Shawn Achor Quotes
Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it's the realization that we can.
Quotes to Explore
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When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.
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Every era needs a genre through which it understands itself.
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I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow.
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Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
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I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
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I found a belief system that worked for me, and I said, you know what, 'I actually do want to give being with men another chance.'
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Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune.
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The world needs ditch diggers, too.
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Your soul sings to mine. My soul is yours, and it always will be, in any world. No matter what happens. I need you to remember that I love you.
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There doesn't need to be a God for me.
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Morals are taught & preached not for the sake of heaven, but to assist those people on earth who have everything they need & more to retain their possessions & to help them to accumulate still more. Morals is the butter for those who have no bread.
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Love is a delicate plant that needs constant tending and nurturing, and this cannot be done by snorting at the adored object like a gas explosion and calling her friends lice.
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If you don’t say what you’re thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up.
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There's no question that a lot of Americans on both the right and the left are expressing some fears and frustrations about the dislocations brought on by globalisation. Many of those frustrations are legitimate and they need to be addressed.
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No one could become an efficient leader or take the initiative in any great undertaking without belief in himself.
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Everybody needs a hero. Jesus is mine.
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If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.
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The basis of human rights is happy life. Everyone wants to lead a happy life for which we need to have a holistic approach.
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I think I have learned to really get out of the mathematical side of myself that looks at story and story structure and go with, "Okay, well, what would people do in real life?"
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We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy, for no document from human hands can make these humans any less our brothers and sisters.
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My own soul is my most faithful friend. My own heart, my truest confidant
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Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it's the realization that we can.
