"Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be."

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous'' on Adversity
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"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."

Tracy, Brian on Achievement
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"TRUST: I know that you will not -- deliberately or accidentally, consciously or unconsciously -- take unfair advantage of me. I can put my situation at the moment, my status and self-esteem in this group, our relationship, my job, my career, even my life, in your hands with complete confidence."

Mcgregor, Douglas Murray on Trust
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"Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book."

Madonna on Sexuality
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"I've always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorized and labeled, and I think labels are for food. Canned food."

Stipe, Michael on Sexuality
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"Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they can talk sense."

Frost, Robert on Nonsense
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"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive."

Beecher, Henry Ward on Forgiveness
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"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note -- torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one."

Beecher, Henry Ward on Forgiveness
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"And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?"

Nietzsche, Friedrich on Forgiveness
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"To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives."

Waitley, Denis on self-esteem
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"Conscience: self-esteem with a halo."

Layton, Irving on Conscience
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"Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self -- a felt void or need; second, a decision to change to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change -- the willful act of making the change, doing something."

Buscaglia, Leo on Change
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"Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other."

Goldsmith, Oliver on Pity
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"Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the word solitude to express the glory of being alone."

Tillich, Paul on Loneliness
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"No person is important enough to make me angry."

Castaneda, Carlos on Anger
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"Every time you get angry, you poison your own system."

Montapert, Alfred A. on Anger
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"Anyone can become angry -- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way -- this is not easy."

Aristotle on Anger
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"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger."

Buddha on Anger
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"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."

Buddha on Anger
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"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

Peale, Norman Vincent on Change
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