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Something Quotes by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times...the best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched…
- What I "discovered" was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not…
- The ability to take misfortune and make something good come of it is a rare gift. Those who possess it are ..said to have resilience…
- One cannot lead a life that is truly excellent without feeling that one belongs to something greater and more permanent than oneself.
- I think that evolution has had a hand in selecting people who had a sense of doing something beyond themselves.
- What does this contradictory pattern mean?one conclusion seems inevitable: when it comes to work, people do not heed the evidence of their senses. They disregard…
- Optimal experience is thus something that we make happen.
- It is how we choose what we do, and how we approach it, that will determine whether the sum of our days adds up to…
- To be successful you have to enjoy doing your best while at the same time contributing to something beyond yourself.
- We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters of our own…
- Try to be inspired by something every day. Try to inspire at least one person every day.
- Write down each day what surprised you and how you surprised others. When something strikes a spark of interest, follow it.
- If you do anything well, it becomes enjoyable. To keep enjoying something, you need to increase its complexity.
- If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become…
- Contrary to what most of us believe, happiness does not simply happen to us. It's something that we make happen, and it results from doing…
More Something Quotes
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
- I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous. — J. J. Abrams
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. — Giorgio Armani
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
- The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of. — J. J. Abrams
- I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in… — Fred Armisen