I've had this post prepped and ready to go for quite some time. After a self-induced, mentally crappy last few days, these are just what I need. I know some people hate corny, overly emotional/inspirational quotes, but I'm not one of them. So if you also like these kinds of quotes, read on.

7 Rules of Life
1. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
2. What others think of you is none of your business.
3. Time heals almost everything, give it time.
4. Don’t compare your life to others and don’t judge them. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
5. Stop thinking too much, it’s alright not to know the answers. They will come to you when you least expect it.
6. No one is in charge of your happiness, except you.
7. Smile. You don’t own all the problems in the world.
― Whisper of the heart

“The minute you settle for less that you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.”
~ Maureen Dowd

"Remember that in any given situation we never see things as they are, only as we are; and that we always have a choice - to change the situation, to change ourselves, leave the situation, or decide to live with the situation."

- Peter McCaffery -The Higher Education Managers Handbook