Coping Strategies Quotes

"The ego refuses to be distressed by the provocations of reality, to let itself be compelled to suffer." "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." "Don't waste time bathing in the negative experience. Spin your energy and focus your attention on moving on. Take the lesson from the hardship, and use it in the future." "Remember that what you are feeling does not reflect your reality! We cannot always control the thoughts that come into our minds, but we can control the thoughts that we dwell on." "I think it's important that we look at the underlying causes of our stress and try to dismantle them rather than just try to cover it up with medication" "One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on." "Why do you want to shut out of your life any uneasiness, any miseries, any depressions? For after all, you do not know what work these conditions are doing inside you." "Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable" "When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear" "The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness" "Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have." "On particularly rough days when I'm sure I can't possibly endure I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100% which is pretty good"