"Life is short. We're only allotted so much time to make our mark. I say that's all the more reason to get focused. Stop producing outputs that don't make your soul sing. Avoid trying to be effective or efficient doing things that you're not proud of and make no impact. Determine what outputs really matter to you at this stage in your life, chart your five moves to accomplish your big dreams, and go make it happen while getting insanely good at what you do. From there, the world is yours."

- Brendon Burchard, High Performance Habits

“New research in psychology and neuroscience shows that it works the other way around: We become more successful when we are happier and more positive.”

- Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage

"It’s the accumulated weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.”

- Jim Rohn

"Nothing in life is quite as important as you think it is while you're thinking about it."

- Daniel Kahneman

"It turns out that our brains are literally hardwired to perform at their best not when they are negative or even neutral, but when they are positive."

- Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage

“No matter what situation you find yourself in, there is almost always a behavior you can easily identify that, if you eliminate it, will set you on a better path.”

- Trevor Moawad

"It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go."

- Jim Rohn

“Minimizing distractions is an important part of curbing our online procrastination. To stay really connected to our goal pursuit, we need to disconnect from potential distractions like social-networking tools. This means that we should not have Facebook, Twitter, email, or whatever your favorite suite of tools is running in the background on your computer or smartphone while you are working. Shut them off.”

- Timothy Pychyl, Solving the Procrastination Puzzle

"New goals don't deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is a process, not an outcome. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results."

- James Clear

“Lifestyle is really nothing more than the art of doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”

- Darren Hardy, DarrenDaily

"Just because the sky is cloudy doesn’t mean there’s no sun. Trust that things turn out."

- Brendon Burchard, High Performance Habits

“Intelligence without focus is like a garden hose with no direction—nothing grows.”

- Sharran Srivatsaa

“Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity.”

- Jim Rohn

"If your body was turned over to just anyone, you would doubtless take exception. Why aren't you ashamed that you have made your mind vulnerable to anyone who happens to criticize you, so that it automatically becomes confused and upset?"

- Epictetus

"Not having the best situation, but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness."

- Marie Forleo

“It’s better to be urgent and efficient so that you can afford to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labors instead of stressing that you have not done enough to provide stability for yourself and your family.”

- Tim and Julie Harris, Harris Rules

"Life is short, so decide to enjoy it. Instead of discontent, bring joy and honor to what you do. I promise you'll start feeling more alive, motivated, and fulfilled."

- Brendon Burchard, High Performance Habits

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

- Maya Angelou

“Expecting positive outcomes actually makes them more likely to arise.”

- Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage

“If we have a destination in mind, if we more or less know where we are going, we are free to focus our full attention on making the most of where we are.”

- Tal Ben-Shahar, Happier