“You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” ~  Pema Chodron

“Love yourself – accept yourself – forgive yourself – and be good to yourself because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.” ~  Leo Buscaglia

“Be aware of what comes out of your mouth. The words you speak become the house you live in.” ~  Hafiz

“Healthy striving is self-focused: ‘How can I improve?’ Perfectionism is not self-improvement. Perfectionism is, at its core, about trying to earn approval and acceptance.” ~  Brene Brown

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ~  Roy T. Bennett

“Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else’s. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else’s journey and still be true to yourself.” ~  Jon Kabat-Zinn

“Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.” ~  Carl Sandburg

“Sometimes the universe puts you in places where you need to be, even if you think you don’t want to be there.” ~  Colman Domingo

“True strength lies not in imposing our views, but in being able to listen to others.” ~  Unknown

“Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.” ~  Sugar Ray Leonard

“When you love someone, you love the whole person, just as they are, and not as you would like them to be.” ~  Leo Tolstoy

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” ~  Marcus Aurelius

“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s level of aspiration and expectation.” ~  Jack Nicklaus

“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” ~  Henry Van Dyke

“Time is a resource that is nonrenewable and nontransferable, and it is also the most valuable treasure we have.” ~  Robert Grudin

“Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them.” ~  Byron Katie

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” ~  Michel de Montaigne

“Don’t aim at success – the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue.” ~  Viktor Frankl