“Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them.”

Orison Swett Marden

“The best way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain. And when you feel the pain and go beyond it, you’ll see there’s a very intense love that is wanting to awaken itself.”

Deepak Chopra

“Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.”

Jacques Prevert

“Life has its pains and evils—its bitter disappointments; but like a good novel and in healthful length of days, there is infinite joy in seeing the world, the most interesting of continued stories, unfold…”

W.E.B. Du Bois

“It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder, pessimism an achievement killer.”

Orison Swett Marden

“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.”

Jimmy Buffett

“You cannot hold back a good laugh any more than you can the tide. Both are forces of nature.”

William Rotsler

“The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.”

Helen Keller

“The energy you give off is the energy you receive. I really think that, so I’m always myself—jumping, dancing, singing around, trying to cheer everybody up.”

Cara Delevingne

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”

Mark Twain

“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.”

Anne Sweeney

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.”

Warren Buffett

"Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment"

Stephen Covey

“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes—understanding that failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of success.”

Arianna Huffington