Happiness Quotes

Calming music, by a composer such as Debussy, Brahms, John Barry or even Celine Dion, can help you to bring down your energy levels. [2009] - Liz Miller

Bipolar disorder does seem to run in families. Almost everyone with bipolar disorder had their first episode of bipolar disorder in extremely stressful circumstances. Later episodes seem to be triggered by less severe stresses. [2009] - Liz Miller

The problem with persistent and recurrent depression is not "getting sad" in the first place. Sadness is a natural mind-state, an inherent part of being human. It is neither realistic nor desirable to imagine that we can or should get rid of it. The problem is what happens next, immediately after the sadness comes. The problem is not the sadness itself, but how our minds react to the sadness. [2007] - Mark Williams

Mindfulness is the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally to things as they are. Mindfulness means paying attention to things as they actually are in any given moment, however they are, rather than as we want them to be. [2007] - Mark Williams

Tai chi, chi gung, and hatha yoga are all moving meditations. [2007] - Mark Williams

Five steps for practicing mindfulness throughout the day: 1. When possible, do just one thing at a time. 2. Pay full attention on what you are doing. 3. When the mind wanders from what you are doing, bring it back. 4. Repeat step number three several billion times. 5. Investigate your distractions. [2007] - Mark Williams

Letting go of happiness as a goal can pave the way for happiness to appear on its own. [2007] - Mark Williams

If you want to be happy, all you have to do is stop thinking about yourself and help others. The less you think about yourself and the more you help others, the happier you will become. This is a fact. [2006] - Michael Anthony

Fear is always associated with concern over a future outcome before it even occurs. Fears are based on imagined scenarios that may or may not happen. Most imagined fears never happen. The only way to successfully overcome fear is to stay in the present. Focus on what you can do in the present moment and let the outcome take care of itself - win or lose. [2006] - Michael Anthony

Go to humorous events at comedy clubs and watch laughable movies. [2005] - Jeffrey Gitomer

All human problems fall into one of three areas: health, wealth, and relationships. [2005] - Neil Strauss

85 percent of your happiness will be determined by the quality of your relationships. [2004] - Brian Tracy

The Law of Control: You feel happy to the degree to which you feel you are in control of your own life. You feel unhappy to the degree to which you feel you are not in control of your own life. [2004] - Brian Tracy

One of the rules for happiness is for you not to worry about things that happened in the past that you cannot change. [2004] - Brian Tracy

Develop the habit of taking time for yourself, in solitude and meditation each day. Reserve for yourself a 30- to 60-minute period where you can be completely alone, in the silence. Make "peace of mind" your most important goal in life. 85 percent or more of all physical illnesses and ailments today are psychosomatic in origin. [2004] - Brian Tracy

You can be deeply content without being married. I'm a big believer in the magnificence of marriage, but I know thousands of single people who are profoundly content and emotionally healthy. Their contentment is much more important to their lives than marriage would be. [2002] - Neil Clark Warren

When you wash your hands,pay attention to all the sense perceptions associated with the activity: the sound and feel of the water, the movement of your hands, the scent of the soap, and so on. There is one certain criterion by which you can measure your success in this practice: the degree of peace that you feel within. [1999] - Eckhart Tolle

When you are unoccupied for a few minutes, and especially last thing at night before falling asleep and first thing in the morning before getting up, "flood" your body with consciousness. Close your eyes. Lie flat on your back. Choose different parts of your body to focus your attention on briefly at first: hands, feet, arms, legs, abdomen, chest, head, and so on. Feel the life energy inside those parts as intensely as you can. Stay with each part for fifteen seconds or so. Then let your attention run through the body like a wave a few times, from feet to head and back again. This need only takes a minute or so. After that, feel the inner body in its totality, as a single field of energy. Hold that feeling for a few minutes. [1999] - Eckhart Tolle

Breathe into the body, and feel your abdomen expanding and contracting slightly with each inhalation and exhalation. If you find it easy to visualize, close your eyes and see yourself surrounded by light or immersed in a luminous substance -- a sea of consciousness. Then breathe in that light. Feel that luminous substance filling up your body and making it luminous also. Then gradually focus more on the feeling. You are now in your body. Don't get attached to any visual image. [1999] - Eckhart Tolle

The Agreements for Life: 1. Be Impeccable with Your Word. 2. Don't Take Anything Personally. 3. Don't Make Assumptions. 4. Always Do Your Best. 5. Be Skeptical but Learn to Listen. [1997] - Don Miguel Ruiz