Jacopo Sannazaro Quotes

A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so.

I can choose to be happy, or choose to be miserable every day - waiting until I die.

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven

It's like if you have a bad day and you don't change your mindset, even if you go to buy bread at the supermarket, like, everything is so bad. It happens. I'm very negative. You have to change it.

Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

A person can make himself happy, or miserable, regardless of what is actually happening 'outside,' just by changing the contents of consciousness.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

No man can enjoy happiness without thinking that he enjoys it.

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

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.

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.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.

Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think.

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality.