Not About You

Whatever anyone else says or does, their words
and their actions are truly about themselves.
Don't take it personally when they rant,
even if they direct their unhappiness in your direction.
Their negativity is basically selfishness,
and their selfishness is about them, not about you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Don't Take Anything Personally.
Nothing others do is because of you.
- Miguel Angel Ruiz (don Miguel Ruiz)

We are to take nothing personally,
least of all ourselves, for the moment we do,
our spiritual growth and journey come to a halt.
- Hopi Proverb

You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you.
Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life.
- Doug Coupland

What you think of me is none of my business.
- Terry Cole-Whittaker

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; ...
Forgive them anyway.
- Kent Keith
(often attributed to Mother Teresa, who kept a copy on the wall of her orphanage)

Further reading: Don Miguel Ruiz' Four Agreements

Don't Take Rejection Personally

How to Not Care What People Think about You

How to be Positive Around Negative People

Families and Social Expectations
      

Treat Life as Fun

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Dale Carnegie

What work I have done I have done because it has been play.
If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.
- Mark Twain

 It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
- Walt Disney

If we like what we do, if we always do our best,
then we are really enjoying life.
We are having fun, we don't get bored,
we don't have frustrations.
- don Miguel Ruiz

It's work only if I say it's work,
but it's play if I say it's fun.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Cherish the Whimsey

Realizing Success

Bounce Back

Dream. Begin. Persevere.

We Come This Way But Once
      

Beyond Limits

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
- Richard Bach

We must accept finite disappointment,
but never lose infinite hope.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

As long as a man stands in his own way,
everything seems to be in his way.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't Limit Your Challenges... Challenge Your Limits.
- Anonymous

Life is unlimited - it expands with the generosity, compassion,
inventiveness, and service that you contribute.
-Jonathan Lockwood Huie


Further reading: You Can Do It

The Power of Courage

Challenge of Dark Times

Be Unstoppable
     

Behavior is not evil simply because it is different

Never impose on others what
you would not choose for yourself.
- Confucius (Ancient Chinese)

See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)

Behavior is not evil simply because it is different.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling
with other men's concerns.
- Plato

Many people excuse their own faults
but judge other persons harshly.
We should reverse this attitude
by excusing others' shortcomings
and by harshly examining our own.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

Let It Be.
- Paul McCartney

Let today be a day to honor and respect the beliefs and lifestyles of your extended family, your friends, your neighbors, your fellow citizens, and all those around the world.

Further reading: Meddling - 5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Offering Helpful Advice

Point of View

Don't Sweat The Small Stuff

Our Bond of Humanity

Shouting
        

Courage and Perseverance

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman,
before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
- John Quincy Adams

When you get into a tight place
and everything goes against you,
till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer,
never give up then, for that is just
the place and time the tide will turn.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Stand up to your obstacles
and do something about them.
You will find that they haven't
half the strength you think they have.
- Norman Vincent Peale

Obstacles are those frightful things you see
when you take your eyes off your goals.
- Henry Ford

Today's affirmation:
Even when I am afraid or unsure,
I choose to move in the direction of my goal.
Whenever I fall, I stand up,
brush myself off, and keep moving.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Photo: Talking to relatives across the Berlin Wall 1961.

Further reading: Keep Moving

Wanting is Not Enough

Choose to Soar

Beyond Failure