Angelina Jolie Quotes

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 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.

I kind of think of my life as this incredible hurricane of so many adventures. We can all make a difference, and we can all be courageous and believe in ourselves.

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

If you deny the fact that things are happening to you, that this is going on, whether it's negative or positive, you're just putting yourself behind the 8-ball because you're not facing it head on and dealing with it in a positive way that you've learned how to.

I think that feeling of being thrown into the deep end and doing something you never thought you would accomplish is really powerful.

Combating any kind of obstacle is much easier if you know that it's real and not your fault, and it's something you can fight against.

It took time for me to step away and become an independent thinker so that wherever I am in the world, I understand who I am and that nothing's impossible.

I have my moments when I am down and low. But I gather myself when decisions are to be taken.

I do not want to be in fights where people see me as an obstacle on the road. I want to be the man challenging.

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

Cultivate the technique of seeing all problems as opportunities. Opportunities to...be, and decide, Who You Really Are.

When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

Things don't weigh me down any more. I confront things, and I move on. I don't dwell on things; I don't let things simmer under the surface. I am where it starts and where it ends. I have the power in my life to be happy.

We're all here for a limited amount of time, and life is difficult - not unfair, but difficult. The key is to really confront our fears because when we do, and when we look at them, we really begin to realize that we are capable of handling them.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

I try not to worry about things that I can't control.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had ever been before.

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