# John S. Hall - Quotes: 32 - Author page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall ## Books - [Daily Negations](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations.md) — 32 quotes ## Recently added quotes > Today, I will try to remember to regret the past. I will think of how many mistakes I have made throughout my life. I will say to myself, "If only I could go back in time and make different choices, so that my life could be the way it should have been." Then I will remind myself that I cannot. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/today-i-will.md) > If I take things slowly today in order to appreciate life better, and if I take time to listen to the messages that life sends me, then I will have less time to do the things I need to do today. Then tomorrow I will have to do everything that much faster and I will be that much more unable to appreciate life. It is dangerous to stop and smell the roses. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/if-i-take.md) > When my mind is operating at its peak, it should depress me to think that this is the best I can do, because it's not very good at all. When my mind is operating normally, I should be even more depressed. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/when-my-mind.md) > A tree does not try to be a koala bear. A dog does not try to be a bird. A stone does not pretend it is alive. Why should I pretend I am intelligent, or good-looking, or successful? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/a-tree-does.md) > Today, it may seem as if there are demons attacking me from within. I should remember that demons are illusory, and that when I think that I'm being attacked by unseen forces, it probably just means that I am going insane. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/today-it-may.md) > The task that lies before me is daunting and the rewards are uncertain. I should probably let someone else do it. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/the-task-that.md) > Tonight, I should watch the sun set, and think of the impending darkness as a metaphor for my wasted life: once it was bright, and full of potential, and now it is dark and hopeless and bleak. I should not make the mistake of thinking that the moon and the stars represent slim glimmers of hope, or evidence that there is light on the other side. Even if there is light somewhere I will never walk in it again. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/tonight-i-should.md) > There will always be people who have power over me, who can destroy my spirit and drain my soul. My best defense is to behave as if I have no soul, to act as if my spirit has already been crushed. Perhaps then, I will be left alone or ignored. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/there-will-always.md) > It's not just that I'm stupid; it's that I'm just smart enough to know how stupid I am. I wish I weren't so stupid. Or that I were stupider. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/its-not-just.md) > I am so far away from being the person I want to be. I am a terrible person and I am overwhelmed with guilt. I am paralyzed with shame and fear. If I work hard at improving myself each day, I may get a little tiny bit better, but I won't get much better—I'll never be great. It's too late for me. I've really blown it. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/i-am-so-far.md) > Perhaps I will achieve a small success today. If so, I must not be taken in. I am not on a roll, I am not in the zone. It was an accident, a happenstance. Such things are bound to happen sometimes. The false feeling of confidence will soon pass. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/perhaps-i-will.md) > Today, life will offer me many lessons. I will learn nothing. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-s-hall/daily-negations/today-life-will.md)