Dr. Joy's Blog

"Promise me you'll always remember: you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."  -- Christopher Robin (to Pooh) 

"Don't be too hard on yourself. There are plenty of people willing to do that for you. Love yourself and be proud of everything that you do. Even mistakes mean you're trying."  -- Susan Gale 

"You attract what you are, not what you want. So if you want it then reflect it!"  -- Tony Gaskins 

"The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything."  -- Theodore Roosevelt 

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."  -- Lao Tzu 

"Ask yourself: What grand goals would inspire me every minute of every day? What would I do with my life if I were playing full-out? If I were thinking big -- and even bigger than that! -- what dream would I commit to fulfilling?"  -- Dr. Gay Hendricks 

"You have to take the good with the bad, smile when you're sad, love what you've got and remember what you had. Always forgive but never forget, learn from your mistakes but never regret, people change, things go wrong, just remember, life goes on."  -- Author Unknown 

"I am not here to change the world. I am changing the world because I am here."  -- Lisa Wilson 

"You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay?" -- Jim Rohn 

"Don't get so anxious for something that you'll accept anything. Hold to your standards and be willing to walk away -- head up."  -- Thema Bryan-Davis 

"Rejection doesn't mean you aren't good enough; it means the other person failed to notice what you have to offer."  -- Mark Amend 

"Dream big, but allow yourself the opportunity to start small, and have your share of struggles in the beginning. The world's greatest composers weren't writing symphonies the day they first sat at a piano."  -- Kevin O'Rourke 

"The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now."  -- Leo Babauta 

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."  -- Epictetus 

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."  -- Willie Nelson 

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."  -- Willie Nelson 

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."  -- Mark Twain 

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."  -- Margaret Thatcher