You are only as happy as you make up your mind to be.

Abraham Lincoln

Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale

A smile is the beginning of peace.
-Mother Teresa

In the infinity of life where I am, all is perfect, whole and complete.

Louise Hay

Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer

It is in our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. Martin Luther King

Nothing is worth more than this day. Goethe

Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. Eckhart Tolle

This moment is all you will ever have. Don't believe me? Try to capture the previous moment or the next moment and change it. - Rachel Devine

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
- Helen Keller

Everything there is but lovin' leaves a rust on your old soul' - Langston Hughes

It isn't enough to talk about peace, one must believe it. And it isn't enough to believe in it, one must work for it. - Eleanor Roosevelt


I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess. -Martin Luther

Every good thought you think is contributing its share to the ultimate result of your life. -Grenville Kleiser


The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. -Albert Einstein

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him. -Abraham Lincoln

You never find yourself until you face the truth. - Pearl Baily

I have sometimes been wildly despairingly, acutely miserable...but through it all I can still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. Agatha Christie

Prayer for me is an upward leap of the heart.
-St. Terese of Lisieux

No one escapes the wilderness on the way to the promised land. -Annie Dillard

Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days...What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has Magic, Power, and Genius in it. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe


You cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us...how we can take it, what we do with it...and that is what really counts in the end. -Joseph Fort Newton

The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to you and you don't know how or why. - Albert Einstein

So these are ours; faith, hope and love, but the greatest of these is Love. - Corinthians 13:13

The righteous will never be moved: they will be remembered forever -Psalm 112:6

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. -Booker T. Washington

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. - 1 John 4:4 NKJV

A vessel full of living water is empty of all else.
- Danny Lee

Anyone who says that sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain. -Unknown

When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars.
-Charles A. Beard

I discovered the secret of the sea in meditation upon a dewdrop. - Kahlil Gibran

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
- Luke 12:34

God is nearer to us than our own spirit - Julian of Norwich

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
-Henry David Thoreau

"I exist as I am, that is enough, if no other in the world be aware I sit content, and if each and all be aware I sit content." -Walt Whitman

Yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope."
-From the Sanskrit

If God created the shadows, it was to bring out the light. - John XXIII

At the end of our life we shall all be judged by charity.
- St. John of the Cross

You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside. -Dr Wayne Dyer

In times of quietness, our hearts should be like a tree lifting their branches to heaven to draw down strength which they will need to face the storms that will surely come in life. -Salesians of Don Bosco

Look within!... The secret is inside you. -Hui-neng

Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with a grateful hand. - Horace

The moment I realized God existed, I knew that I could not do otherwise than to live for Him Alone...Faith strips the mask from the world and renders meaningless such words as anxiety, danger and fear, so the believer goes through life calmly and peacefully, with profound joy---like a child, hand and hand with his mother.
- Charles De Foucauld

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God" Jesus Matthew 5:1

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May God bless you with the gift of his love, faith and hope.

Please pray for peace in our world. Pray especially for peace in our own hearts, because a peaceful world depends on individual peace. Pray for peace in our homes, communities, place of worship, and our families.

Finding Happiness Quotes

“Don't sink too deep into yourself. That is the secret to happiness.” Richelle E. Goodrich

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” Norman Vincent Peale

“Happiness is the meaning and purpose in life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” Aristotle

“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret of happiness.” Robert Morley

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people.” Albert Einstein

“Happiness is an inside job.” William Arthur Ward

“Being your authentic self is the ultimate secret of happiness in life.” Sheri Fink

“The secret to happiness is having a purpose in life that serves others.” Rachel Devine

“You are as happy as you make up your mind to be.” Abraham Lincoln

“The art of being happy is in extracting happiness from common things.” Henry Ward Beecher

“It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” Lucille Ball

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” Mahatma Gandhi

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” Aristotle

“It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.” Seneca

“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt

“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?” Albert Einstein

“The secret of happiness: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.” Daniel C. Dennett

“Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.”
Friedrich Schiller

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.”
Andy Rooney

“I'd far rather be happy than right any day.”

Douglas Adams

Here are 31 days of Affirmations for Manifesting:

Day 1. I am worthy of my own love. (Repeat this over and over in your day.)

Day 2. I am blessed and God’s grace is in my life. 

Day 3. I am successful in all that I do.

Day 4. I love my inner child. 

