Count your blessings. Don't confuse mere inconveniences with real problems.

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.

You should not confuse your career with your life.

Life might be bad...do not make it worse

Don’t mistake gratitude for love.

Anytime you have a negative feeling toward anyone, you're living in an illusion. There's something seriously wrong with you. You're not seeing reality. Something inside of you has to change. But what do we generally do when we have a negative feeling? "He is to blame, she is to blame. She's got to change." No! The world's all right. The one who has to change is you.

Don’t confuse caution with cowardice.

Bad feelings should not always be interpreted as deterrents. They are also indicators that you are doing something frightening and worthwhile.

Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

Do not mistake yourself by believing that your being has something in it more exalted than that of others.

Don’t mistake your assumptions for the truth.

Don’t mourn your luck that’s failing now,
work gone wrong, your plans
all proving deceptive — don’t mourn them uselessly.
As one long prepared, and graced with courage,
say goodbye to her, the Alexandria that is leaving.
Above all, don’t fool yourself, don’t say
it was a dream, your ears deceived you:
don’t degrade yourself with empty hopes like these.

Life is but a dream. Don’t turn it into a nightmare.

Senator, don't let your judgement be warped by one heady moment.