"People who get what they want are generally decisive people. And if you want to do this without having to ask, you need to be doubly firm with yourself. It’s OK —decisive behavior may not come naturally to all of us, but you can learn it. Just jump in with both feet. It gets easier every time."
-- Richard Templar
"I saw a cartoon some years ago of a man on his deathbed, telling his grieving loved ones, “I wish I’d bought more crap.” Successful people often keep working to increase their wealth, accumulating far beyond anything they could possibly spend and more than they want to bequeath. One day I asked a wealthy friend why this is so. His answer was that many people who have gotten rich know how to measure their self-worth only in material terms, so they stay on the hedonic treadmill of earning and acquiring, year after year. They hope that at some point, they will finally feel truly successful, happy, and thus ready to die. But it never works."
-- Arthur C. Brooks
"These small, everyday actions had their own value; the pressure of my daily habits would mold my future. These habits were little things on their own, but their combined weight was massive."
-- Gretchen Rubin
"My desire to explore life began with dreaming. When I was a child I used to watch famous dancers, actors and singers on stage and television and think, ‘That’s what I’m going to do one day.’ And I never for a moment doubted that my dream would come true."
-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup
"Once the storm quiets down, and it will surely pass, don’t feel the need to pick yourself up immediately and get right back to where you were before. Give yourself time to sit with your present feelings. Once you make time and space for your emotions, you will be able to process them easily and ask important questions such as “What am I feeling now?” “What are my emotions trying to tell me?” and “What did I learn from the experience?” When we pose these questions with curiosity, rather than with judgment, we will come to see deeper truths about ourselves."
-- Haemin Sunim
"Get it done. Then get it live. Then try to get it perfect sometime in the future maybe, if you have some time. Do then fail then learn then repeat. Any part in isolation won’t work out."
-- Nicholas Haralambous
"What has profoundly and positively changed my life, and the lives of so many others, is the understanding that changing one’s mind—and thereby having new experiences and gaining new insights—is simply a matter of breaking the habit of being oneself. When you overcome your senses, when you understand that you are not bound by the chains of your past—when you live a life that is greater than your body, your environment, and time—all things are possible. The universal intelligence that animates the existence of all things will both surprise and delight you. It wants nothing more than to provide you with access to all you want. In short, when you change your mind, you change your life."
-- Dr. Joe Dispenza
"If you want to be happy, you have to state your honest aspiration to be happy, to be willing to be a little less special in worldly terms, and thus to stop objectifying yourself. You must state your desire to lighten your load with pride’s opposing virtue: humility."
-- Arthur C. Brooks
"Positive emotions supply us with energy and drive. Experiencing a positive emotion about anything will direct our attention toward it, whether it’s something that has to be done or an activity that distracts us from a task."
-- Mary Lamia
"Some people’s identities get caught up with where they ‘should be’ at certain points. It is a very human thing to compare ourselves to others. But this can cloud our judgement and get in the way of going after what we really want."
-- Trinny Woodall
