Bonner Slayton

“Life is simpler when we feel controlled. When we tell ourselves that we are controlled, we can shift the responsibility of freeing ourselves onto that which controls us. When we do that, we don’t have to bear the responsibility of our unhappiness or shoulder the burden of self-ownership. We don’t have to do anything. And nothing will ever change.”
― Ken Ilgunas, Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom

“I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint. (Jeremiah 31:25)”
― Andrew Gilmore, Do No Work: Beat Burnout, Find Inner Peace, and Strengthen Your Faith by Studying the Most Overlooked of the Ten Commandments

“And though I may react to the trauma emotionally, shed private tears, have a meltdown away from people, or enjoy a complete “one flew over the cuckoo’s nest” episode, when I’m finished expressing emotion I keep on keeping on. When I finish my rant, tantrum, or moment of grief, I move into the instinctive survival mode that has empowered humans to endure plights and pleasures of all kinds. Change is often as painful for me to endure as it is for anyone else, but I have learned to take the bitter with the sweet and keep on moving forward.”
― T.D. Jakes, Instinct: The Power to Unleash Your Inborn Drive

“if you are the smartest person in a room, you are in the wrong room.”
― T.D. Jakes, When Power Meets Potential: Unlocking God's Purpose in Your Life