Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory

The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.

The major difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting.

It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there’s always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.

Success and happiness are not matters of chance but choice.

Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours. ~

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future

You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.

That's exactly the way parents develop positive, successful kids. Don't look for the flaws, warts, and blemishes. Look for the gold, not for the dirt; the good, not the bad. Look for the positive aspects of life. Like everything else, the more good qualities we look for in our children, the more good qualities we are going to find.

You don't drown by falling in water. You only drown if you stay there.

Failing is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.

To raise positive kids, we as parents must identify the qualities necessary for success, convince our children that they have the potential for success, and show them how to stake their claims in life.

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities.

When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by others.

The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more you will have to express gratitude for.

I wouldn't say 'most' people are prone to negativity. I think it's probably that most people allow negativity to color their thinking, depending on circumstances, but I also believe most people make the necessary efforts to return to positive thinking as quickly as possible.

To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name. I can't stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do 'anything.' If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude

Look back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion, and up with gratitude.

You become part of what you are around

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for.

You are the most influential person you will talk to all day

You are the most influential person you will talk to all day

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.

Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.

Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.

You can start from where you are with what you’ve got and go to where it is you want to go.

When you’ve got a strong enough why, you can always find the how

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

Peak performance is dependent on passion, grit, determination, and a willingness to do something poorly until you can do it well.

You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through

The way you see people is the way you treat them

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job

Of all the 'attitudes' we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.

You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them