Susan David

"The courage to be yourself is the greatest gift you can give the world."

"Your inner critic is just trying to protect you; thank it and move on."

"We are not our mistakes; we are what we do after we make them."

"Emotional agility is the art of being flexible with yourself and firm with your values."

"The path of least resistance often leads to the most resistance in the long run."

"Your emotions are valid even if your interpretations of them are not."

"We grow through the integration of our shadow, not through its rejection."

"The practice of emotional agility is a lifelong journey, not a destination."

"When you stop judging your emotions, you start understanding your life."

"Your capacity to feel is your greatest strength, not your greatest weakness."

"The most important relationship you will ever have is the one with yourself."

"Emotional agility is the practice of being more interested than threatened by your inner world."

"The quality of your relationships is determined by the quality of the questions you ask."

"Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life."

"What we resist persists. What we befriend, we can transform."

"Emotional agility is not about positivity. It's about emotional freedom."

"Our stories are not our identities. We are bigger than our stories."

"The goal is not to eliminate difficult emotions but to develop a different relationship with them."

"We cannot heal what we do not acknowledge."

"Flexibility of mind is a marker of psychological health."

"Our pain is often the doorway to our greatest growth."

"The way we talk to ourselves matters more than anything else."

"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is fear-informed action."

"We teach people how to treat us by the way we treat ourselves."

"Real change happens when we stop running from our emotions and start running toward our values."

"Psychological flexibility means the capacity to choose what matters most to you."

"We are not our thoughts. We are the observers of our thoughts."

"The moment you accept yourself, you free yourself."

"Authenticity is a daily practice, not a destination."

"Your discomfort is trying to tell you something important."