Sonja Lyubomirsky quotes

...The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic. (Sonja Lyubomirsky)

The combination of rumination and negative mood is toxic. Research shows that people who ruminate while sad or distraught are likely to feel besieged, powerless, self-critical, pessimistic, and generally negatively biased.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

People prone to joyful anticipation, skilled at obtaining pleasure from looking forward and imagining future happy events, are especially likely to be optimistic and to experience intense emotions.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

If you're not happy today, then you won't be happy tomorrow unless you take things into your own hands and take action.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not out there is that it's inside us.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

It turns out that the process of working toward a goal, participating in a valued and challenging activity, is as important to well-being as its attainment.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life.

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Exercise may very well be the most effective instant happiness booster of all activities.

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Find a happy person, and you will find a project.

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The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed. (Sonja Lyubomirsky)

If we can accept as true that life circumstances are not the keys to happiness, we'll be greatly empowered to pursue happiness for ourselves.

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Last but not least, the happiest people do have their share of stresses, crises, and even tragedies. They may become just as distressed and emotional in such circumstances as you or I, but their secret weapon is the poise and strength they show in coping in the face of challenge.

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I prefer to think of the creation or construction of happiness, because research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves.

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I use the term happiness to refer to the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one's life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.

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Every day you have to renew your commitment. Some of the strategies should become habitual over time and not a huge effort.

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Sonja Lyubomirsky

Occupation: Professor
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