What determines how much time and deliberate practice a child is willing to devote to achievement? Nothing less than her character.

Optimism generates hope...hope releases dreams...dreams set goals...enthusiasm follows

When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day.

Optimism is a tool with a certain clear set of benefits: it fights depression, it promotes achievement and produces better health.

Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals choose the way they think.

In your own life, you should take particular care with endings, for their color will forever tinge your memory of the entire relationship and your willingness to reenter it.

Doing a kindness produces the single most reliable momentary increase in well-being of any exercise we have tested.