"The mind is everything. What you think, you become." - Buddha

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How to Improve Your Emotions and Life Using Classical Conditioning?

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Anxious

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

- Edmund Hillary

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

- Nelson Mandela

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Nelson Mandela

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

- Maya Angelou

"The brave man is not the one who feels no fear, but the one who conquers that fear."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."

- Babe Ruth

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

- Maya Angelou

"Worrying is a complete waste of time. It doesn't change the situation. It just steals your joy and energy."

- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'"

- Mary Anne Radmacher

Confused

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

- Socrates

"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."

- Voltaire

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."

- Albert Einstein

"Education is the best friend. An educated person is the most powerful person. Education is the bridge between confusion and clarity."

- Malala Yousafzai

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

- Leonardo da Vinci

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

- Lao Tzu

"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."

- Cheryl Strayed

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

- Confucius

"There are three passions, powerful enough to drive out all others - a passion for learning, a passion for creation, a passion to help others."

- Marie Curie

Disrespected

"The unexpressed emotion will never die. It is buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways."

- Sigmund Freud

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The strongest people are not always those who win, but those who don't give up when they lose."

- Nelson Mandela

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

- Epictetus

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us."

- Marianne Williamson

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions."

- Peace Pilgrim

"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."

- Brian Tracy

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself."

- Harvey Fierstein

Defeated

"Let us never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."

- Winston Churchill

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

- Aristotle Onassis

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Confucius

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."

- Maya Angelou

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."

- Napoleon Hill

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra."

- Jimmy Johnson

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

- Albert Einstein

Sad

"The sun will rise again and we will try again."

- Maya Angelou

"You are not obligated to win. You are obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do every day."

- Marian Wright Edelman

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

- Rumi

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Nelson Mandela

"You’d be surprised what you can endure if you keep moving."

- Nelson Mandela

"I must be willing to let go of the life I planned in order to have the life that is waiting for me."

- Joseph Campbell

"Tough times never last, but tough people do."

- Robert H. Schuller

"Get busy living, or get busy dying."

- Stephen King

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

Angry

"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

- Buddha

"Anger is a hot coal that you pick up with the intention of throwing at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."

- Buddha

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will save yourself a hundred days of sorrow."

- Proverb

"Breathing is the best revenge."

- Ira Sachs

"When angry, count ten. When very angry, count one hundred."

- Thomas Jefferson

"Respond to every call with love. Even if you don’t have it in your heart, respond with the love you wish you had."

- Rumi

"The angry man is always mistaken."

- Marcus Aurelius

"It is better to be silent when angry and repent later than to speak and be sorry forever."

- Proverb

"He who can control his anger has conquered a powerful enemy."

- Publilius Syrus

"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

- Buddha

Annoyed

"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

- Buddha

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has."

- Confucius

"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."

- Confucius

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Never complain, never explain."

- Disraeli

"You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can control how you react to it."

- Epictetus

"A calm and collected mind is the ultimate weapon against your enemies."

- Anatole France

"Let go of the need to be right and focus on the need to connect."

- Deborah Stone

"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."

- Gloria Steinem

Low Self Esteem

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging."

- Brene Brown

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

- Christian D. Larson

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us."

- Marianne Williamson

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The difference between successful people and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."

- Vince Lombardi

"You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with."

- Wayne Dyer

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed."

- Oprah Winfrey

Too Serious

"Life is short and we are here for a good time, not a long time."

- Marcus Aurelius

"Don't worry about the future, or be sad about the past. If you concentrate on the present, you'll enjoy life as it unfolds."

- Roy T. Bennett

"As you set out for Ithaka, keep this in mind: The journey is what matters in the end."

- C.P. Cavafy

"You don't have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you."

- Dana Jae

"The purpose of life is not to be serious. It is to be joyful, to be creative, to be free."

- Deepak Chopra

"I decided to be happy because it's good for my health."

- Voltaire

"I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions."

- Asher Roth

"Seriousness is one of the things to be avoided."

