Sonja Lyubomirsky Quotes

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• It turns out that the process of working toward a goal, participating in a valued and challenging activity, is as important to well-being as its…
• I prefer to think of the creation or construction of happiness, because research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves.
• If we can accept as true that life circumstances are not the keys to happiness, we'll be greatly empowered to pursue happiness for ourselves.
• Thus the key to happiness lies not in changing our genetic makeup (which is impossible) and not in changing our circumstances (i.e., seeking wealth or…
• Last but not least, the happiest people do have their share of stresses, crises, and even tragedies. They may become just as distressed and emotional…
• If you're not happy today, then you won't be happy tomorrow unless you take things into your own hands and take action.
• Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not out there is that it's inside us.
• If we observe genuinely happy people, we shall find that they do not just sit around being contented. They make things happen. They pursue new…
• In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of…
• Find a happy person, and you will find a project.
• No one in our society needs to be told that exercise is good for us. Whether you are overweight or have a chronic illness or…
• It is equally important to investigate wellness as it is to study misery.
• The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed.
• People prone to joyful anticipation, skilled at obtaining pleasure from looking forward and imagining future happy events, are especially likely to be optimistic and to…
• When we are fully mindful of the transience of things - an impending return home from an overseas adventure, a graduation, our child boarding the…
• ...The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic.
• The combination of rumination and negative mood is toxic. Research shows that people who ruminate while sad or distraught are likely to feel besieged, powerless,…
• All that is required to become an optimist is to have the goal and to practice it. The more you rehearse optimistic thoughts, the more…
• Women’s magazines will often ask me things like, 'All right, I need six five-minute happiness strategies.' And I say, well, there aren’t any five-minute happiness…
• Exercise may very well be the most effective instant happiness booster of all activities,

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