"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

“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

"If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves."

- Maria Edgeworth

"If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present... gratefully.” 

- Maya Angelou

"Arguably the single most important factor in your quality of life is what we choose to focus on. This is true both in the short term, in that what you focus on in any given moment determines how you feel in any given moment, and it’s also true in the long term: what you focus on over an extended period of time determines what you do or don’t accomplish and create for your life. So your internal quality of life is based on what you’re focusing on in the moment, and your external quality of life in terms of your circumstances, your relationships, is based on what you focus on consistently over an extended period of time. The single most determining factor in your quality of life, both short term and long term, is what you focus on."

— Hal Elrod, Achieve Your Goals Podcast

"Being satisfied, then, doesn’t mean “settling”. It simply means accepting and taking pleasure in what is. It’s allowing yourself to feel contentment whether or not a thing is complete or “perfect”."

- Brendon Burchard, High Performance Habits

"Forever is composed of nows."

- Emily Dickinson

"The truth about success is that our ability to achieve extraordinary results in the future lies in stringing together powerful moments, one after the other. What you do in any given moment determines what you experience in the next. Your “present now” and all “future nows” are undeniably determined by the priority you live in the moment. The deciding factor in determining how you set that priority is who wins the battle between your present and future selves."

- Gary Keller & Jay Papasan, The ONE Thing

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“What you notice and what you pay attention to is your experience; it is your life.”

- From The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky

“We postpone our happiness, convincing ourselves that tomorrow will be better than today. Yet the ability to savor the positive experiences in your life is one of the most important ingredients of happiness.”

- From The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky

“The ability to focus in the moment, foregoing all other stimuli and distractions, separates high achievers from the rest.”

- From Success Habits For Dummies by Dirk Zeller

“The secret is to focus on the things that matter and let the other things go.”

- From Harris Rules by Tim and Julie Harris

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.”

- Buddha

“Happiness, more than anything, is a state of mind, a way of perceiving and approaching ourselves and the world in which we reside.”

- From The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky

“Don’t be frustrated by past struggles. They were simply there to get you where you are today.”

- From The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne

“Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more.”

- Seneca

“We remain young to the degree that our ambitions are greater than our memories.”

- From Who Not How by Dan Sullivan

“Every wasteful activity in life robs you of moments you could spend focusing on your family, friends, and health.”

- From The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne

“Here's a big one on time management. When you work, work. When you play, play. Don’t mix the two.”

- From The Jim Rohn Guides Complete Set