HERBERT E. HAWKES

"Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune."

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

“When we stop fighting the inevitable, we release energy which enables us to create a richer life”

“If a person will devote their time to securing facts in an impartial, objective way, their worries will usually evaporate in the light of knowledge”

“You can be cured in fourteen days if you follow this prescription. Try to think every day how you can please someone.”

“Never do something you don’t want to do.”

“The biggest misconception of all doctors lies in wanting to heal the body without thinking of the spirit. Body and spirit are one and shouldn’t be treated separately.”

“70% of all people that go to the doctor could heal themselves by getting rid of their anxiety and worries.”

“We have to think about our problems, but not worry about them. [...] Worrying means recognising where the problem lies and then doing something to sort it out. Worrying means going round in circles in despair and hopelessness.”

“There is only one way on God's green earth to benefit from the past - if we objectively analyse the mistakes made, learn from them and then forget them.”

“The difference between good thinking and bad thinking is this: good thinking deals with causes and effects and leads to logical, constructive planning; bad thinking frequently leads to tension and nervous breakdowns”

“There is only one way to get love - if any: you have to stop demanding it and start giving love without any hope of getting anything in return."

“Those who don’t know how to deal with anxiety and worries die earlier.”

 “The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your losses. That requires intelligence; and it makes the difference between a man of sense and a fool.”

“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”

“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.”

“A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.”

The best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, with all your enthusiasm, on doing today’s work superbly today. That is the only possible way you can prepare for the future.

“Faith is one of the forces by which men live, and the total absence of it means collapse.”

“A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.”

“Of course, you can’t saw sawdust! It’s already sawed! And it’s the same with the past. When you start worrying about things that are over and done with, you’re merely trying to saw sawdust.”

“Don't worry about insomnia. It does far more damage than the actual lack of sleep.”

“It is claimed that almost all our fears and worries, our unhappiness, are caused by our imagination and have nothing to do with reality.”

“Every day is a new day to a wise man.”

“I am deeply convinced that our peace of mind and the joy we get out of living depends not on where we are, or what we have, or who we are, but solely on our mental attitude.”

“Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not. Therefore, the ideal and conscious way to cheerfulness - when you have lost it - is t...

“Our main task is not to see what lies in the vague distance, but only to do what is closest.”

“He was so busy with positive things that he had no time or inclination to think about the past.”

“Wise men do not sit idly by and moan about what they have lost, but cheerfully strive to repair the damage.”

“Did [Jack Dempsey] constantly admonish himself not to ruminate on the past? No, that would only have forced him to think about past problems. Rather, he accepted his defeat, came to terms with it and concentrated on his future.”

“Think and act cheerfully, then you will also feel cheerful.”

"When you are good to others you are best to yourself."

“A feeling of security is particularly important for healthy sleep.”

“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.”

“We seldom think of what we have, but always of what we lack.”

“Worries go when the movement comes.”

“Do what you think is right in your heart - because you will be criticised anyway. You will be condemned if you do it and if you don't you will also be condemned.”

“I keep six honest serving-men, they taught me all I knew. Their names are What and Why and When. And How and Where and Who.”

“We only want to know the facts that justify our actions, that fit our wishful thinking and reinforce our prejudices.”

“Gratitude is the fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.”

"When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means – we have everything to gain!”

“By talking to yourself every hour of the day, you can direct yourself to think thoughts of courage and happiness, thoughts of power and peace.”

“Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”

“Our thoughts make us who we are.”

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”

“You’re not what you think you are, but what you think, you are!”

“Once a decision is carefully reached, act! Get busy carrying out your decision – and dismiss all anxiety of the outcome.”

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes a day. Wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.”

“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”

“Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true. Everything that is not puts us into a rage.”

“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”

“The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.”

“When you devote yourself to a cause infinitely greater than yourself, it is a sure way of being able to forgive your enemies and forget them. Insults and hostilities become totally unimportant, because you think only of your great goal and become insensitive to everything else.”

“One of the chief causes of fatigue is boredom.”

“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon – instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.”

“As the years went by, I gradually discovered that ninety-nine per cent of the things I worried about never happened.”

“If I am faced with a problem and can do something, I do something. If I can't do anything, I just forget about it.”

“If you spent even half the time you are now wasting on brooding to solve your problems, you would no longer have any. Worrying is just a bad habit.”