The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be.
- William James

Everything can be taken from a man but ... the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
- Victor Frank

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.
- Marian Wright Edelman

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
- Martha Washington

So is cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more remains.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

An optimist is the human personification of spring.
- Susan J. Bissorette

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
- Marianne Willamson