Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. Walter Inglis Anderson More Quotes by Walter Inglis Anderson More Quotes From Walter Inglis Anderson Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over. Walter Inglis Anderson smile laughter fall We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone-but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy. Walter Inglis Anderson love-life trust joy How many human beings anywhere, hold on to a relationship merely because it exists? This fear of loneliness, abandonment, or failure can, if we let it, hold any of us back from doing exactly what each of us needs to do to feel fulfilled. Walter Inglis Anderson loneliness relationship needs I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. Walter Inglis Anderson responsibility attitude character True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome. Walter Inglis Anderson adversity plot hope I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have-life itself. Walter Inglis Anderson pain grief thankful It is your choices that make you uniquely you. Walter Inglis Anderson choices Courage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it. Walter Inglis Anderson fear-not acting life Anxiety and fear produce energy. Where we focus that energy noticeably affects the quality of our lives: focus on the solution, not the problem. Walter Inglis Anderson anxiety quality focus At 10 minutes to seven on a dark, cool evening in Mexico City in 1968, John Stephen Akwari of Tanzania painfully hobbled into the Olympic Stadium-the last man to finish the marathon. The winner had already been crowned, and the victory ceremony was long finished. So the stadium was almost empty and Akwari - alone, his leg bloody and bandaged - struggled to circle the track to the finish line. When asked why he had continued the grueling struggle, the young man from Tanzania answered softly: My country did not send me 9,000 miles to start the race. They sent me 9,000 miles to finish the race. Walter Inglis Anderson struggle dark country I read myself out of poverty, long before I worked myself out of poverty. Walter Inglis Anderson poverty performances long Greatest risk of all: to be vulnerable, to allow others to see us as we really are Walter Inglis Anderson risk vulnerable Believe in something big. Your life is worth a noble motive. Walter Inglis Anderson motivational believe commitment The quickest way to relieve anxiety is ACTION! Walter Inglis Anderson anxiety action way The most sincere compliment we can pay is attention. Walter Inglis Anderson pay attention compliment If you're angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may not want to hug - which is all the more reason to do so. It's hard to stay angry when someone shows they love you, and that's precisely what happens when we hug each other. Walter Inglis Anderson anger love-you mean Beware by whom you are called sane. Walter Inglis Anderson sane You must take chances. If you do nothing, you reduce the possibilities you have for greater joy. Walter Inglis Anderson possibility chance joy Success goes to those who dare to dream. And sometimes you have to take a little "scary action," as well. - Joe Vitale Walter Inglis Anderson scary dream success True hope responds to the real world, to real life; it is an active effort. Walter Inglis Anderson effort real life
