13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success

by Amy Morin

Instead of pitying ourselves for what we lost, we choose to feel grateful for what we had.

When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.

Clearly, everyone has an opinion, but successful people don’t allow one person’s opinion to define them.

Keep in mind that one person’s opinion of you doesn’t make it true. You can respectfully choose to disagree and move on without devoting time and energy into trying to change the other person’s mind.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. —MAYA ANGELOU

If you spend all your time looking in the rearview mirror, you can’t look out the windshield.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

Most people who feel a sense of entitlement lack self-awareness. They think everyone else perceives them the same way they perceive themselves.

You have choices in how you respond to disappointments. Even if you can’t change the situation, you can choose how to respond. You can decide to deal with problems, circumstances, or tragedies that come your way without developing a victim mentality.