Choosing happiness Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert Download Open image ““I’m choosing happiness over suffering.”” — Elizabeth Gilbert ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Choosing happiness
“I’m not the only person in the world who’s suffered. I do think happiness is a choice. I don’t mean for people who suffer… — Sariah Wilson Copy Share Image
“Knowing how to handle suffering, you know at the same time how to produce happiness. And if you’re truly happy, we all profit from… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“What is the good of dragging up sufferings that are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then?” — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
“So many people suffer because they choose to suffer. Pain comes to us all, but suffering is a choice.” — E.J. Squires Copy Share Image
“You don't usually get to choose the measure of suffering or the degree of joy you have.” — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“Remember that suffering will change you, but not necessarily for the better. You must choose to grow better not bitter.” — Wayne Cordeiro Copy Share Image
“...I've come to learn that pain is inevitable in this world, but suffering is optional.” — Helen Klein Ross Copy Share Image
That's your friend. My husband is my best friend. He's not the mirror that holds up my flaws. He's just the guy who's like,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Not to mention that I have finally arrived at that age where a woman starts to question whether the wisest way to get over… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The Buddha taught that all human suffering is rooted in desire. Don't we all know this to be true? Any of us who have… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“And while [we] do have possibilities that are vast and magnificent and almost infinite in scope, it's important to remember that our choice-rich lives… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Both the five-year-olds looked at me with bewilderment and a bit of fearful uncertainty. I had a sudden horrifying image of the woman I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else.” — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard not to,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I live in nature where everything is connected, circular. The seasons are circular. The planet is circular, and so is the planet around the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Letting go can mean forgiving; letting go of harsh words said to us and hurt feelings, letting wounds close and choosing peace; letting go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They told me I didn't understand the assignment, I told them they didn't understand life. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Whatever it is we truly believe to be true, and that also goes with what we are afraid is true, is going to have… — Darryl Anka Copy Share Image
For me, choosing happiness has to be something that's conscious, a choice, something I act on. And I think this is something really difficult… — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
“It's about not taking things personally. Even when you feel the world is crumbling around you. It's about choosing happiness over suffering. It's about… — Laura Munson Copy Share Image
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image