Bill Crawford Quotes
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Trusting fear, while fearing trust and happiness often creates a less than happy life.
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We can't always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
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You can't use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
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Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.
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The key to self-confidence is knowing that you would choose you... and why. In this way the chosen becomes the chooser, and love versus fear becomes the energy of choice.
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True 'magic' is simply the ability to transcend what seems to be and, thus, transform one's experience. Maybe we could all use a little 'Harry Potter' in our lives.
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To understand ourself, we must understand our "selves," or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.
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One key to successful relationships is learning to say "no" without guilt, so that you can say "yes" without resentment.
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The key to being with family is to engage with those we love in a way we would teach to those we love.
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To spank or not to spank isn't the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?
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We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.
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Mistakes are just 'mis-takes,' or an action that we took that missed.
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To influence others, we must know what is influencing them... and they must know that we get it.
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When the question is either/or, the answer is almost alwaysboth/and.
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Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.
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When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.
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Freedom isn't about having permission to do whatever we want... it's about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning.
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Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.
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Just because we have a thought, doesn't mean it is a thought worth having.
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When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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There are two ways to look at most problems... 'Oh Crap!' or, 'Good Information!,' and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.
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There are only three things we 'have to' do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!
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Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.