A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. ~Hugh Downs
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. ~Arthur Christopher Benson
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. ~Alphonse Karr
If you call a thing bad you do little, if you call a thing good you do much. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. ~John Burroughs
The real "it is well" is something I say from the ground, having fallen. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind. ~Paavo Nurmi
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. ~Edward de Bono, Observer, 12 June 1977
Anywhere you go liking everyone, everyone will be likeable. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Worship," The Conduct of Life, 1860
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them. ~Epictetus
Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day. ~Nicholas Chamfort
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition. ~William Arthur Ward
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. ~Arthur Rubinstein
There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are." ~Frederick L. Collins
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. ~Marcus Antonius
You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe. ~James Whistler
"It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily. "So it is." "And freezing." "Is it?" "Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately." ~A.A. Milne
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. ~Alice Walker
Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
You must start with a positive attitude or you will surely end without one. ~Carrie Latet
So our human life but dies down to its root, and still puts forth its green blade to eternity. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
Nothing is interesting if you're not interested. ~Helen MacInness
Positive anything is better than negative thinking. ~Elbert Hubbard
For every day that there is sunshine, there will be days of rain,
it's how we dance within them both that shows our love and pain.
~Joey Tolbert
I am sure that nothing has such a decisive influence upon a man's course as his personal appearance, and not so much his appearance as his belief in its attractiveness or unattractiveness. ~Leo Tolstoy
Be enthusiastic. Remember the placebo effect - 30% of medicine is showbiz. ~Ronald Spark
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. ~G.K. Chesterton, "On Running After One's Hat," All Things Considered, 1908
Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools. ~Napoleon
Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. ~Art Linkletter
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. ~Galileo Galilei
Heaven is under our feet, as well as over our heads. ~Henry David Thoreau
A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world; everyone you meet is your mirror. ~Ken Keyes, Jr.
The sun won't shine until you put the umbrella away. Be free. ~Author Unknown
Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up. ~Dag Hammarskjold
The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings. ~Henri Frédéric Amiel
Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles. ~Alex Karras
It isn't our position but our disposition which makes us happy. ~Author Unknown
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. ~Maori Proverb
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~Rabindranath Tagore
Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. ~Emory Austin
