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People Quotes by Martin Seligman
- Not only do happy people endure pain better and take more health and safety precautions when threatened, but positive emotions undo negative emotions.
- Positive emotion can be about the past, the present, or the future. The positive emotions about the future include optimism, hope, faith, and trust. Those…
- In a society in which individualism is becoming rampant, people more and more believe that they are the center of the world. Such a belief…
- Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually…
- Positive, optimistic sales people sell more than pessimistic sales people.
- Ten years ago, when I was on an airplane and I introduced myself to my seatmate, and told them [I was a psychologist], they'd move…
- On the relationship side, if you teach people to respond actively and constructively when someone they care about has a victory, it increases love and…
- People who believe they cause good things tend to like themselves better than people who believe good things come from other people or circumstances.
- There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think…
- Rather than giving people an inflated view of themselves, we need to give them concrete reasons to feel good about themselves.
- The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise…
- I believe psychology has done very well in working out how to understand and treat disease. But I think that is literally half-baked. If all…
- Perhaps the single most robust fact across many surveys is that married people are happier than anyone else.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle