Overcompensation Psychology Quotes & Sayings

Be the responsibility on their heads who raise this novel and extraordinary question of reception, going to the unconstitutional abridgment, as I conceive, of the great right of petition inherent in the People of the United States. — Caleb Cushing

A more promising hypothesis is that happiness comes from within and cannot be obtained by making the world conform to your desires. This idea was widespread in the ancient world: Buddha in India and the Stoic philosophers in ancient Greece and Rome all counseled people to break their emotional attachments to people and events, which are always unpredictable and uncontrollable, and to cultivate instead an attitude of acceptance. This ancient idea deserves respect, and it is certainly true that changing your mind is usually a more effective response to frustration than is changing the world. — Jonathan Haidt

So, you guys are like us in other, uh, departments? — Jennifer L. Armentrout

In brief, sir, study what you most affect. — William Shakespeare

We are justified by faith and saved by grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I went to college at QUT: Queensland University of Technology. I studied for a Bachelors in finance and acting. — Brenton Thwaites

Unlike stories, real life, when it has passed, inclines toward obscurity, not clarity. — Elena Ferrante

You are what you eat, but eventually you become what eats you. — Ashleigh Brilliant

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose. — Tony Blair