Daisaku Ikeda Quotes

If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to?

Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.

It just depends on what you decide to have in your heart. That's what I've learned. That's where I am at this stage in my life is if we can fill ourselves with love and appreciation for, and be in a state of gratitude... Every event of your life you have an opportunity to be in a state of gratitude for it.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

I try to dwell on the positive and not dwell on the negative as much as I can.

Why choose to be negative when you don't have to?

Gratitude is a divine attitude in the wisdom traditions. It takes you out from the ego self and takes you into the higher self. That higher state of consciousness initiates self repair, self regulation and healing.

Anger devours almost all other good emotions. It deadens the soul. It numbs the heart to joy and gratitude and hope and tenderness and compassion and kindness.

Let the GRATEFUL HEART sweep through the day that it may recognize in every hour some sweet blessing.

Complaining is one of the ego's favorite strategies for strengthening itself.

Gratitude not only encourages our hearts, it produces peace. And we could all use a little more peace these days.

Gratitude feels so good because it is the state of mind closest to your natural state in which you were born to live.

A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude.

Seek happiness and you may or may not find it; seek grievances and you are guaranteed success.

Your gratitude attitude determines your life altitude.

If you are worried or afraid of anything, there is something in your mental attitude that needs correction.

People who have great lives think and talk about what they love more than what they don't love. And people who are struggling, think and talk about what they don't love more than what they do love.

Have a grateful heart to be happy.

Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.

Happiness is a question of attitude, not a question of what's happening out there.

Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think. So start each day by thinking of all the things you have to be thankful for. Your future will depend very largely on the thoughts you think today. So think thoughts of hope and confidence and love and success.

Decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.

Happiness is not so much a feeling as it is an attitude

Never let a day pass without looking for the good, feeling the good within you, praising, appreciating, blessing, and being grateful. Make it your life commitment, and you will stand in utter awe of what happens in your life.

Gratitude incorporates both the heart and mind, and instantly paves the shortest road to happiness.