Trying
“Becoming is better than being.”
—Carol S. Dweck
Trying our best
“A failure is not always a mistake; it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.”
—B. F. Skinner
Dreaming
“Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awakes.”
—Carl Jung
Personal Lens
When I look at the world, I’m pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic
—CARL ROGERS
Personal Responsibility
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.
—ALBERT ELLIS
Hard Tasks
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
—WILLIAM JAMES
Possibilities
“Every person on this earth is full of great possibilities that can be realized through imagination, effort, and perseverance.”
—Scott Barry Kaufmann
Giving your all.
“If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you’ll be unhappy for the rest of your life.”
—Abraham Maslow
The meaning of Life
“Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.”
—Erik Erikson
Paradox
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
—Carl Rogers