Day 5. I am happy today. (Do one thing that will make you happy today.)

Day 6. I am in the process of great healing. 

Day 7. I am filled with God’s joy. 

Day 8. I am adventurous. (Step outside your comfort zone)

Day 9. I will let go of one resentment today and forgive someone.

Day 10. I will make a gratitude list of five people whom I love and who love me. 

Day 11. I am so grateful to be alive. 

Day 12. I will meditate on love today and send this love silently to everyone I meet.

Day 13. I will go back to one childhood incident and sit with my inner child with hugs and wonderful words of love. 

Day 14. I will write my own romantic love story and let that resonate for me today.

Day 15. I will find time to do something special for myself today.

Day 16. As I fall asleep, I will see one image and resonate with the feelings of a goal I want to bring to reality.  

Day 17. I will incorporate some prayer or meditation today.

Day 18. I will go to sleep with feelings of love resonating in my subconscious mind. 

Day 19. I will buy myself a gift.

Day 20. I will reach out to someone who could use a friend today, or say a prayer for someone who can use it.

Day 21. I will pamper myself with self-care today by eating healthy. 

Day 22. I am safe today knowing I am parenting my inner child with security and love, and I relish in this notion.

Day 23. I am at peace and do things that invoke peace in my life. 

Day 24. I am happy, and when negative thoughts are around, I will offset them with positive thoughts. 

Day 25. I will take a walk in nature and appreciate all the beauty in the moment.

Day 26. I am worthy of God’s love, simply because I am a divine creation of God and I will relish in this love.

Day 27. I will forgive someone by writing a letter and then destroying it.   

Day 28. I will make a conscious effort to stay in the moment, by appreciating everything around me.  

Day 29. I will do a positive visualization today.

Day 30. I resonate with the thought; this is going to be the best year of my life. 

Day 31. I will make a gratitude list of five things in my life I am grateful for today and say them out loud.

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Positive Thoughts

When we think negative thoughts, we will reap negativity into our lives. When we think and speak positive thoughts, we reap positive results. If you want to know where you will be in a year, just look at what your words are saying now. Below are some peaceful thoughts that will replace negative ones.

For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for it.

You say: "It's impossible"
God says: All things are possible
(Luke 18:27)

You say: "I'm too tired"
God says: I will give you rest
(Matthew 11:28-30)

You say: "I can't go on"
God says: My grace is sufficient
(II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

You say: "I can't figure things out"
God says: I will direct your steps
(Proverbs 3:5-6)

You say: "I can't do it"
God says: You can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
(Philippians 4:13)

You say: "I'm not able"
God says: I am able
(II Corinthians 9:8)

You say: "It's not worth it"
God says: It will be worth it
(Roman 8:28)

You say: "I can't forgive myself"
God says: I FORGIVE YOU
(I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

You say: "I can't manage"
God says: I will supply all your needs
(Philippians 4:19)

You say: "I'm afraid"
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear
(II Timothy 11:7)

You say: "I'm always worried and frustrated"
God says: Cast all your cares on ME
(I Peter 5:7)

You say: "I don't have enough faith"
God says: I've given everyone a measure of faith
(Romans 12:3)

You say: "I'm not smart enough"
God says: I give you wisdom
(I Corinthians 1:30)

You say: "I feel all alone"
God says: I will never leave you or forsake you
(Hebrews 13:5)

You say: "Nobody really loves me"
God says: I love you
(John 3:16 & John 13:34)

Surrender to God. Trust that He will be there for you in a positive loving way. Positive thoughts will move your life in a positive direction. Just replace your negative fearful thoughts with positive ones. 

Replace your fear with love. "Love casts out all fear." When you are afraid, stop and replace your fearful thoughts with a loving one. Breath in the word love throughout your day. Make a conscience effort to feel the love all around you. The love we see in the Creators trees, birds, flowers, animals, and people will transform you. Everyone you encounter today, encounter with loving positive thoughts. See the good in everyone and erase the negative.  Look at your child and see his goodness that God created in this wonderful awesome child. See the good in your spouse, regardless of their faults. Look for the good in every bad situation and you will see God in the center, lovingly guiding you through the storm of life.

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A prayer if you choose to say:

"Father, I want to trust in you, even when I don't understand. I believe that you will work everything out for my good. Come and deepen my trust and love for you."

Amen

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