Robert White Quotes on Happiness (4 Quotes)

I see my life as a part of the earth, a patch of ground to be cultivated. This field I have chosen to call joy. What grows in the field will be some grasses called happiness, and some called anguish, sadness, and disappointment. They are not permanent. They grow, wither and die. But the field of my being remains joyful.

If happiness is the only prize we seek in life, then we will be guaranteed to spend a good part of our lives deep in disappointment, focused on a very small prize indeed.

People who take responsibility for all they create are able to quickly sort truth from fiction in their lives, and in the communication they're receiving from those around them, by using the simple litmus test of based on results. Wishing and hoping, reasons and excuses will never tell you the truth. If you say you intend to have a happy marriage, have you got one If you say you want to earn a degree from a good university, have you done it If you say you want ten million dollars, do you have it If you don't have what you say you want, then how come You've either got the results you say you want, or you have reasons to explain why not. Developing a rigorous and honest relationship with results moves you powerfully toward creating your extraordinary life.

Our lives, along with the weather and happiness, will forever be up and down and sideways and all over the place. Thats how life and the weather are, and that is as good as it gets. How do I know that Simple. It is all I've got. If the future does not exist and the past is gone, then this must be as good as it gets, because there is, right now, nothing else. And even if you don't believe the truth of that statement, living each moment as if now is absolutely as good as it gets will have you celebrating your life every day. Its not a bad way to live.