Ryan Leaf Quotes

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

Sometimes if you just take the time to really pay attention and break it down, you can figure out what caused it. And from there, generally, I can pull myself up out of it. And if I can't, that's where the support group comes in.

Life is not about focusing on the obstacles. It's about how you handle them, and whether you get enlightenment or levity from the way you do it

I hope in my books I help children to see their strengths, and show them I have some idea of what they may occasionally be going through. Especially at tricky moments when it is easier to go back and evade things rather than go forwards and confront them.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.

I don't let things stress me out, and I'm doing my best with all the battles life presents.

I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.

In our personal and professional lives, we are constantly hit with one adversity after the other, most of which we have no control over. But the four things we have total control over is how we react, how we adapt, how we breathe, and how we take action.

I learned that life is filled with ups and downs and it's just about how you react to them.

You can always do something that can make you feel good about your life despite what you're going through.

You gotta face the hand you're dealt with and deal with it, and make your problems be the smallest part of who you are.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.

Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be, not only for myself, but also young people that are out there today that need someone to look up to.

Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.

Life unravels the way it does, and it has an effect on you, but you have to take responsibility for dealing with it.

When something really extreme happens, you have to find a way to embrace that and include it in how you think about the character. Sometimes it's not easy.

Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.

Now, no matter what background you come from, there is nobody in this world who can say that their life is without troubles. Everybody faces problems at some point in their life. All that matters is how you deal with it.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.