- Coco Chanel

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

- Dr. Seuss

"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."

- Charles R. Swindoll

Desperate

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

- Victor Hugo

"You may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

- Khalil Gibran

"Hope is a renewable resource."

- John Green

"The best way out is always through."

- Robert Frost

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

- C.S. Lewis, Author

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

- Thomas Edison

"Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly."

- Langston Hughes

Hopeless

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all."

- Emily Dickinson

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward."

- Victor Hugo

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

- Maya Angelou

"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey."

- Kenji Miyazawa

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."

- John A. Shedd

"The darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

- Victor Hugo

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

- Khalil Gibran

"Hope is a renewable resource."

- John Green

"Hold onto the dreams that make your heart dance."

- Holly Goldberg Sloan

Impatient

"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting."

- Joyce Meyer

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."

- Leo Tolstoy

"Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet."

- Proverb

"The best of all things are those that are most difficult to come by."

- Democritus

"Everything comes to him who waits."

- Alexandre Dumas

"The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open."

- Arnold H. Glasow

"Impatience is a form of self-destruction."

- Stanislav Lem

"Patience and fortitude conquer all things."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Through patience great things are accomplished."

- Lao Tzu

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."

- Saint Ambrose

Stressed

“I must be willing to let go of the life I planned, in order to have the life that is waiting for me.”

- Joseph Campbell

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."

- W. Clement Stone

"You do not need to control everything. Just let go and find peace."

- Miguel Ángel Ruiz

“You do not find peace by avoiding problems. You find peace by solving them.”

- General George S. Patton

“Stress comes from not being yourself. You become stressed if you are living someone else’s life.”

- Wayne Dyer

"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it."

- Sydney J. Harris

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not the one who feels no fear, but the one who conquers that fear."

- Nelson Mandela

"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"You can't always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside."

- Wayne Dyer

"Stress acts as an accelerator: it will push you either forward or backward, but you choose which direction."

- Mel Robbins

Ego

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

- Socrates

"Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about action, passion and people."

- John Maxwell

"The moment you feel yourself getting arrogant, consider how much harder you could be working."

- Maya Angelou

"Surround yourself with people who will challenge you, not people who will agree with you."

- Margaret Thatcher

"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."

- Jim Rohn

"The chief enemy of creativity is the egotistic belief that you already know it all."

- Brian Eno

"We are all here to learn. No one on earth is here to know everything."

- Earl Nightingale

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

- Lao Tzu

"If you're not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late."

- Reid Hoffman

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hate

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

- Edmund Burke

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

"Intolerance is itself a form of violence and intolerance is an obstacle to the peace which we all seek."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Let no man pull you low by reminding you of origin. The diamond came from coal."

- Jim Rohn

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."

- Booker T. Washington

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us."

- Marianne Williamson

"Justice is what love looks like in public."

- Cornel West

Anti Social

"The only true wealth is friends; and the only true friend is the one who shares your joys and sorrows."

- Jean Paul

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I decided that I wouldn't be a representative of hate and anger. That's destructive. If we're to have peace on earth, we're going to have to begin that peace within ourselves."

- Michael Jackson

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."

- Helen Keller

"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

- Buddha

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the hurt we experienced. But there is no peace without forgiveness."

- Marianne Williamson

"The best antidote to loneliness is to reach out to other people, to express your feelings, to care about their feelings."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."

- Booker T. Washington

Guilt

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

- Socrates

"The burden of guilt is heavy, but the burden of repressed guilt is heavier."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet throws on the heel that has crushed it."

- Mark Twain

"The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence."

- Roy T. Bennett

"The only mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."

- Henry Ford

"Guilt is a waste of time. It doesn't change the past, and it doesn't improve the future. Learn from it and let go."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"The only antidote to shame is to share it."

- Brené Brown

"Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone has those moments where you look back and wish you could do things differently. But the key is to learn from them and move forward."

- Kristen Bell

"If you feel ashamed of something, do it right next time."

