Self Help Quotes

Music give infinite strength.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I am my own self.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

through faith we overcome, through fate we drown

~ Ikechukwu Joseph

You will encounter many challenges in life. But you must never be defeated by the challenges.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Don’t live life, without an enthusiasm of existence.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Be strong in heart, spirit and mind.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The Lord is the Lord of my life. He gives me hope.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

May you discover your sacred-self.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When you forgive, it does not mean that you have submitted, it simply means that you have made a choice to stop bearing any grudge.

~ Stephen Richards

You are the custodian of your own happiness. What other people say, do or think does not create a basis for your happiness. It is you who decides your own happiness, just like forgiveness.

~ Stephen Richards

The heart is where the journey of forgiveness begins.

~ Stephen Richards

Locking ourselves in the situation where we wish for sympathy and want to be looked at as the aggrieved party normally makes us powerless.

~ Stephen Richards

Vision transforms hope into committed action and passion transforms wants into new realities.

~ Michael Strasner

The moment we become forgivers, then we are in line to enjoy the benefits of forgiveness.

~ Stephen Richards

Success doesn’t happen by accident. You make it happen. But before you reach that road to victory, some things about yourself have to be changed.

~ Kevin J. Donaldson

The idea of forgiveness is a journey that requires patience. If the journey of forgiveness is well travelled, there is a chance that we are bound to change in a very helpful way.

~ Stephen Richards

Sometimes we are very convinced that what we went through needs to be re-lived so we end up going back and forth to the demons of the past and eventually we fail to get over them.

~ Stephen Richards

Forgiveness does not change the past, that’s for sure, but it does change the future.

~ Stephen Richards

The minute we put aside our self-righteousness and move away from being the aggrieved, then we are on a healing process.

~ Stephen Richards

The only thing that will make us remain glued to being the victim is our failure to handle the emotions that we go through and the pain that overcomes us.

~ Stephen Richards

When you make up your mind to forgive, your happiness will almost automatically follow.

~ Stephen Richards

In an unforgiving world, chaos rules.

~ Stephen Richards

When you forgive, you immerse yourself in healing waters.

~ Stephen Richards

You are a great soul. Live in the light.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Any advice which does not lead to self-improvement is misleading.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Live your best sacred-life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When you forgive, you are freed from some of the feelings of disapproval and it can contribute to lessening your negative thoughts.

~ Stephen Richards

Offer yourself forgiveness as a gift. The word ‘give’ is the basic keyword in the word forgiveness, therefore it relays a meaning therein.

~ Stephen Richards

The same zeal and guts with which you were persistent not to forgive is the same zeal and enthusiasm with which you should be able to open up a new relationship with your partner, loved one or friend, one that is founded on commitment and dedication.

~ Stephen Richards

Surround yourself with positive and productive people.

~ Renee Hines

Your forgiveness or failure to forgive simply takes you nearer or further away from your ultimate goal. There are no two ways to deal with it, there is only one.

~ Stephen Richards

The path is undefined. You have to define and walk in your own path.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It's a simple working formula: if who you are and what you have- in your relationships, at home, or on the job- are what you want, that's perfect; keep doing what you've been doing and you'll get more of it. However, if who you are and what you have is less than or different than what you want, you'll have to make some basic changes.

~ Chris Prentiss

To have the beautiful relationship you want, you and your partner must share your life stories with each other, holding nothing back. That sharing includes any past experiences of brutality, traumas, rape, incest, and emotional or mental torture of any kind that either of you has experienced as well as the wonderful memories you each cherish.

~ Chris Prentiss

First-class relationships are possible only in an atmosphere of total trust.

~ Chris Prentiss

Blaming other people inevitably makes us blame ourselves because if we are pointing the finger at someone, practically, we are pointing it at ourselves as well.

~ Stephen Richards

We are often so convinced that we are so hurt and in pain, so much so that we opt not to forgive. Yet, as a consequence, that is what will make you weak!

~ Stephen Richards

Just because you have been through a bad experience does not give you the ticket to keep going back to that situation over and over again and dramatizing it out of proportion.

~ Stephen Richards

Overly playing the role of the victim can debar you from accepting responsibility for your actions and emotions.

~ Stephen Richards

Being joyous or happy is not something you should feel guilty about.

~ Stephen Richards