"All you can do is involve yourself totally in your own life, your own moment, Lonzi said. And when we feel pessimism crouching on our shoulders like a stinking vulture, he said, we banish it, we smother it with optimism. We want, and our want kills doom."
Rachel Kushner
"Doubt breeds doubt."
Franz Grillparzer
"It really was hand-to-mouth and you can say, 'Poor little me, how dreadful, what a deprived childhood', but I didn't feel that way at all. It's all about the attitude at home."
Carol Vorderman
"By taking control of the present, you are choosing to alter the past you are making for yourself, and your future too."
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
"Believe in yourself. Believe in your abilities; believe in your talent, your uniqueness on this earth. Believe that there is something in you that’s special. Believe that you are here for a reason, that you have something to contribute. You must believe in you before others will do so."
Kevin Abdulrahman
"Lou could imagine Rich hiding within. She closed her eyes, letting her mind wander, search, and finally focus on him. Hurry up, Rich, she thought. Feeling the tug of connection, a thrill of anticipation ran up her spine. Lou didn't let herself nudge events often, but she did it today."
Danika Stone
"They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were they all fused into a single stubbornness."
Louise Erdrich
"Times will change for the better when you change."
Maxwell Maltz
"Who I am is the best I can be."
Leontyne Price
"That you are misserable and full demons and angry don't make the others like you... It's your problem, as for me I want to continue to be positive!"
Deyth Banger
"Stop lying to yourself. When we deny our own truth, we deny our own potential."
Steve Maraboli
"Sip tea and coffee with those who say you can, politely stuff with cookies any who say you cannot. Because the stuff they are feeding you, be it the latter,looks strangely a bit like the little chocolate chips."
Tom Althouse
"No, he focused on the one thing that he knew would keep him grounded the way the demon said he'd need."
Keith R.A. DeCandido
"Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism employed to avoid cognitive dissonance."
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