Lyubomirsky Quotes

#1. According to Lyubomirsky, the three factors that seem to have the greatest influence on increasing our happiness are our ability to reframe our situation more positively, our ability to experience gratitude, and our choice to be kind and generous. These

Dalai Lama XIV

#2. This is why Sonja Lyubomirsky, a leader in the scientific study of well-being, has written that she prefers the phrase "creation or construction of happiness" to the more popular "pursuit," since "research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves."13

Shawn Achor

#3. Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#4. 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 attractiveness or better colleagues, which is usually impractical), but in our daily intentional activities.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#5. There are no good men in Ketterdam, Kaz said. And then he'd simply let go.

Leigh Bardugo

#6. 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 attainment.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#7. Daydreaming of the past and longing for the future may provide comfort but will not take the place of living in the present.

Thomas S. Monson

#8. We've been taught in America that big is best. That's why people have to believe that they must live in the greatest country in the world, which is absolutely idiotic.

Randall Robinson

#9. The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#10. I can't explain my feelings for him ... they're strange. But he says it is why we are so much alike, why I dream of him. He calls it The Craving.

Nadege Richards

#11. 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.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#12. Exercise may very well be the most effective instant happiness booster of all activities,

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#13. I'm not supposed to have chocolate before dinner.

Charlotte Lewis

#14. I think the people of Florida are fed up. I don't think Marco Rubio can - I mean, I may be wrong, but I don't think he can be elected dogcatcher in Florida.

Donald Trump

#15. Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.

John Pilger

#16. happiness, more than anything, is a state of mind, a way of perceiving and approaching ourselves and the world in which we reside.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#17. Every day you have to renew your commitment. Some of the strategies should become habitual over time and not a huge effort.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#18. No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns.

William Shakespeare

#19. Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not out there is that it's inside us.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#20. As we all become increasingly reliant on social networking websites and new technologies to stay connected, it's important to remain cognizant of how private personal information and data is handled.

Michael Bennet

#21. It is equally important to investigate wellness as it is to study misery.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#22. Find a happy person, and you will find a project.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#23. If you're not happy today, then you won't be happy tomorrow unless you take things into your own hands and take action.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#24. 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 experience intense emotions.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#25. 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.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#26. Kiss a woman's lips, and you have her for a moment; kiss a woman's soul, and you have her for a lifetime.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#27. 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 'natural' and 'ingrained' they will become. With time they will be part of you, and you will have made yourself into an altogether different person.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#28. Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

William S. Burroughs

#29. Faith in Christ is not an exercise of the understanding merely; it is an affection of the heart. "With the heart man believeth." To those who believe Christ is precious.

Gardiner Spring

#30. Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present oriented.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#31. I use the term happiness to refer to the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one's life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#32. 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 in such circumstances as you or I, but their secret weapon is the poise and strength they show in coping in the face of challenge.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#33. The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#34. 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 your life.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#35. [Optimism] is not about providing a recipe for self-deception. The world can be a horrible, cruel place, and at the same time it can be wonderful and abundant. These are both truths. There is not a halfway point; there is only choosing which truth to put in your personal foreground.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#36. You may have to break this heart before you can use it. You may have to take it apart and start all over with me. I know it hurts to change, but I don't want to stay the same. Take me. Break me. Do whatever it takes to make me what you need me to be

Willow Aster

#37. 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, self-critical, pessimistic, and generally negatively biased.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#38. And all that you are sorry for is what you haven't done.

Margaret Widdemer