Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.

Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.

It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.

That gloomy outside, like a rusty chest, contains the shoring treasure of a soul resolved and brave.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

God planted fear in the soul as truly as he planted hope or courage. Pear is a kind of bell, or gong, which rings the mind into quick life and avoidance upon the approach of danger. It is the soul's signal for rallying.

Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have the faith to see it. Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always in the soul. In misfortune lies the seed of future triumph.

Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul.

For the only courage worth calling courage must necessarily mean that the soul passes a breaking point and does not break.

The kind of hope that I often think about…I understand above all as a state of mind, not a state of the world. Either we have hope within us, or we don’t. It is a dimension of the soul It’s not essentially dependent upon some particular observation of the world or estimate of the situation. Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn't even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.

When we acknowledge God's supreme role in our life and set our mind on Him, He enables us to be women of hope.

When your own mind tells you to quit, you must ignore your negative thoughts and press on.

Success means being satisfied with what you do every day. It's being proud of the better person you are becoming.

We all struggle. I'm not saying any successful woman's life is without struggle. But it doesn't mean it has to be miserable.

However mean your life is, meet it and live it.

Let is walk ... joyously, dear souls, among the difficulties of this passing life ... These pains will have an end when our life ends, after which there will be only joy, only contentment, only eternal consolation.

Mental strength is really important because you either win or lose in your mind.

I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

We call "happiness" a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy.

My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I have lived in the past, I shall live differently, and living differently does not mean living with less attention to the things that make life gracious and pleasant or with less enjoyment of things of the mind.

All plenty which is not my God is poverty to me.

Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.

Be patient. Like storms, the challenges will pass. Know too, that like the sun, your true soul self is constantly radiating.

[on the secret to a happy, content life] Do you want to know what my secret is? I don’t mind what happens.