Author: Martin Seligman

Quotes

Rather than giving people an inflated view of themselves, we need to give them concrete reasons to feel good about themselves.

Rather than giving people an inflated view of themselves, we need to give them concrete reasons to feel good about themselves.

- Martin Seligman

Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful.

Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful.

- Martin Seligman

You can have meaning, accomplishment, engagement and good relationships, even if you are dull on the positive affect side.

You can have meaning, accomplishment, engagement and good relationships, even if you are dull on the positive affect side.

- Martin Seligman

What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning.

What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning.

- Martin Seligman

I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do.

I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do.

- Martin Seligman

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

- Martin Seligman

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

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

- Martin Seligman

One of my signature strengths is the love of learning, and by teaching, I have built it into the fabric of my life. I try to do some of it every day.

One of my signature strengths is the love of learning, and by teaching, I have built it into the fabric of my life. I try to do some of it every day.

- Martin Seligman

The fundamentalist religions simply seem to offer more hope for a brighter future than do the more liberal, humanistic ones.

The fundamentalist religions simply seem to offer more hope for a brighter future than do the more liberal, humanistic ones.

- Martin Seligman

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