“I am the owner of my choices. I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold regardless of how aware I am of why or how I come to possess that particular perspective. It takes courage to look into the mirror of our souls, absent excuses. I will look into that mirror little bits at a time. SEE and ACT. SEE what I can bear to see and ACT upon what I am able. This is the heart of a gentle invitation to personal responsibility.” LooksHeartLittlesI CanSoulAbleChoicesBitsResponsibilityParticularSourcePerspectiveBearsLittle BitMirrorsExcuseCompromiseGentleOwnersInvitationsAbsentPersonal Responsibility Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“Having had the good fortune to serve beside her on both courts, I can attest that her opinions are always thoroughly considered, always carefully crafted and almost always correct (which is to say we sometimes disagree). That much is apparent for all to see. What only her colleagues know is that her suggestions improve the opinions the rest of us write, and that she is a source of collegiality and good judgment in all our work.” KnowsWritingI CanSometimesOpinionSourceJudgmentCourtFortuneDisagreeColleaguesSuggestionsGood FortuneGood Judgment Author:Antonin Scalia
“I've got many, many demons that affect me on many, many levels. A few years ago, I was convinced of that - I thought I truly was possessed by the devil. I remember sitting through the Exorcist a dozen times, saying to myself, 'Yeah, I can relate to that. I really wish I knew why I've done some of the things I've done over the years. I don't know if I'm a medium for some outside source. Whatever it is, frankly, I hope it's not what I think it is - Satan.”” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsI CanDoneRememberWishLevelsSourceDevilSittingYears AgoYeahConvincedMediumsRelateSatanDemonDozenPossessedExorcist Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“Every time I start a picture ... I feel the same fear, the same self-doubts . . . and I have only one source on which I can draw, because it comes from within me.” FeelsI CanSelfDoubtSourceDrawsSelf-doubt Book:I, Fellini Source: I, Fellini
“Doubt is most often the source of our powerlessness. To doubt is to be faithless, to be without hope or belief. When we doubt, our self-talk sounds like this: 'I don't think I can. I don't think I will.'... To doubt is to have faith in the worst possible outcome. It is to believe in the perverseness of the universe, that even if I do well, something I don't know about will get in the way, sabotage me, or get me in the end.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayBelieveWellsI CanEndsSelfMotivationalUniverseBeliefSoundDoubtWorstSourceOutcomesHave FaithPowerlessnessWithout HopeSabotageSelf TalkFaithlessPerverseness Author:Blaine Lee Pardoe
“For the nerd in me, I prefer full quality digital files as they give a truer representation of the source mix, the studio in fact. From these files I can quite often tell what kind of set up made the tracks. For the music lover in me, vinyl is more woosey, richer, more alive, more real, more imperfect and somehow becoming more like life itself. But I don't prefer it per se. The mastering engineer in me always loves to hear it as it was made.” GivingKindMadeI CanRealFactsQualityAliveSourceBecomingLoversTrackStudiosDigitalImperfectEngineersRepresentationNerdFilesBecoming MoreVinylMusic Lover Author:Chris McCormack
“If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control-myself. I can stop trying to shape up my wife and can work on my own weaknesses. I can focus an being a great marriage partner, a source of unconditional love and support. Hopefully, my wife will feel the power of proactive example and respond in kind. But, whether she does or doesn't, the most positive way I can influence my situation is to work on myself, on my being.” IfsWayWantFeelsTryingKindDoeI CanMy OwnSituationSupportFocusWifeOne ThingInfluenceExampleSourceShapesWeaknessMy WifePartnersHopefullyUnconditional LoveUnconditionalStop TryingProactiveGreat MarriageControl Myself Author:Stephen Covey
“Now I meditate twice a day for half an hour. In meditation, I can let go of everything. I'm not Hugh Jackman. I'm not a dad. I'm not a husband. I'm just dipping into that powerful source that creates everything. I take a little bath in it.” LittlesI CanHoursPowerfulHalfMeditationSourceDadHusbandLetting GoBuddhistBathsMeditatingMeditation Mind Author:Hugh Jackman
“I don't know that I can define fear. But one of the sources of fear is holding up some sort of model life that doesn't exist and feeling like you're far away from it.” KnowsI CanFeelingsLike YouSourceModelsFar Away Author:Albert Brooks
“Zionists are the source of destructions, I wish I can fight against them.” I CanFightingWishSourceDestructionZionist Author:Mel Gibson
“I never feel like I am "using" a voice, rather I am listening to a voice and recording it as faithfully as it comes to me and as I can. I think that the female sex is much maligned, even in our supposedly sexually "open" society. It is the site of a woman's pleasure, and the source of (most) children's entry into the world, and an ancient symbol of power and fecundity, and we are directly or indirectly told in modern times that it's dirty, shameful, ugly, odorous, and to be hidden away.” ThinkingWorldFeelsChildrenI CanSexVoicePleasureModernSourceListeningFemaleAncientUglySymbolsDirtySiteShamefulSexuallyEntryModern Times Author:Micheline Aharonian Marcom
