get home to bath them, play in the garden and sit at the dinner table. If that’s what success looks like to you, then make that happen. If you prioritise work and you want to work all-nighters and that fulfils you, then that’s cool too."
-- Nicholas Haralambous
"Time is valuable. Psychiatrist and author M. Scott Peck said, until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it."
-- John C. Maxwell
"If you want something, you have to go for it. You don’t necessarily have to sacrifice everything (sometimes you do) but you do have to make a firm decision to take action. It’s no good saying you want to give up smoking if you just carry on lighting up and thinking how nice it would be if you could stop. Do something about it."
-- Richard Templar
"Stress can keep us stuck in a place where we can’t focus on anything else other than the source of our stress. I find that it affects my memory and focus, and meditation is a great way to manage this."
-- Trinny Woodall
"You can choose right now to create courage within yourself. All it takes is the dedication required to apply the practices that follow on a daily basis. When combined with a strong enough “why”, there will be no end to the amount of courage you will be able to generate."
-- Dr. Aziz Gazipura
"I do think when you focus too much on a financial gain, however, it doesn’t create good energy. It can make you feel fear because it involves putting a certain value on what you deem to be success. So while financial goals are important – we all want to feel financially stable and money is a fact of life – they shouldn’t pull all of our focus."
-- Trinny Woodall
"Concentrating on one area of your life two days a week feels long enough to experience the possibilities of change, and to feel that potential permeate the rest of the week."
-- Emma Cook
