Laurence Sterne Quotes

Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events.

Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it.

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 don't look at myself as suffering.

Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

Sometimes things don't go exactly as you'd wish. You have to be mentally strong to overcome those moments.

No matter what comes your way, shake it off and move forward. When you have a positive mindset, you can't be defeated.

We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God's grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.

The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.

I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.

Just keep going - no feeling is final.

We can take suffering to be an opportunity to learn and to grow. But if we are honest, we should remember that this is making the best of a bad job, and that minimising suffering takes priority over optimising its outcome.

We see it in the body, that if you just give the body enough rest and comfort, it has remarkable self-healing capacities. Well, so does the spirit.

Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.

We cannot always control everything that happens to us in this life, but we can control how we respond. Many struggles come as problems and pressures that sometimes cause pain. Others come as temptations, trials, and tribulations.

I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack.

I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mind, I've developed a thick skin.

Whenever people are faced with any sort of adversity... they tend to gravitate toward things that make them comfortable, and things that they feel are important.

I've learned to let things roll off my back.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

How you recover from what life's throwing at you is what matters.