Marcus Aurelius Quotes

We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

It's not what happens in life that bothers us. It's what we're believing about it that bothers us.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.

The message is clear. It is not what is happening 'out there.' It is what is happening between your ears. It's your attitude that counts.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome.

Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Shakespeare said, nothing is either good nor bad but thinking makes it so.

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

So much of our life is dictated by our mindsets. So much of it! Of how we think, we shall become.

The problem is not what other people think, do or say; it is your reaction.

We are what our thoughts have made us

Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.

Your thoughts do not create reality, but they do create your experience.

Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.

Happiness is not so much a feeling as it is an attitude

Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will think; it is of no concern to us.

If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.