Serious illness doesn’t bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
Albert SchweitzerBelieve me, I’m much easier to be around when we win than when we lose.
Tom BradyIf you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai LamaTrouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.
F. Scott FitzgeraldI’ve realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don’t trust my instincts – Thats when I get in trouble.
Angelina JolieI would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
Taylor SwiftEven if you have a terminal disease, you don’t have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.
Nelson MandelaIt’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.
Joel OsteenEveryone has his day and some days last longer than others.
Winston ChurchillI implore you to see the universe as a warm and supportive one because you’ll look for evidence to support this view. When you anticipate that the universe is friendly, you see friendly people. You look for circumstances to work in your favor. You anticipate good fortune flowing into your life.
Wayne DyerOne of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel.
Marilyn MonroeIn South Korea, they believe that when you turn 60, you’ve become a baby again and the rest of your life should be totally about joy and happiness, and people should leave you alone, and I just think that that’s the height of intelligence.
Alice WalkerDon’t get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that – if you dare. But get older because it’s fun!
Maya AngelouHow you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
Gilbert K. ChestertonEnergy begets energy.
Dolly PartonEven the most seemingly unpleasant situations – if you become aligned with it, something good will emerge from that.
Eckhart TolleI feel like if you’re a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what.
Lady GagaThe most positive men are the most credulous.
Alexander PopeEven when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.
Dalai LamaThere are going to be good days and bad days. Bottom line.
Jim MattisNobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?
Clint EastwoodMy success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.
Conor McGregorI’d like to think you don’t stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
Taylor SwiftI hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I’ve enjoyed doing the games. I don’t ever go to the park where I don’t have a good day. I don’t like losing. But I don’t think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don’t think once.
Bob UeckerI think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job.
Lando NorrisIn my later years, I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I’ve worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior.
Ray BradburyI don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.
Gordon RamsayI was at a New Year’s Eve party, and someone asked me how was my year, and I said, ‚I honestly think 2011 was the best year of my entire life,‘ and I actually meant it.
Dave GrohlI think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.
Clint EastwoodI have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I’m eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old.
Michelle ObamaHowever difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
Stephen HawkingNone are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Henry David ThoreauDevelop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Brian TracyI often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, ‚Dang, she looks good for her age!‘
Dolly PartonAnd above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
Isaac AsimovIf you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
Erma BombeckSexism is part of every industry and must be addressed. But I try not to focus on the negative but the positive side of what we can bring.
Angelina JolieI had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.
Kendrick LamarI don’t have much positive to say about motor neuron disease, but it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I still could do. I’m happier now than before I developed the condition.
Stephen HawkingI always have an optimistic view, no matter what it is.
Stephen CurryEach day provides its own gifts.
Marcus AureliusMy philosophy is it’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.
Anthony HopkinsNevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age.
Hermann HesseThings won’t get better dwelling on the past. Accept what has happened. Then move forward.
Jocko WillinkIn a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Mahatma GandhiIf you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
Maya AngelouFew women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.
Dwight D. EisenhowerYou all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.
Dan QuayleYou have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors… What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number eight and you’d think, ‚Great, I got another one out of the way’… Keep moving forward.
Joel OsteenFeeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
Dale CarnegieThere are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
Salvador DaliEverything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.
Kobe BryantYou should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.
Michelle ObamaI never hold a grudge.
Billy GrahamIf you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
Brian TracyI had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I’m a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what.
David GogginsI don’t have many sad days.
Billy GrahamThose who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
BuddhaStop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
Wayne Dyer