There is nothing more profoundly serious than real comedy, which is an affirmation of human communion, redemption and grace.
I know not what you mean by God; the word God is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation.
The effective prayers are affirmations.
There is more to joy than looking only for affirmation; refusing to be challenged is the only bigotry.
Affirmation statements are going beyond the reality of the present into the creation of the future through the words you use in the now.
I think of Martin Luther King phrase a lot when I'm deciding public issues. He said: "Here I stand: I can do no other. " It is basically an affirmation of my ultimate responsibility to obey my conscience in my acts as a public official.
WHAT A TIRING WAY TO LIVE, WHEN YOUR SELF-WORTH IS CONSTANTLY RELYING ON THE AFFIRMATION AND APPROVAL OF OTHERS.
An affirmation is almost like a mantra. It does not really matter if what you are affirming is not totally true as yet. By repeating an affirmation over and over again, it becomes embedded in the subconscious mind, and eventually it becomes your reality.
Affirmation of the world, which means affirmation of the will-to-live that manifests itself around me, is only possible if I devote myself to other life.
Now in these troubled times, even more than ever, we need an affirmation that there is goodness and beauty in the world.
The minute you say "I can't", it is another wrong affirmation to your subconscious that you choose to lose.
This or something better now manifests for me in totally satisfying and harmonious ways, for the highest good of all concerned.
It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through.
Using affirmations on a daily basis is one of the easiest things we can do to change our lives.
Constant repetition carries conviction.
Self-affirmation cannot be found in love; it is a prior condition of genuine love.
We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say we will not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace
There is no affirmation without the one who affirms. in this sense, everything to which you grant your love is yours
Man lives more by affirmation than by bread.
I believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree, concerned with the affirmation of life.