1. Choose to be optimistic; it feels better. Dalai Lama
2. What surprises me most is Man, because he is so anxious about the future that he doesn’t enjoy the present, the result being he doesn’t live in the present or the future; He lives as if he’s never going to die, and then he dies having never really lived. Dalai Lama
3. Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day. Jesus Christ
4. Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future; concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha
5. If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you can’t, there is no benefit in worrying about it. Dalai Lama
6. Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations, you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to these situations. Dalai Lama
7. What we think, we become. Buddha
8. We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. Buddha
9. No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Buddha
10. Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. Buddha
11. Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. Buddha
12. Nobody can hurt me without my permission. Mahatma Gandhi