This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.

Frequently, visualization is the key to lose weight. Imagine yourself with your desired body, and work for it. At some point in the future, this wish will come true.

If your life is ever going to get better, you'll have to take risks. There is simply no way you can grow without taking chances.

Your ultimate goal in life is to become your best self. Your immediate goal is to get on the path that will lead you there.

Lists have always implied social order.

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.