Christopher Peterson Quotes

United States, Psychologist
February 18, 1950 – October, 9, 2012.

Christopher Peterson was the Arthur F. Thurnau professor of psychology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and the former chair of the clinical psychology area. He was science director of the VIA Institute on Character, and co-author of Character Strengths and Virtues for the classification of character strengths. He is noted for his work in the study of optimism, health, character, well-being and one of the founders of positive psychology. In 2010, Dr. Peterson won the 2010 Golden Apple Award – the most prestigious teaching award at the University of Michigan.

Enabling people to make and receive phone calls during flight demonstrated the flexibility of a high-speed connectivity system. We allowed our guests to make calls to the ground while we flew over international waters.

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What’s the point of saving time if we don’t use it to savor what makes life worth living?

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- Life
- Time
- Point

What’s happened is that, almost overnight, we’ve switched from democracy in real-property recording to oligarchy in real-property recording. There was no court case behind this, no statute from Congress or the state legislatures. It was accomplished in a private corporate decision. The banks just did it.

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If you never venture outside the box, you will probably not be creative. But if you never get inside the box, you will certainly be stupid.

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- Stupid
- Creative
- Inside
How can we create a cultural legacy of happiness? Let other people matter.

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- Happiness
- Create
- Legacy
There is abundant reason to believe that optimism - big, little, and in between - is useful to a person because positive expectations can be self-fulfilling.

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Let [other people] know that they matter. They might benefit. And you certainly will.

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- People
- Matter
- Benefit
"Life is unfair" "The goalposts will move" and above all: "other people matter"

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- People
- Life
- Matter