Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Source: William James, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897), “Is Life Worth Living?”

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

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Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be systematically ascetic or heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

Source: William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890), Chapter: 4. Complete Sentence: Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be systematically ascetic or heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than that you would rather not do Read More…

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

The Greatest Weapon Against Stress Is Our Ability To Choose One Thought Over Another.