- Mary Robinson

Shame

"The question is not whether we will fall, but whether we will rise after we fall."

- Nelson Mandela

"We all make mistakes, but that doesn't mean we have to let them define us."

- Angelina Jolie

"Shame derives its power from being unspeakable."

- Brené Brown

"The only true failure is giving up."

- John C. Maxwell

"The brave man is not the one who feels no fear, but the one who conquers that fear."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Eighty percent of the misery in the world comes from the fear of what other people think."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Nelson Mandela

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

- C.S. Lewis

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

- Rumi

Jealousy

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What is the point of comparing yourself to others? Each of us is unique with our own special gifts."

- Satchel Paige

"Comparison is the thief of joy."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"You have to be secure with yourself before you can be secure with anyone else."

- Estee Lauder

"Our envy does not diminish the greatness of others; it diminishes our own."

- Voltaire

"Celebrate other people's success. It doesn't take away from yours."

- Mel Robbins

"Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens another."

- Proverbs 27:17

"There is no competition; everyone is running their own race."

- Gabrielle Reece

"A rising tide lifts all boats."

- John F. Kennedy

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."

- Helen Keller

Bad Boss

"The only easy day was yesterday."

- Navy SEALs Motto

"The best revenge is massive success."

- Frank Sinatra

"It is better to be silent when angry and repent later than to speak and be sorry forever."

- Proverb

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

- Zig Ziglar

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra."

- Jimmy Johnson

"Let the world know you are a good person, but don't prove it."

- John Wooden

"Choose your battles wisely."

- Proverb

"The best way out is always through."

- Robert Frost

"Document everything. Keep a record of all interactions with your boss, including dates, times, and what was discussed. This will be helpful if you need to take further action."

- Practical tip for protecting yourself.

Frustrated

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."

- Steve Jobs

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

- Khalil Gibran

"The difference between an obstacle and an opportunity is our attitude."

- W. Clement Stone

"The best revenge is massive success."

- Frank Sinatra

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

- John D. Rockefeller

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Get busy living or get busy dying."

- Stephen King

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

- Confucius

"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Paranoia

"A man with one enemy must fear many friends."

- Aristotle

"Fear is a cruel teacher & tends to make us learn what isn't so."

- Pearl S. Buck

"A healthy dose of paranoia is a good thing, especially in business."

- Robert Kiyosaki

"The only truly safe place is nowhere."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The trouble with paranoia is that sometimes they're right."

- Lenore Skenzy

"The eyes of others have a magnifying effect on what we are."

- C.S. Lewis

"Trust everyone, but cut the cards yourself."

- Russian Proverb

"I trust nobody, not even myself."

- Joan Crawford

"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."

- Gloria Steinem

Insecurity

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"I'm not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

- Maya Angelou

"The brave man is not the one who feels no fear, but the one who conquers that fear."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Confidence is a habit, confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong."

- Charles F. Glassman

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Nelson Mandela

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra."

- Jimmy Johnson

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

- Marilyn Monroe

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

- Rumi

Over Thinking

"Action is the antidote to anxiety."

- Jerry Brassfield

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."

- C.S. Lewis

"Don't believe everything you think."

- Wayne Dyer

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."

- Ernest Hemingway

"The best way out is always through."

- Robert Frost

"Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere."

- Van Wilder

"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

- Benjamin Spock

"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."

- Benjamin Franklin

"The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage."

- Carrie Jones

"Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer."

- William S. Burroughs

Stubborness

"The foolish man never sees the fault that lies in himself."

- Democritus

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

- Socrates

"A stubborn heart has no ears."

- Proverb

"Flexibility is the key to stability."

- Proverb

"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."

- Confucius

"It is difficult to convince a man who has already convinced himself."

- Dale Carnegie

"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the humorous side of things."

- Ouida

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

- Lao Tzu

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

- Socrates

"To learn and not to know that you have learned is not learning. To know and not to be able to apply is not knowledge."

- Confucius

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