1. “FOLKS ARE USUALLY ABOUT AS HAPPY AS THEY MAKE THEIR MINDS UP TO BE.”
– ABRAHAM LINCOLN
2. “AN ARROW CAN ONLY BE SHOT BY PULLING IT BACKWARD. SO WHEN LIFE IS DRAGGING YOU BACK WITH DIFFICULTIES, IT MEANS THAT IT’S GOING TO LAUNCH YOU INTO SOMETHING GREAT.”
– PAULO COELHO
3. “ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HUMAN NATURE IS THAT ALL OF US TEND TO PUT OFF LIVING. WE ARE ALL DREAMING OF SOME MAGICAL ROSE GARDEN OVER THE HORIZON INSTEAD OF ENJOYING THE ROSES BLOOMING OUTSIDE OUR WINDOWS TODAY.”
– DALE CARNEGIE
4. “THE WAY I SEE IT, IF YOU WANT THE RAINBOW, YOU GOTTA PUT UP WITH THE RAIN.”
– DOLLY PARTON
5. “IT’S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THE BEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE HAVE YET TO COME.”
– ANONYMOUS
6. “TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOUR OWN HAPPINESS. NEVER PUT IT IN OTHER PEOPLE’S HANDS.”
– ROY T. BENNETT
7. “A PERSON WHO NEVER MADE A MISTAKE NEVER TRIED ANYTHING NEW.”
– ALBERT EINSTEIN
8. “ALTHOUGH THE WORLD IS FULL OF SUFFERING, IT IS ALSO FULL OF THE OVERCOMING OF IT.”
– HELEN KELLER
9. “DO IT WITH ENTHUSIASM OR NOT AT ALL.”
– ANONYMOUS
10. “YOU CANNOT PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SADNESS WITHOUT PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM HAPPINESS.”
– JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER
11. “THEY SAY THAT A PERSON NEEDS JUST THREE THINGS TO BE TRULY HAPPY IN THIS WORLD: SOMEONE TO LOVE, SOMETHING TO DO AND SOMETHING TO HOPE FOR.”
– TOM BODETT
12. “HAPPY PEOPLE PLAN ACTIONS. THEY DON’T PLAN RESULTS.”
– DENNIS WHOLEY
13. “IF YOU AREN’T GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE HAPPY WITH MORE?”
– ROY T. BENNETT
14. “ONCE WE MAKE OUR DECISION, ALL THINGS WILL COME TO US. AUSPICIOUS SIGNS ARE NOT A SUPERSTITION, BUT A CONFIRMATION. THEY ARE A RESPONSE.”
15. “WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OBSTACLE AND AN OPPORTUNITY? OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD IT. EVERY OPPORTUNITY HAS A DIFFICULTY, AND EVERY DIFFICULTY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY.”
– J. SIDLOW BAXTER
15. “WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OBSTACLE AND AN OPPORTUNITY? OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD IT. EVERY OPPORTUNITY HAS A DIFFICULTY, AND EVERY DIFFICULTY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY.”
– J. SIDLOW BAXTER
17. “I LIKE LIVING. I HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN WILDLY, DESPAIRINGLY, ACUTELY MISERABLE, RACKED WITH SORROW, BUT THROUGH IT ALL I STILL KNOW THAT JUST TO BE ALIVE IS A GRAND THING.”
– AGATHA CHRISTIE
18. “SOMETIMES WHEN THINGS ARE FALLING APART THEY MAY ACTUALLY BE FALLING INTO PLACE.”
– ANONYMOUS
19. “MY MISSION IN LIFE IS NOT MERELY TO SURVIVE, BUT TO THRIVE; AND TO DO SO WITH SOME PASSION, SOME COMPASSION, SOME HUMOR, AND SOME STYLE.”
– MAYA ANGELOU
20. “MAN IS FOND OF COUNTING HIS TROUBLES, BUT HE DOES NOT COUNT HIS JOYS. IF HE COUNTED THEM UP AS HE OUGHT TO, HE WOULD SEE THAT EVERY LOT HAS ENOUGH HAPPINESS PROVIDED FOR IT.”
– FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
21. “WHAT THE CATERPILLAR CALLS THE END OF THE WORLD, THE MASTER CALLS A BUTTERFLY.”
– RICHARD BACH
22. “THE BEST WAY TO CHEER YOURSELF IS TO TRY TO CHEER SOMEONE ELSE UP.”
– MARK TWAIN
23. “THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO LIVE YOUR LIFE. ONE IS AS THOUGH NOTHING IS A MIRACLE. THE OTHER IS AS THOUGH EVERYTHING IS A MIRACLE.”
– ALBERT EINSTEIN
24. “IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT’S DONE.”
– NELSON MANDELA
25. “YOU CAN, YOU SHOULD, AND IF YOU’RE BRAVE ENOUGH TO START, YOU WILL.”
– STEPHEN KING
26. “SOMETIMES LIFE DOESN’T GIVE YOU SOMETHING YOU WANT, NOT BECAUSE YOU DON’T DESERVE IT, BUT BECAUSE YOU DESERVE MORE.”
– ANONYMOUS
27. “HAPPINESS IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF PROBLEMS. IT’S THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THEM.”
– STEVE MARABOLI
