The Power of Words

 

Most of my suffering and turmoil is self-generated. Apparently insight is 90% of the problem but how do I change ingrained patterns of behaviour that seem automatic? All that happens when I tackle myself is that anxiety increases and I become even more inflexible and unchanged. Usually a sense of humour snaps me out of this conundrum. Inspirational quotes act like quick shots of cognitive therapy by changing my thoughts.As cognitive therapy says thoughts precede emotions; change your thoughts and your emotions change.

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh — at yourself. – Ethel Barrymore
Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right. – Henry Ford

Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. – Christopher Reeve

We become what we think about. – Earl Nightingale

Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless. – Thomas Edison
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. – Aristotle

If not us, who? If not now, when? – John F. Kennedy
Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try. – Jack Canfield

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. – Farrah Gray

 

Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. – Ancient Indian Proverb

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. – Maya Angelou
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. – Mohandas Gandhi

If you’re going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill

We’re never gonna survive unless we go a little crazy. – Seal

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. – Mark Twain

Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders. – Tom Peters
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. – Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. – Thomas Carlyle