Bill Crawford
Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.Collection: Decision
Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.Collection: Selfish
Until we become clear about our own worth and value, we will forever be searching for it in the eyes of others.Collection: Eye
To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind... Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.Collection: People
What we feed our mind becomes the material with which we build our life.Collection: Mind
Freedom isn't about having permission to do whatever we want... it's about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning.Collection: Want
Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.Collection: Stress
Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.Collection: Acceptance
Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another's state of mind.Collection: Ties
There are only three things we 'have to' do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!Collection: Choices
The way to encourage people to be accountable is to engage the responsible, accountable, trustworthy part of their brain.Collection: People
When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.Collection: Giving
Nothing will sabotage our happiness and success more thoroughly than the fear that we are not enough.Collection: Happiness And Success
To truly be of service to others, we must first serve the server. The ability to bring an enlightened presence to those in need is the ability to light a candle without burning ourselves out.Collection: Light
Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.Collection: Determination
As long as we define stress as how some person or situation is making us feel, we will have to change the world around us to find peace of mind.Collection: Stress
Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.Collection: People
One key to successful relationships is learning to say "no" without guilt, so that you can say "yes" without resentment.Collection: Successful
You can't use stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry to deal with your stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry. It's like pulling up to a burning building with a flame thrower. The energy of the problem can't be the energy behind a successful solution.Collection: Stress
There are two ways to look at most problems... 'Oh Crap!' or, 'Good Information!,' and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.Collection: Two
The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life's transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.Collection: Powerful
Just because we have a thought, doesn't mean it is a thought worth having.Collection: Mean
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.Collection: Fire
Change isn't always easy, but with purposeful practice, any old habit can be replaced with a way of being we would recommend to those we love.Collection: Practice
The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.Collection: Journey
Change isn't about what you are stopping... it's about what you are starting.Collection: Stopping
Nothing is meaningless it's how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.Collection: Past
One key to creating a meaningful life, is choosing what we want to feel, and for how long.Collection: Meaningful
Living exclusively in the land of the head or the heart will always be a limiting, limited experience. The most successful among us have dual citizenship.Collection: Heart
Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.Collection: Keys
The key to being with family is to engage with those we love in a way we would teach to those we love.Collection: Keys
Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.Collection: People
Want to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.Collection: Life Changing
In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.Collection: Views
When we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future.Collection: Responsibility
If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.Collection: Brain
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.Collection: Inspire
Love will keep us safe when we commit to choosing the kind of qualities, characteristics, and relationships that we would recommend to someone we love.Collection: Quality
To spank or not to spank isn't the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?Collection: Teaching
When our worries and fears just don't make sense, it's possible we are trusting the part of the brain that doesn't make sense... it just reacts.Collection: Worry
Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes.Collection: Optimism
When a loving, meaningful experience is our goal, we must trust an energy that is congruent with that goal as our guide along the way. Bottom line, trust love over fear if love is what you're after.Collection: Meaningful
You can't use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.Collection: Anxiety
To influence others, we must know what is influencing them... and they must know that we get it.Collection: Influence
It's not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.Collection: Feels
When 'Being Rushed' is the problem . . . Rushing is never the solution.Collection: Rushing
The difference between self-confidence and conceit is as simple as love and fear. Jesus was self-confident ... Hitler was afraid.Collection: Jesus
You can't fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.Collection: Fighting
Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.Collection: Important
Mistakes are just 'mis-takes,' or an action that we took that missed.Collection: Mistake