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50 Seriously Useful Quotes From Self-Help Books That'll Help You Find Happiness

It's never too late to start enjoying life. 
Holly Riordan
July 6, 2016
“But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.”
— Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Tagged: Friends, Friendship, strength, Weakness
“A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”
— Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Tagged: Success, Failure
“The question you should be asking isn't, 'What do I want?' or 'What are my goals?' but 'What would excite me?'”
— Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Tagged: Passion, Goals, Life
“If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.”
— Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Tagged: Insecurity, underestimate, Competition
“To enjoy life, you don't need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious as you make them out to be.”
— Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Tagged: enjoy life, serious, Control
“You'd better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short. The music won't last. When you run so fast to get somewhere, you miss half the fun of getting there. When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift thrown away. Life is not a race. Do take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.”
— Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Tagged: enjoy life, present, enjoy the moment
“Focus on being productive instead of busy.”
— Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Tagged: productive, Busy, Hard Work
“What you are afraid of is never as bad as what you imagine. The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.”
— Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Tagged: Fear, Pessimism
“What would you do if you weren't afraid?”
— Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Tagged: Fear, Choices, Goals
“Look at things not as they are, but as they can be. Visualization adds value to everything. A big thinker always visualizes what can be done in the future. He isn't stuck with the present.”
— David J. Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big
Tagged: Future, present, visualization
“Think you are weak, think you lack what it takes, think you will lose, think you are second class - think this way and you are doomed to mediocrity.”
— David J. Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big
Tagged: Weakness, mediocrity
“Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can't, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do.”
— David J. Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big
Tagged: Optimism, Success
“The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.”
— Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking
Tagged: Happiness, worry
“How you start your day is how you live your day. How you live your day is how you live your life.”
— Louise L. Hay, You Can Heal Your Life
Tagged: Happiness, Life, mornings
“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.”
— Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Tagged: winners, Success, Failure
“Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotions.”
— Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Tagged: emotions, Thinking, Learning
“We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.”
— Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
Tagged: Past, Future, Growth
“One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.”
— Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project (Revised Edition): Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
Tagged: Happiness, Friendship, Friends
“What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.”
— Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project (Revised Edition): Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
Tagged: Happiness, everyday