"Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you."

Self, Happiness, Choice, Control, Mindset

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"Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you."

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"Your EGO feeds on the volume of the mental clutter, the greater the intensity the more crystallized is your EGO. Man dominates and exherts his mental superiority over others. Be Aware! Stop Mental Clutter, Kill EGO, Be YOU!"

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

Self, Ego, Mental, Awareness, Superiority

"The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Self, Spirit, Will

"But if you happen to be a man, sometime in the future, and you've made it this far, please remember: you will never be subjected to the temptation of feeling you must forgive, a man, as a woman."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Self, Thought, Fate, Mind

"I'm not much but I'm all I have."

Philip K. Dick, American Writer

Self, Identity, Humility, Truth

"Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity the necessity of being the man you are and not another. You are free to be that man but not free to be another."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Self, Freedom, Constraint, Identity, Authenticity

"Sometimes I act like I have my shit together more than I do. Sometimes I act like I don't have my shit together as much as I do. I'm done acting. I'd rather just be okay with however together my shit is at the time, and still do my best to show up, as I am."

Scott Stabile, American Author

Self, Authenticity, Sensitivity, Truth

"If you just can't get rid of envy, then start creating a life, so that if you saw yourself from afar, you'd be envious of you."

Charles F. Glassman, American Author

Self, Envy, Creativity, Life

"I have tried everything except being myself!"

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

Self, Identity, Authenticity, Discovery

"There is absolutely no point in comparing ourselves to others. Everyone brings to the world exactly what they are meant to bring, and in doing so touches exactly who they are meant to touch."

Scott Stabile, American Author

Self, Individual, Comparison, Values

"I exist as I am that is enough If no other in the world be aware I sit content And if each and all be aware I sit content."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Self, Contentment, Existence, Acceptance

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"I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society."

Relevance

"My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow."

Spiritual

"I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into."

Identity

"I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it."

Faith

"It's our faith that activates the power of God."

Spiritual

"I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope."

Hope

"When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It's not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It's up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside."

Self

"Rewards await you if you stay steadfast in your faith."

Faith

"Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith."

Faith

"I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel."

Prosperity