“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
Epictetus
“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.”
Brian Tracy
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.”
Baltasar Gracian
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”
Albert Ellis
“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.”
Dale Carnegie
“I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.”
B. F. Skinner
