When you get up in the morning, you have two choices - either to be happy or to be unhappy. Just choose to be happy.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.

Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast." ~

Virtue is what happens when wise and courageous choices have become second nature

Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future. You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity, and the sour sound of whining will certainly frighten away any opportunity for success. Never again. There is a better way.

Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeated again. Let the vision in your heart be in your life's blueprint. Smile!

The best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding.

Newspapers rely on keeping us in a constant state of anxiety, on diverting our emotions away from the things that really matter to us. Why should I yield to their power and let them tell me what to think? I trot around the little house, treading

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.

Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues.

Everyone has to learn to think differently, bigger, to open to possibilities.