Chapters 3 and 4

“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

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"Life can be complicated at times. But the challenges you face are the same ones that billions of people have encountered throughout history. Those who have conquered the obstacles before them, whether personal or professional, have one thing in common. They never gave up. Neither should you!" - Admiral William H. McRaven page 79 in The Hero Code 

“A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” – Joyce Meyer

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson

“Staying positive does not mean that things will turn out ok. Rather it is knowing that you will be ok no matter how things turn out.” – unknown

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"Fear and anxiety will vanish when you sing" - Corrie ten Boom in Amazing Love

“You are what you are and where you are because of what's gone into your mind. You can change what you are and where you are by changing what goes into your mind.” –  Zig Ziglar

"Freedom comes whenyou realize that the lies aren't true, no matter how many times you've heard them." –  Jesse Duplantis

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"Practicing power statements (piece of cake, step it up, I got this) until they become second nature will, over time, place the interdiction process (stopping the negative mental talk) on an autopilot. Juiced up power statements explode negative mental chatter and allow your mind to still itself and await its next set of instructions…negativity will return unless you redirect your mind to a new, positive thought pattern."

 Mark Divine, Chapter 1, Unbeatable Mind

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[Discussing the power of humor and his conversation with a veteran still in the hospital healing from horrible wounds and how the 2 of them verbally sparred and made jokes.]

“The joke was a shield protecting him from the seriousness of his injuries and a sword that struck out at the enemy, saying, You didn’t defeat me because I can still laugh.” - The Hero Code by Admiral William H. McRaven