Jane McGonigal Quotes

The right way to deal with mental unhappiness must be within the mind too. On an emotional level, anger, fear and worry bring unhappiness. Scientists say they eat into our immune system. On the other hand, we are also equipped with a sense of affection and compassionate concern for the well-being of others.

Depression and anxiety can't fit in your head if you're cultivating feelings of joy and inspiration.

There are times for all of us when all the laughter seems to be gone, but we should not permit these periods to last too long. When we've lost our sense of humor, there isn't very much left. We become ridiculous. We must then go to war against the whole world, and that's a war we cannot win.

Happiness is a hardy annual.

We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace of mind.

Exercise often moves us straight from stagnation to inspiration, from problem to solution, from self-pity to self-respect.

Both hurting and happiness make me feel more alive, but as I get older it seems that hurting's the low hanging fruit. So I pick it.

Happiness may be difficult to obtain. The obstacles are not primarily financial.

If you aren't unhappy sometimes you don't know how to be happy.

Grateful people may recover faster from trauma.

We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly and angrily.

You need to be able to manage stress because hard times will come, and a positive outlook is what gets you through.

I think everybody has had emotional distress, but yes, I think I'm pretty stable.

So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.

I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.

There's a way of dealing with hardships that are healthier than going out. That's what I've learned.

I don't have time to be depressed.

I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.

When I look for self-help books for myself, I used to be scared that I was going to pick up a book that would depress me even more.

The world is full of things that upset people. But most of us deal with it and move on and don't try and burn the planet down.

Man needs difficulties. They are necessary for health.

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

What's happening to me is I'm still happy and functioning, being able to listen to music, see good movies, read good books. What else is there that I can't, you know, I mean, I'm OK.

Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be!

Everyone has their down days. Unfortunately, that's when I am the most prolific.