The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most— are the foundation for self-control.

The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention.

self-awareness: the ability to realize what we are doing as we do it, and understand why we are doing it.

But I don't want to be a vampire drone.' Sophronia winced. 'They'll suck my blood and make me wear only the very latest fashions.

Getting to the end of a song is not the goal of singing.

From a private gentlewoman you have made me first a marchioness, then a queen; and, as you can raise me no higher in the world, you are now sending me to be a saint in Heaven.

You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along.

If you truly want to be successful, spend less time following the lives of other people and more time leading your own.

Wonder is a bulky emotion. When you let it fill your heart and mind, there isn't room for anxiety, distress or anything else.

We learn from the Gospel that when they asked Jesus what the truth was, he did not reply.

Teach by doing whenever you can, and only fall back upon words when doing it is out of the question.

Dare to believe in the reality of your assumption and watch the world play its part relative to to its fulfillment.

The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white.