MY 5 QUOTES OF THE WORLD BOOK OF HAPPINESS
Vera Silva
“Happiness adds years to your life and life to your years”
Gary T. Reker (Canada) in “The meaning of Life”
“Happiness is learning to be”
Teresa Freire (Portugal) in “Children show the way”
“Recognise both your potencial and your limits”
Alexandra Ganglmair- Wooliscroft (New Zealand) in “The H-market System”
“Celebrate other people’s successes and give yourself some credit for your own”
Grant Duncan (New Zealand) in “The right to sadness”
“There is no word in our language for happiness”
Noraini M. Noor (Malaysia) in “”
Leila Ramos
“Happiness is learning to be”
Teresa Freire (Portugal) in “Children show the way”
“Happy people need room to breathe.”
Eunkook M. Suh (South Korea) in “The final three”
“Let’s learn happiness!”
Ernst Gehmacher (Austria) in “Let’s learn happiness”
“The ten commandments of happiness”
David G. Myers (U.S.A.) in “The ten commandments of happiness”
“The culture of happy relationships”
Konstantinos Kafetsios (Greece) in “The culture of happy relationships”
Maria João Raposo
“Happiness is not the absence of pain. It is what we do, irrespective of whatever is happening around us.” “It is the story we tell ourselves, refusing to accept that we are victims.”
Joshi Wasunbdhara (India) in “The two doctors in Mumbai”
“Those who have a predisposition to believe in their own influence over outcomes in life are significantly happier. When what is desired is not possible, those who believe in themselves will find alternative solutions and develop other goals as a key to remaining happy.”
Margie E. Lachman (U.S.A.) in “Life begins at 40, 50, 60 and 70”
“The recipe:
à A good oven;
à Ingredients:
- Friends
- A love
- Work we like
- Sufficient Money.
à Optional:
- Children;
- One God;
- Education / Training;
- Physical and mental health;
- Some dislikes.
Mix with some raw opinions. Serve with a sauce of positive emotions. Worry sometimes. Keep the curiosity to learn new things and grow as a person.”
Dubravka Milijkovic e Majda Rijavec (Croácia) in “The recipe”
“If individual emotions such as pride are paired with social emotions such as gratitude, they will have a much more powerful effect on our happiness.”
Michael Eid (Alemanha) in “Pride and Modesty”
“To me, life is like a great party to which we have all been invited”
José de Jesus Garcia Vega (México) in “The Mexican wave”
Fátima Loução
“Happiness can be found by constructing a good story and then living your way into it.”
Jonathan M. Adler (USA) in “Your story”
“No man is a island.”
Konstantinos Kafetsios (Greece) in “The culture of happy relationships”
“Life is art, and the whole life of man is a story of self-expression. We suffer if we do not express ourselves.”
Hardik Shah (India) in “The focus of our energy”
“Take control of your own life, assume responsibility and know that you can change it yourself.
Christian Bjornskov (Denmark) in “The secret of Viking world”
“People possess a remarkable level of hardiness that helps them mediate the influence of instability.”
Dra. Huda Ayyash-Abdo (Lebanon) in “The buffer mechanisms”
Guida Bernardo
“Connect the focus of our energy to our search for happiness.”
Hardik Shah (India) in “The focus of our energy”
“One of the causes of health and well-being is the sense of coherence (SOC): a global orientation that expresses the extent to wich na individual perceives his life as comprehesible, manageable and meaningful.”
Sakari Suominen (Finland) in “Sense of Coherence”
“Be consistently honest about yourself, and with yourself and others, in what you say and what you do. Be honest about your failures, too. Shared failures can be an opportunity for everyone learn.”
Claire Beazley (United Kingdom) in “Living a lie”
“Happiness can be found by constructing a good story and then living your way into it.” “Realizing that you are both the main character and the narrator in the story of your life empowers you to shape the plot of the story – and the way you live it.” “Sometimes changing the story can precede changes in your happiness, so find a way to revise your story and they live your way into it.”
Jonathan M. Adler (U.S.A.) in “Your story”.
“Respect your own value system and create your own measures to promote it, like the Takayoshi Currency.”
