Positive Psychology Quotes

“There will be times in your life when things simply have to be replaced because they are tired, broken, worn out, harmful, outdated, or irrelevant. Take an inventory of the things that no longer serve your best and highest good so you can replace them with things which do.”
― Susan C. Young

“Reconnect to what makes you happy and brings you Joy. If there is something that used to make you happy which you have stopped doing, do it again. Seek to find deeper meaning and significance rather than living on the surface.”
― Susan C. Young

“You are not alone in the struggles of life. Entire cosmos is with you. It evolves through the way you face and overcome challenges of life. Use everything in your advantage.”
― Amit Ray, Mindfulness Meditation for Corporate Leadership and Management

“Connecting with others gives us a sense of inclusion, connection, interaction, safety, and community. Your vibe attracts your tribe, so if you want to attract positive and healthy relationships, be one! Staying connected and getting reconnected feeds the flow of goodness which empowers our humanity.”
― Susan C. Young

“Did you once have a grand plan which has become obsolete and no longer serves you? If there are areas in your life which must change to help you create better results, a redesign may be in order. Consider going back to the ‘drawing board’ to deconstruct what isn’t working and start anew.”
― Susan C. Young

“Be a life-long learner. Whether you are seeking to achieve peace and harmony, learn a new technology to do your work faster, or design a strategy to blow your competitors out of the water, retraining is a pivotal way to strengthen your knowledge and realize your goals”
― Susan C. Young

“I'm not a fan of Positive Psychology, by the way, because happiness is basically extroversion minus neuroticism, and we knew that 15 years ago.”
― Jordan B. Peterson

“We are most ourselves, the most human, when we unabashedly immerse ourselves in the world with love and hope, gratitude and kindness.”
― John Sean Doyle, Mud and Dreams:

“[At] times we have to grab life with both hands, and twist and squeeze and wrench just to extract one sweet drop from this world: But oh how sweet, how nourishing and wholesome, when we discover that even a drop of joy and beauty and hope is possible.”
― John Sean Doyle, Mud and Dreams:

“Let me tell you a BIG secret – THE secret that many do not know about happiness. Happiness is not something some people have and others do not; happiness is a practice – a skill that you get better at by practicing positive and empowering thoughts, daily. The simple reason why so many are traveling a dirt road towards happiness is because they practice the opposite every day: anger, hate, sadness, sorrow, loneliness, etc.”
― Jellis Vaes

“To live completely is a felt poetic.”
― John Sean Doyle, Mud and Dreams:

“Life can be unforgiving when distributing pain. When you hurt, help; the more you hurt, the more your help. Pain starts to die when love walks in.”
― Janet Autherine, Island Mindfulness: How to Use the Transformational Power of Mindfulness to Create an Abundant Life

“Psychology is the foundation of success in sales and will determine whether or not we believe we are able to succeed. Without belief, we cannot convince ourselves that we are capable of success.”
― Justin Leigh, Inspire, Influence, Sell: Master the psychology, skills and systems of the world’s best sales teams

“I'm a believer in possibilities...and you're one of them.”
― Katie Lesniewski, You Are Light

“We have at our fingertips, access to so much meaning and promise, if we would only let ourselves see.”
― John Sean Doyle, Mud and Dreams:

“We are nature. We are multi-layered. Explore each part of your being. Get to the core. Don't let anything or anyone stop you from being authentically you. Janet autherine”
― Janet Autherine, Island Mindfulness: How to Use the Transformational Power of Mindfulness to Create an Abundant Life

“We are what we think we are so let's start thinking good about ourselves.”
― Aiyaz Uddin

“Permit yourself to bask in gratitude, explore with curiosity, and love with abandon.”
― Gina Simmons Schneider, Frazzlebrain: Break Free from Anxiety, Anger, and Stress Using Advanced Discoveries in Neuropsychology

“The typical example of shield feat would be the metaphor of the race where the runner walks. In a race, one of the competitors feels inferior to others during that competition and believes that he will lose (future anti-feat). However the anti-feat finds it intolerable for both self-esteem and his social prestige; then implements a shield feat strategy of "trying to fail." While others all run with all their might to "win" this player walks hand in his pocket trying to "lose" (shield feat). When he finally loses, it is a fact that he can tell himself "I did not care to win, and that's true because I walked while the others ran" (shield feat protecting pride) and so can tell all viewers of the race "I did not mind losing ... did you not see me walk?" (shield feat protecting the social prestige).”
― Martín Ross, THE SHIELD FEATS THEORY: a different hypothesis concerning the etiology of delusions and other disorders.

“The idea of happiness is not to have a lot of materialistic things. These are just an illusion in our minds. Real happiness begins when you start realizing the nature of your soul. If you push your mind to go within, you are more likely to entertain yourself, and the people around you.”
― Shankar Jha

“You get to choose whether you tell a story that exhausts you or one that energizes you.”
― Chris Janssen, Living All In: How to Show Up for the Life You Want

“Sensible thinking, we contend, usually leads to healthy emoting.”
― albert ellis & robert harper

“Insisting that things *ought* to go smoothly, that mishap *must* not occur, and that the important people in our lives *should* behave as we have told them so many times we *need* them to behave... is fundamentally irrational. Yet, as a species, we naturally tend to think in these distorted and self-defeating ways.”
― albert ellis & robert harper

“Positive thinking... allows you to create rational coping self-statements and images that aid your goals and enhance your life. However, it is limited, and sometimes even dangerous, b/c you can easily use it unrealistically and polyannaishly. Thus, you can positively tell yourself, 'I can accomplish anything I want!' But, of course you can’t. You can enthusiastically think, 'Everything will happen for the best.' But, alas, it won’t. Positive thinking, moreover, often covers up and doesn’t really remove your underlying negative thinking”
― albert ellis & robert harper

“Emotional disturbance often consists of taking a healthy *wish* for approval and turning it into an unhealthy *demand.* Then refusing to do much to win it.”
― albert ellis & robert harper, A Guide to a Rational Living

“Moreover, where frustration, sorrow, and unhappiness are frequently healthy feelings—assuming that you greatly desire something and are deprived of it—depression, despair, shame, and self-downing are practically never healthy and had best be minimized.”
― albert ellis & robert harper, A Guide to a Rational Living

“We achieve few outstanding gratifications without risk taking.”
― albert ellis & robert harper, A Guide to a Rational Living

“Difficult, however, does not mean impossible.”
― albert ellis & robert harper, A Guide to a Rational Living

“Most people spend so much time and energy trying to do the impossible—namely, to change and control the actions of others—that they wrongly believe that they cannot achieve a quite possible goal—to change their *own* thoughts and acts.”
― albert ellis & robert harper, A Guide to a Rational Living

“Your present behavior largely stems from your thinking. So by determined rethinking and practice, you can regulate and control your activities of today—and also prepare for an improved future.”
― Albert Ellis , A Guide to a Rational Living