Amy Bloom Quotes

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.

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

Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.

I've discovered the joys of happiness.

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

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.

We must be doing something to be happy.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

When you look at the books about well-being, you see one word - it's happiness. People do not distinguish.

Happiness is state of mind.

I just want to focus on the positive things in my life.

Happiness isn’t some elusive treasure we chase after. It’s a state of being we need to PRACTICE.

There's no sense in making life seem like it's a struggle, because that doesn't make anybody feel better.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

There is one thing in this good old world that is positively sure - happiness is for all who strive to be happy - and those who laugh are happy. Everybody is eligible - you - me - the other fellow. Happiness is fundamentally a state of mind - not a state of body.

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 a choice that requires effort at times.

It's obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.

It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd rather spend my energy smiling.

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

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

I try to keep focused on the things that really make me happy and just do those same things.

Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.