"A person can make himself happy, or miserable, regardless of what is actually happening ‘outside,’ just by changing the contents of consciousness."

- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

"Gratitude is a choice. It's also the quickest way to turn yourself from negative to positive. It doesn't matter what is going on around you. You can always find something to be grateful for."

- Darrin Donnelly

"Which of us is not saying to himself—which of us has not been saying to himself all his life: ‘I shall alter that when I have a little more time’? We never shall have any more time. We have, and we have always had, all the time there is."

- Arnold Bennett, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

“Your beliefs are THE master commanders of your behavior and your results.”

- Marie Forleo, Everything is Figureoutable

"Discomfort isn’t danger — it’s direction."

- Paul Mayer

“Trust that whatever is happening to you is actually happening for you. Trust that every single obstacle you face is providing you with a greater opportunity you would not have otherwise had.”

- Darrin Donnelly

“To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Thought is Cause: Experience is Effect. If you don’t like the effects in your life, you have to change the nature of your thinking.”

- Marianne Williamson

“You’re co-creating your reality through the thoughts, words, and behaviors you choose minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. Your life is an ongoing act of creation and you’re 100 percent in charge.”

- Marie Forleo, Everything is Figureoutable

“The quality of your life will be a direct result of how much of your time you spend in the positive quadrants, on the bright side of life, and how little time you spend on the dark side. You have a choice in the matter. The decision is yours.”

- Larry Kendall, Ninja Selling

"Your life can begin to change the moment you accept responsibility for your own mindset, consequent thinking and behavior. If you are not leading the life you want, there are a number of ways, illustrated in each lesson, that you can regain control. The key questions to answer are, ‘What do I want?’ And 'How much do I want it?’ Change is not easy, but if you can overcome any fears and doubts and summon up the willpower to take responsibility and strengthen your mindset, you can reshape the course of your life."

- Bill Belswick, Changing Your Story

"Your attitude is one of the single most important things you can control, and if you’re not careful, you will let others influence and sometimes even control your attitude for you."

- Alden Mills

“Your entire life changes the day that you decide you will no longer accept mediocrity for yourself. When you realize that today is the most important day of your life. When you decide that now matters more than any other time. Because it is who you are becoming each day based on the decisions that you are making and the actions that you are taking, that is determining who you are going to be for the rest of your life."

- Hal Elrod, Miracle Morning for Real Estate Agents

"The choice we face is between passively reacting to extrinsic demands and actively creating our life."

- Tal Ben-Shahar, Happier

"Reactive behavior breeds reactive behavior, while proactive behavior produces more of the same."

- John Maxwell, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth

“Remember, there’s no greatness in the future. Or clarity. Or insight. Or happiness. Or peace. There is only this moment.”

- Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key

"Proactive people focus on the things they can change. Reactive people focus on the things they can't control."

- Tony Robbins

“Life is too short to be in a hurry.”

- Thoreau

“Positivity is like a radar in search of solutions to problems. Thus, positive thinkers can see solutions, where negative people see only problems.”

- Tom Corley, Rich Habits: The Daily Habits of Successful Individuals

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

- Daniel Kahneman