Judith Durham Quotes

One of my favorite tools is 'flip it.' 'Flip it' can become your new favorite mantra when you are having one of those mean thoughts. You can choose to flip it and change how you are feeling about yourself in that moment. This is helpful at any age.

Every time you think a negative thought, it's one step in the wrong direction, for me.

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.

People dwell so much on the little things, but why should they hold you back when you have the big things to look forward to? By exuding positive energy when dealing with your problems, you will exude it in your being in general. Treat yourself with love and you will exude love to others.

Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself all the time. Instead, high self-esteem comes from how you feel in any moment. So walk into a room acting like you're in charge, and spend your energy on making the people around you happy.

Happiness is in our own hearts. I have no regrets of anything in the past. I'm totally cheerful and happy, and I think that a lot of your attitude is not in the circumstances you find yourself in, but in the circumstances you make for yourself.

Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.

I stay positive, keep positive energy to myself.

I don't need to worry about what other people are talking about me. Instead, I focus on the people talking positive and all the positive things that I know I am doing.

Whenever I'm asked about the greatest lesson I've learned, my response is, 'Happiness is a choice I make.'

I think that I've always represented self-empowerment, you being your best cheerleader, you always affirming yourself. I've always been about empowering people. It sounds very cliche in a way, but it's not.

All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.

As long as my brain and heart are working, I'm good.

I had to really create a positive atmosphere for myself, and that has to come from within.

Complimenting yourself is the funnest form of manifestation.

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

I really don't need to suffer. I can really become a happy person and still make good music - in fact, better music.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

I have battled clinical depression and have come out of the other side. I've been free of it for many years now. Finding the place in my own mind and heart to win that battle without using medication, finding the place within myself where I could be alive again, that was one of the biggest challenges I've faced.

I really have been lucky because I've always had a very healthy attitude to my body.

And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it.

If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity.

I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you.

Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen.