If we just wanted positive emotions, our species would have died out a long time ago. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
“The emotions of FAITH, LOVE, and SEX are the most powerful of all the major positive emotions.” — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“We need positive emotions so that we will see the beauty all around us daily.” — Gina Simmons Schneider Copy Share Image
You see, I think negative emotions are always trumped by positive emotions. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Positive emotions enhance your life. Negative emotions sabotage your life... — Dr TPChia Copy Share Image
We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion … you dramatically improve your health and your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Negative emotion is your indicator of resistance, while positive emotion is your indicator of allowance. And they are on the same meter:… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
The pleasant life: a life that successfully pursues the positive emotions about the present, past, and future. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Positive emotions are not trivial luxuries, but instead might be critical necessities for optimal functioning. — Barbara Fredrickson Copy Share Image
So the first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Whereas cognitive constraints on negative emotions can reduce distress, freeing positive emotions from such constraints can enhance religious experience.” — Gerald L. Clore Copy Share Image
If you intend to be of assistance, your eye is not upon the trouble but upon the assistance, and that is quite… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
“In over one hundred studies to date, researchers have found that people who have a daily gratitude practice consistently experience more positive… — Graham MFT, Linda Copy Share Image
What was significant about the laughter . . . was not just the fact that it provides internal exercise for a person… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
I think of emotional well-being as a resource within each of us that allows us to do more and to perform better.… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
My all-time favorite topic in positive psychology is the study of positive emotions. I'm fascinated by how pleasant experiences, which can be… — Barbara Fredrickson Copy Share Image
Soccer must play a socio-cultural role. We reach 1.6 billion people, thanks to the positive emotions that soccer triggers, FIFA is more… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Positive thinking is just one small part of positive psychology. Plus, as an approach to well-being, positive thinking only helps you to… — Barbara Fredrickson Copy Share Image
“students who were told to think about the happiest day of their lives right before taking a standardized math test outperformed their… — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
“research indicates that anger negatively correlates with resilience. A fascinating and broadly cited study published in 2003 sought to determine what role… — Daniel D. Maurer Copy Share Image
On the quality of life: #1. Realize that each human being has a built-in capacity for recuperation and repair. #2. Recognize that… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Each of us has something to do in this lifetime. We all have negative emotions to be purified and positive emotions to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Positive growth can also be compared to a remodeling project. The initial result is horrendous. You find yourself surrounded by excruciating noise,… — Daniel Lapin Copy Share Image
Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time. One or the other must dominate. It is your responsibility… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Positive emotion can be about the past, the present, or the future. The positive emotions about the future include optimism, hope, faith,… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it. So if, from perhaps some unhealthy desire… — Benjamin Lee Whorf Copy Share Image
“Even though common sense would suggest that we should feel most happy if we experience the maximum amount of intense positive affect… — Ilona Boniwell Copy Share Image
“The repeated finding that people with happier, less troubled thought patterns can suffer more illness seems to defy common sense. The general… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“We can’t make a list of all of the “bad” emotions and say, “I’m going to numb these” and then make a… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Experiments document that while negative emotions narrow attention . . . positive emotions, especially joy, make thought patterns far more flexible, creative, integrative and efficient.” — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Mooo!' was one of those songs where I was like thank God people like it because I like it, too. When I… — Doja Cat Copy Share Image
Not only do happy people endure pain better and take more health and safety precautions when threatened, but positive emotions undo negative… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
A mind dominated by positive emotions, becomes a favorable abode for the state of mind known as faith. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Positive emotions, such as the feelings of love, kindness, self-worth, confidence and optimism, produce a better person and a good destiny. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nurturing relationships involve the sharing and amplification of positive emotions and the soothing and reduction of negative ones.” — Daniel Siegel Copy Share Image
The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
