What did you say? You want to drown your sorrows in wine? No-o-o-o!
Happiness is a choice, and I’ve witnessed first-hand how we can pursue it simply by changing our thoughts.
When you’re feeling down, there’s no better thing to do than turn to legends such as Churchill and the Dalai Lama for wise counsel.
Here are 10 positive quotes to consult during those difficult times when you need a boost!
1. When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us”. – Helen Keller
2. When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” – Winston Churchill
3. There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will”. – Epictetus
4. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” -Arthur Ashe
5. “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” – Dalai Lama
6. Perfect happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness”.
– Chuang-Tse
7. A ship is always safe at shore but that is not what it’s built for.”
– Albert Einstein
8. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
9. It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
10. “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.”
– Oscar Wilde
And there you have it: 10 positive quotes to give you a boost before negative thinking gets the better of you!
