Quotes related to Proverbs 17:22
You can't control what people do; you can't control what they say. But you can control how you respond. My message is very simple; quit giving away your joy. Quit letting the same people upset you. Quit letting the things that don't work out frustrate you.
— Joel Osteen
Think joy, talk joy, practice joy, share joy, saturate your mind with joy, and you will have the time of your life today and every day all your life.
— Norman Vincent Peale
The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.
— Helen Keller
You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing.
— Norman Vincent Peale
If you'll begin to develop and maintain an attitude that says yes to life and the world, you'll be astonished at the changes you'll see.
— Earl Nightingale
Don't be gloomy. Even if you are not happy, put a smile on your face. [Life is about] joy,... something to be happy and excited about.
— Gordon Hinckley
Yes. Yes, when we live our life like 1950s detective films. I often go to my fridge, "Hullo, we're out of milk. I say mother, where's the milk?"
— Bill Bailey
Loving myself and thinking joyful, happy thoughts is the quickest way to create a wonderful life.
— Louise Hay
Make sure you pay attention to what's right with your life, not just what's wrong.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Try to see the joyful side of life. One must see the pain of life with clear eyes, and help all he can; but there is also lots of joy, and on should see that, too.
— Norman Vincent Peale
The business of life summons us away from useless grief, and calls us to the exercise of those virtues of which we are lamenting our deprivation.
— Samuel Johnson
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
— Elbert Hubbard