Albert Ellis

"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own; you do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president."

"You have tremendous power to change your life by changing the words you use habitually."

"Nothing is upsetting by itself. It is only in your thinking that makes it so."

"The great question of life is not whether you have troubles, but whether you are happy with or without them."

"People are not disturbed by things, but by the views which they take of them."

"By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and preserve my own autonomy."

"When you awfulize about the present and the future, you create anxiety."

"Rational beliefs are flexible, non-absolute, and revisable."

"You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it."

"The main reason people fail is that they listen to their fears instead of their dreams."

"Humans are biologically and socially predisposed to be irrational."

"Refuse to accept defeat from yourself."

"The more you demand from life, the more you will get out of it."

"Your worth as a human doesn't depend on your achievements."

"Stop blaming! Start owning!"

"Adversity is something that all people experience, but resilience is not."

"We cannot change what we do not acknowledge."

"You have choices and the freedom to exercise them."

"Only you have the power to change your mind."

"Unhappiness is largely a matter of your own perception of things."

"Your feelings are not facts."

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."

"If you want to live a happier life, you have to change your thinking."

"The past is immutable, but your attitude toward it is not."

"Anxiety is excitement without breath."

"You must accept yourself unconditionally."

"Ego is an important thing. It's the part of yourself that keeps you alive."

"The worst thing that could happen is death, and that's not so bad."

"Self-pity is your worst enemy and if you allow it, it can destroy you."

"You cannot control other people; you can only control yourself."