“pay attention to what I eat and to how I balance that with physical and mental exercise. The same way I want to spend time filling my mind with the best information I can acquire from the best sources I can obtain, I also want to consume nourishment from the best sources for my body.” WayWantMindI CanBodyPayAttentionInformationSourceBalanceExercisePay AttentionAcquireEnd TimesFillingSpend TimeNourishment Author:Adam Rodriguez
“I don't know who did the hacking [through president election 2016]. The article is based on a lie that the R.N.C. was hacked. So the entire premise of the article is false. The sources are unnamed. And the report was inconclusive.The point is, though, we need to find out more facts about this situation. Then we can make intelligent decisions later, and you and I can have more intelligent conversation about what to do about it.” KnowsNeedsI CanFactsLyingPresidentDecisionSituationSourceConversationIntelligentElectionReportsArticlesPremisesHackingHackedIntelligent Conversation Author:Reince Priebus
“I can't think of a scenario under which [Vladimir Putin] would gradually resign from power. For him and those around him, power became a source of unlimited enrichment. A loss of power would be tantamount to an annihilation of the economic success that has been achieved so far.” ThinkingHas BeensI CanWould BeLossEconomicSourceUnlimitedPutinScenariosAnnihilationEnrichmentEconomic Success Author:Garry Kasparov
“One of the things I noticed about the Trump supporters was a lot of projected fear. I can't tell you how many times a conversation went like this: "We've got to stop these immigrants, because it's terrible." I'd say, "Okay, what personally have you observed about this?" And there would be basically nothing in that box. And I'd say, "Where'd you get your information?" thinking they were going to say Fox. But they would always say, "Well, I get my information from all kinds of sources." Fox is kind of center-left to a lot of people now.” PeopleThinkingWellsKindI CanWould BeLeftInformationSourceTrumpTerribleConversationOkayBoxesAll KindsImmigrantsFoxesSupporter Author:George Saunders
“I never know who's influencing me at any time. I mean, I can take a play by Brecht and adapt it, I'm consciously adapting that play, or, as I've done with the Greek classics, Euripides and Oedipus, and I'm consciously adapting that play. Whether it influences me or not, I think it's the critics, the analysts who have to decide that. Me, I don't feel that I'm under the influence of any such sources.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsMeanI CanDonePlayInfluenceSourceCriticsGreekAnalystsAdaptingBrechtOedipus Author:Wole Soyinka
“I try to focus on the present, what I'm doing now. I feel like the best design I can have is an awareness of where I've come from so that I don't repeat myself. Luckily, my work provides me with a tremendous source of new opportunities.” FeelsTryingI CanOpportunityFocusAwarenessDesignSourceRepeatsNew OpportunityBest Design Author:Demi Moore
“If I'm a young mom or young dad, I can find a great source of strength. God has promised that He will help me to be the mom or dad that He wants me to be. He has promised to be with me every step of the way. He has promised that He will never leave me or forsake me. These are wonderful promises that I can learn to trust and build a life on.” IfsWayWantI CanHelpingYoungStepsWonderfulSourceMomDadPromiseHelp MeWant MeLeaving MeEvery StepForsakeSource Of StrengthNever Leave MeHe Wants Me Author:Max Lucado
“There are some filmmakers like the Coen brothers that are very precise. They make shooting boards, they do it shot by shot, and they follow every single line in their own script. They make amazing movies, and I admire them so much, but I can't do that. I have no idea how the movie will exactly be. While shooting, I just try to create an accident that I don't control very well - grabbing things from different sources and ideas, and then having a sensation somewhere that it will make sense.” TryingWellsI CanIdeasDifferentLinesBrotherSourceShotsScriptsAccidentsAdmireShootingNo IdeaMake SenseBoardsFilmmakerSensationsPreciseGrabbingCoen BrothersExactly IsSingle Line Author:Pablo Larrain
“There's no way I can represent for everyone. I can't represent for all women or all big women or all black women. It's important for people not to make celebrities their source of who they should be in life. I can't take on the pressure of being perfect. Nobody is.” PeopleWayShouldI CanImportantBigsBlackPerfectSourcePressureBlack WomenAll Black Author:Queen Latifah
“Once in a while, I'll slip and get off my vegan diet and have egg whites in the morning, that's a good source of protein while I'm out on the road. If I can feel my body starting to tire, those are good to keep you healthy.” IfsFeelsI CanBodyMorningSourceHealthyStartingDietsEggsVeganSlipsTireProteinVegan Diet Author:Travis Barker
“I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsShouldI CanBodyTurnsAsksEnergySourceNegativeAngerAngryCarefulI RealizedBe CarefulMy ThoughtsNegative Energy Author:Yoko Ono