Martin Seligman Quotes

May you live all the days of your life.

It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life.

If the sun is shining, stand in it- yes, yes, yes. Happy times are great, but happy times pass- they have to- because time passes. The pursuit of happiness is more elusive; it is life-long, and it is not goal-centred. What you are pursuing is meaning- a meaningful life... There are times when it will go so wrong that you will be barely alive, and times when you realise that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms.

Does life have any meaningful purpose?

The purpose of life is Joy.

Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long one can be nobody's.

A good life is a main argument.

What is the highest good in all matters of action? To the name, there is almost complete agreement; for uneducated and educated alike call it happiness, and make happiness identical with the good life and successful living. They disagree, however, about the meaning of happiness.

I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

There may be another life, and if there is, the best way to prepare for it is by making somebody happy in this.

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

But really it was just, it was perfect. You know, I actually got that feeling like you know what, maybe this is why I'm alive, you know - maybe this is why I'm here on this on earth.

I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

While living I want to live well.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

Most people are looking for something to give their life meaning.