Psychology Fact/Quotes

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11. "If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life." –

12. "Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness." –

13. "Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not our there is that it's inside us." – Sonja Lyubomirsky

14. "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind." —

15. "We are so made, that we can only derive intense enjoyment from a contrast and only very little from a state of things." —

16. "Once you start making the effort to 'wake yourself up'—that is, be more mindful in your activities—you suddenly start appreciating life a lot more." – Robert Biswas-Diener

17. "I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives." –

18. "Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." – Lou Holtz

19. "Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it." – Andy Rooney

20. "The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely." – Louisa May Alcott