When your mind is preoccupied, your impulses—not your long-term goals—will guide your choices.

Self-compassion - being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure - is associated with more motivation and better self-control.

My favorite definition of the mindful path is the one the reveals itself as you walk down it. You cannot find the path until you step on to it.

Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows.

When you choose to view your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage.

Chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.

When you choose to connect with others under stress, you can create resilience.

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

You can deal with stressful life experiences with strength from past ones.

People come up with resolutions that don’t reflect what matters most to them, and that makes them almost guaranteed to fail.

The development of willpower -I will, I won't and I want- may define what it means to be human.

...Changelessness is decay.""A paradox. There is no decay without a change for the worse.""Changelessness is a change for the worse...

I believe the best way the Enemy gets to you is when you don't have a full understanding of how amazing, beautiful and valuable you are in Christ!

I know when I should get good and when I should get bad.

Never be bored. Energy lives off of attention. When you are bored you get drained.

It's a sword, not a fairy wand, you know.

In three days," he continued, "I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do us part. Do you understand what that means?" "You'll save me from marauding minotaurs?

We do not aspire to communal life but to a life apart.

I struggled with that notion early in my career. 'I know this is funny but nobody is laughing.' This thought occurred for years.

I believe that access to electricity and light can radically improve people‚ lives.

An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will turn aside and let the reptile live.