Where you stand today does not matter; it is the direction in which your are moving, and the rate at which you travel, that count.

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.

We make our own world by the way in which we think; for we really do live in a world of our own thoughts.

You must pray for yourself constantly. How could it be otherwise? We worship God by believing in Him, trusting Him, and loving Him wholeheartedly - and we can attain to that only through prayer. The sole object of our being here is that we may grow like Him - and we can do that only through prayer. The more we pray for ourselves the more power will our prayers have for any other purpose whatever; so praying for ourselves is the reverse of selfishness - it is truly glorifying God.

Stop thinking about your difficulties, whatever they are, and start thinking about God instead.

What we experience is our own concept of things. That is why no two people see quite the same world, and why, in many cases, different people see such different worlds. To put it another way, we make our own world by the way in which we think; for we really do live in a world of our own thoughts.

The story of your life is really the story of the relations between yourself and God.