Życie nie porusza się prostymi drogami. Otrzymujemy mnóstwo szans, by zacząć od początku - o ile naprawdę ich szukamy.

Choć życie jest nieprzewidywalne, może jednak zmienić się na lepsze, a marzenia, z których utratą już się pogodziliśmy, mogą jeszcze się urzeczywistnić. Nasze szanse rosną, jeśli uwierzymy, że zasługujemy.

Czas upływa, a my tracimy z oczu nasze marzenia - bo się nie spełniają.

Accepting less than you deserve has three bad results. First, you're sending the wrong message to your kids. You're at once spoiling them and teaching them that one day, like you, they'll have to set their basic needs aside. That's right - they'll be too selfish now and too selfish later. Second, you're damaging your own self-esteem. You'll never find inner contentment if you're constantly denying yourself. Finally, if you're always selfsacrificing, your kids won't see you as deserving of comfort and fullfilment.

When an unexpected, magical moment happens, you've got to take it in, right down to the bottom of your soul. Because that's what life is about, getting to live it.

W życiu nie ma żadnych gwarancji. Nigdy nie wiesz, skąd może nadejść szczęście.

You get out of life what you put in it. This is true with your kids. The energy and thought you put into their lives is rewarded by the people they become. It's true for you and all the aspects of your day - your work and love and happiness and fullfilment.

If you don't show them [children] that you value yourself, what message are you giving them? For now, you're telling them that their needs are more important than other people's. And when they grow up to be parents, they'll feel like they should give themselves away.

We have these choices all the time. Options present themselves and we waste time lingering on the decision, or we decide too fast, or we don't maximize the opportunity.

Twój świat będzie taki, jakim go uczynisz.

Trzeba nauczyć się zachowywać proporcje między wysiłkiem, jaki konieczny jest do doskonalenia się, a realistycznym spojrzeniem na swoje ograniczenia.

If you can pause and reflect on a situation before reacting, a world of options spreads before you. Now I had internalized that lesson. Everything that happens - good, bad, win, lose - is an opportunity for enlightenment. I had the option of making people responsible feel better or worse. I chose to make them feel better.

Każda chwila oceniana jest pod względem tego, jak ma się do naszego bagażu z przeszłości.

All this is part of life. We lose things that we treasure. Jobs end. Relationships fall apart. Children grow up and leave. Houses burn to the ground. As much as you give importance to things that you love and treasure, you can still let go of them. You can still be a whole person. It's empowering.

Dno. Dopóki go nie dosięgniesz, nigdy nie wiesz, gdzie się znajduje.

Jeśli głos otoczenia jest donośniejszy od twojego głosu wewnętrznego, musisz nauczyć się go przyciszać.

Zrób sobie prezent w postaci zainspirowania samej siebie. Powinszuj sobie, że jesteś tu, gdzie jesteś. Bądź dzisiaj dla siebie miła(...).

You only get one life, and it's supposed to be fun, isn't it? Of course we all have to work, but isn't the point of working hard to succeed and to use that success to secure yourself a well-earned, hearty chunk of fun? Having fun is letting go. Letting go of all that analyzing and planning and second-guessing yourself.

Cars are dehumanizing and isolating. They make us into extensions of them - extensions of cold, mental machines.

You have to spend less time doubting yourself and spend more time having hope and faith in the life you've worked so hard to create. Now is the time, no matter what decade you're facing. It's time to be a good winner.

It's better to believe that life and people (and insects) are basically good and that we are strong enough to handle bad things when they come up, which they always do.

Exercise is a word that adults use to describe the activity they don't enjoy but feel guilted into doing. As an adult, activity become an obligation, starting with the jogging (...)

Accepting oneself is a journey. The more you let go of your hang-ups, the more time you have for love, kindness and generosity.

You have to take risks if you want to accomplish anything in life.

Look at your life now and choose to make it the life you want to have. Even if you've made mistakes, divorced someone you should have stayed with, not done your job well, gained too much weight, been a stressed-out mother - just choose to forgive yourself right now and change something.

It's a defeatist way to live your life - knowing that you want to do something but letting your fear of what others will think if you don't do it perfectly stand in your way.

The older we get, the more stuff comes to hold meaning. We become emotionally attached to it. And so, over time, these treasures are worth more than their actual value. They represent pieces of our lives. Even in the midst of holiday parties or devastating hurricanes, we can't help but have one eye on that most precious thing.

Nabieranie umiejętności przewidywania konsekwencji to część procesu dorastania. Ale nadmiar przewidywania i planowania może cię sparaliżować.

In a long-term relationship you have to relinquish control. You have to let yourself need someone else. You have to let him feel needed.

It's important to be able to reward yourself. Of course it doesn't have to be with things, it can be with time to yourself. Or a trip. Or a party. Or a hike to a mountaintop. Everybody has to work on something. If you're like me, and spending money on yourself is hard to do, then rewarding yourself is one of those things worth working on.