“Under our present enormous accumulation of books, I do affirm that a most miserable distraction of choice must be very generally incident to the times; that the symptoms of it are in fact very prevalent, and that one of the chief symptoms is an enormous 'gluttonism' for books.” BookFactsChoicesEnormousChiefsMiserableDistractionSymptomsIncidentsAccumulation Book:Letters to a Young Man: And Other Papers Source: Letters to a Young Man: And Other Papers
“When a difficult situation comes into your life, it is possible to tune in to your mind and say, ?Okay, choose.? Are you going to make yourself miserable or content? Are you going to visualize scarcity or abundance? Are you going to put yourself down for getting angry with your husband or are you simply going to notice what insecurity you were feeling at the time and discuss it with him? The choice is definitely yours. Pick the one that contributes most to your aliveness and growth.” MindFeelingsChoicesDifficultGrowthSituationHusbandPicksOkayAngryMiserableAbundanceTunesInsecurityScarcityYour HusbandDifficult Situations Author:Susan Jeffers
“As a young child, being different is isolating, and as a teenager it's humiliating. I wish I had been able to stand out with more confidence when I was a child, and especially when I was a teenager. I was different, but it wasn't always a conscious choice, and it often made me miserable. But I'm all grown up now, and so are you. Today, difference is your strength, your power, and your trademark. It's your signature. It can still be difficult to be different--sometimes even harder than it used to be. Even so, it's time to embrace being yourself. It's time to be authentic.” ChildrenMadeStillsDifferentSometimesTodayAbleYoungUsedChoicesWishDifficultDifferencesConsciousHarderEmbraceUsed To BeMiserableTeenagerBeing YourselfStanding OutBeing DifferentSignaturesYoung ChildrenHumiliatingTrademarks Author:Bethenny Frankel
“You have a choice in life. Would you rather be lonely or miserable? I would rather be lonely. A lot of people are miserable in a marriage and they don't get along with their wife or husband and it's not worth it.” PeopleChoicesWifeHusbandLonelyMiserableWorth ItLife ChoicesNot Worth It Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. And when it finally was, I remember sitting at graduation with all these classmates getting nostalgic and emotional already and all I could think was, "Get me out of here. I never want to see you people again." So it's ironic that I spend half my day putting myself back there by choice [while writing].” PeopleThinkingWantWritingSchoolRememberChoicesWaitingHalfEmotionalHigh SchoolSittingMiserableIronicNostalgicClassmatesWant To See You Author:Sarah Dessen
“If you're miserable, make a choice. If you're still miserable, you can choose again.” IfsStillsChoicesMiserable Author:Martha Beck
“Feminism wasn’t supposed to make us miserable. It was supposed to make us free; to give women the power to shape their fortunes and work for a more just world. Today, women have choices that their grandmothers could not have imagined. The challenge lies in recognizing that having choices carries the responsibility to make them wisely, striving not for perfection or the ephemeral all, but for lives and loves that matter.” WorldGivingMatterTodayLyingChoicesChallengesResponsibilityFeminismShapesPerfectionAnd LoveFortuneStriveMiserableGrandmotherCarrieRecognizingLife And LoveWorld TodayEphemeral Author:Debora Spar