Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go better.
Malcolm Forbes The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: character adversity mood

Don't attitudenize.
Samuel Johnson Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Categories: attitude mood emotion perspective

If an Arab in the desert were suddenly to discover a spring in his tent, and so would always be able to have water in abundance, how fortunate he would consider himself; so too, when a man who...is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
Soren Kierkegaard The Book of Positive Quotations
Categories: happiness joy mood attitude depression sadness

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Benjamin Disraeli The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: action happiness mood attitude depression

Despair is criminal.
Samuel Johnson The Book of Positive Quotations
Categories: mood attitude despair depression sadness

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.
Samuel Johnson The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: wisdom mood emotion sorrow sadness depression

When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints.
Samuel Johnson The Book of Positive Quotations
Categories: depression sadness attitude mood complaint speech

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
Samuel Johnson The Book of Positive Quotations
Categories: circumstances habit mood temper attitude self-control success

Life experience teaches that we generally get back what we put out. If we don't like what we are getting back, we should examine what we are putting out.
Eric Allenbaugh Wake-Up Calls : You Don't Have to Sleepwalk Through Your Life, Love, or Career!
Categories: happiness mood attitude reciprocation depression sadness success failure

He that is angry is seldom at ease.
Danish proverb The Prentice-Hall Encyclopedia of World Proverbs
Categories: anger calm serenity peacefulness happiness joy mood feelings emotions

He who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy.
German proverb The Prentice-Hall Encyclopedia of World Proverbs
Categories: anger relationships friendships self-control self-esteem attitude mood feelings

I will make myself laugh at everything, for fear of having to weep.
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Categories: mood depression sadness laughter attitude joy fear cry weep choice

For all my good intentions, there are days when things go wrong or I fall into old habits. When things are not going well, when I'm grumpy or mad, I'll realize that I've not been paying attention to my soul and I've not been following my best routine.
Robert Fulghum from the essay "Pay Attention" Handbook for the Soul
Categories: intentions habits attitude mood anger grumpiness soul self-nurture

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Norman Vincent Peale Positive Thinking Every Day
Categories: speech talk words peace attitude mood contented happy success

A man used to vissicitudes is not easily dejected.
Samuel Johnson Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Categories: problems obstacles difficulties challenges mood attitude emotion depression sadness experience

When we can't access our inner resources, we come to the flawed conclusion that happiness and fulfillment come only from external events. That's because external events usually bring with them some sort of change. And so we've learned to rely on circumstances outside ourselves for forward or backward momentum as we hurtle through life. But we don't have to do that any longer. We can learn to be the catalysts for our own change.
Sarah Ban Breathnach Simple Abundance
Categories: change self-improvement growth self-discovery self-awareness happiness emotion mood fulfillment meaning purpose