John Wilkins Quotes

I've come to the conclusion that we're all responsible for our own happiness and the happiness in your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. I'm a big believer in positive thinking.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.

I try to keep my mind full of really positive stuff.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

Smart people often talk trash about happiness and worse than trash about books on happiness, and they have been doing so for centuries - just as long as other people have been pursuing happiness and writing books about it.

Happiness is an inside job.

I'm all about cultivating joy in your life.

All I can focus on is what I can control and that's being happy. My own happiness.

Why choose to be negative when you don't have to?

The best recipe for happiness and contentment I've seen is this: dig a big hole in the garden of your thoughts and put into it all your disillusions, disappointments, regrets, worries, troubles, doubts, and fears. Cover well with the earth of fruitfulness. Water it from the well of contentment. Sow on top the seeds of hope, courage, strength, patience, and love. Then when the time for gathering comes, may your harvest be a rich and fruitful one.

Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

I'm constantly on the hunt for insights about happiness or ideas about how to be happier - which probably makes me a somewhat tiresome companion at times.

Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment.

To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.

We must be doing something to be happy.

I'm having a great life, and I want to go on having one.

At the age of 18, I made up my mind to never have another bad day in my life. I dove into a endless sea of gratitude from which I've never emerged.

Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.

He who avoids complaint invites happiness.

Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.

I'm concentrating on the positive, on all the wonderful things I'm doing now.

I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.