Takayoshi Kusago (Japan) in “Takayoshi Currency”
Vera Silva
“Happiness adds years to your life and life to your years”
Gary T. Reker (Canada) in “The meaning of Life”
“Happiness is learning to be”
Teresa Freire (Portugal) in “Children show the way”
“Recognise both your potencial and your limits”
Alexandra Ganglmair- Wooliscroft (New Zealand) in “The H-market System”
“Celebrate other people’s successes and give yourself some credit for your own”
Grant Duncan (New Zealand) in “The right to sadness”
“There is no word in our language for happiness”
Noraini M. Noor (Malaysia) in “”
Leila Ramos
“Happiness is learning to be”
Teresa Freire (Portugal) in “Children show the way”
“Happy people need room to breathe.”
Eunkook M. Suh (South Korea) in “The final three”
“Let’s learn happiness!”
Ernst Gehmacher (Austria) in “Let’s learn happiness”
“The ten commandments of happiness”
David G. Myers (U.S.A.) in “The ten commandments of happiness”
“The culture of happy relationships”
Konstantinos Kafetsios (Greece) in “The culture of happy relationships”
Maria João Raposo
“Happiness is not the absence of pain. It is what we do, irrespective of whatever is happening around us.” “It is the story we tell ourselves, refusing to accept that we are victims.”
Joshi Wasunbdhara (India) in “The two doctors in Mumbai”
“Those who have a predisposition to believe in their own influence over outcomes in life are significantly happier. When what is desired is not possible, those who believe in themselves will find alternative solutions and develop other goals as a key to remaining happy.”
Margie E. Lachman (U.S.A.) in “Life begins at 40, 50, 60 and 70”
“The recipe:
à A good oven;
à Ingredients:
- Friends
- A love
- Work we like
- Sufficient Money.
à Optional:
- Children;
- One God;
- Education / Training;
- Physical and mental health;
- Some dislikes.
Mix with some raw opinions. Serve with a sauce of positive emotions. Worry sometimes. Keep the curiosity to learn new things and grow as a person.”
Dubravka Milijkovic e Majda Rijavec (Croácia) in “The recipe”
“If individual emotions such as pride are paired with social emotions such as gratitude, they will have a much more powerful effect on our happiness.”
Michael Eid (Alemanha) in “Pride and Modesty”
“To me, life is like a great party to which we have all been invited”
José de Jesus Garcia Vega (México) in “The Mexican wave”
Fátima Loução
“Happiness can be found by constructing a good story and then living your way into it.”
Jonathan M. Adler (USA) in “Your story”
“No man is a island.”
Konstantinos Kafetsios (Greece) in “The culture of happy relationships”
“Life is art, and the whole life of man is a story of self-expression. We suffer if we do not express ourselves.”
Hardik Shah (India) in “The focus of our energy”
“Take control of your own life, assume responsibility and know that you can change it yourself.
Christian Bjornskov (Denmark) in “The secret of Viking world”
“People possess a remarkable level of hardiness that helps them mediate the influence of instability.”
Dra. Huda Ayyash-Abdo (Lebanon) in “The buffer mechanisms”
Guida Bernardo
“Connect the focus of our energy to our search for happiness.”
Hardik Shah (India) in “The focus of our energy”
“One of the causes of health and well-being is the sense of coherence (SOC): a global orientation that expresses the extent to wich na individual perceives his life as comprehesible, manageable and meaningful.”
Sakari Suominen (Finland) in “Sense of Coherence”
“Be consistently honest about yourself, and with yourself and others, in what you say and what you do. Be honest about your failures, too. Shared failures can be an opportunity for everyone learn.”
Claire Beazley (United Kingdom) in “Living a lie”
“Happiness can be found by constructing a good story and then living your way into it.” “Realizing that you are both the main character and the narrator in the story of your life empowers you to shape the plot of the story – and the way you live it.” “Sometimes changing the story can precede changes in your happiness, so find a way to revise your story and they live your way into it.”
Jonathan M. Adler (U.S.A.) in “Your story”.
“Respect your own value system and create your own measures to promote it, like the Takayoshi Currency.”
Takayoshi Kusago (Japan) in “Takayoshi Currency”