Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better.

Reaching beyond where you are is really important.

Psychology should be just as concerned with building strength as with repairing damage

The aim of Positive Psychology is to catalyze a change in psychology from a preoccupation only with repairing the worst things in life to also building the best qualities in life.

Positive, optimistic sales people sell more than pessimistic sales people.

There are physical characteristics which are inherited. These include things like good looks, high intelligence, physical coordination. These attributes contribute to success in life, and success in life is a determinant of optimism.

In a society in which individualism is becoming rampant, people more and more believe that they are the center of the world. Such a belief system makes individual failure almost inconsolable.