By: Linda Sapadin
"The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." -- Victor Frankl
"The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Do what you can, with what you have, with where you are." -- Theodore Roosevelt
"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it." -- Harry S. Truman
"If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Try the "as if "
technique." -- William James
"I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate." -- Elbert Hubbard
"An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self-respect. When you cannot get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one." -- Mark Twain
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." -- Charles Kingsley
"You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough." -- William Blake
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." -- Robert Frost
"I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it." -- Helen Hayes
"The only way to even approach doing something perfectly is through experience, and experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." -- Oscar Wilde
"One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time." -- Andre Gide
Linda Sapadin, Ph.D. is a psychologist in private practice who specializes in individual, family therapy and personal coaching.
