We all go through different phases and different moods in a lifetime. If things are not running the way we want them to, then we become depressed and miserable. However, if we continue this attitude we will never achieve anything... My mother has told me many times “Count your blessings before counting your miseries”; make a list of your blessings in order to feel contented. Have you noticed that the majority of human beings seem to focus on the negative? Bad news sells newspapers, television shows, magazines, etc; and alternatively - good news is often overlooked. Seeing it’s the New Year’s issue, I was thinking - Why not spread a little sunshine? We all read them, those few little words that seem to sum everything up, get right to the heart and leave us thinking... So I’ve collected some of my all-time favorite inspirational and motivating quotes in an attempt to spread some positive energy. I’m a true believer of the saying; “What goes around, comes around.” And consequently, when you put out compassion and positivity, you will receive it back.
“I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.” Martha Washington.
“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
“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.” Albert Einstein
“The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.” Victor E. Frankl
“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” William James
“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours” Swedish Proverb
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty”. Winston Churchill
“Happiness is not a matter of good fortune or worldly possessions. It’s a mental attitude. It comes from appreciating what we have, instead of being miserable about what we don’t have. It’s so simple - yet so hard for the human mind to comprehend.” Bits and Pieces
“If you want happiness for an hour - take a nap. If you want happiness for a day - go fishing. If you want happiness for a year - inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime - help someone else.” Chinese Proverb
“What is the best thing for a stream? It is to keep moving. If it stops, it stagnates. So the best thing for a man is that which keeps the currents going - the physical, the moral, and the intellectual currents. Hence the secret of happiness is something to do; some congenial work. Take away the occupation of all men, and what a wretched world it would be! Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are kept busy and not left to feed upon themselves. Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought; it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it. How important is health to happiness, yet the best promoter of health is something to do. Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.” John Burroughs
