30 positive psychology phrases to focus on the bright side of things

There are no gray days for those who dream in color.

The point is not to achieve perfection, but totality.

Carl Jung

It all depends on how we see things and not how they are.

Carl Jung

The same cycle will repeat itself in your life until you make the decision to change.

Free will is the ability to joyfully do what I must do.

Carl Jung

Life becomes lighter when we understand that we cannot control what the other does and thinks. After all, we don’t even have that total control over ourselves!

Life sometimes needs to go off the rails for you to know other paths.

Positively reinforced behavior is active participation in life free from boredom and depression.

BF Skinner

Do not regard any practice as immutable. Change and be ready to change again. Don’t accept eternal truth, try it.

BF Skinner

It’s not that happy people are grateful, it’s that grateful people are happy.

You may know what you said, but never what the other heard.

Jacques Lacan

Intelligence is the only way we have to master our instincts.

Sigmund Freud

If you feel tired, learn to rest instead of giving up.

It is always highly enriching to be able to accept another person.

Carl Rogers

Optimism is the feeling of thinking that things are going to be okay and you will have hope.

Martin Seligman

Love yourself enough to move on when they leave you behind.

Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on optimists and pessimists, but the former resist better.

Martin Seligman

Only time can heal all wounds. So be patient with yourself and have the passing of days as your best friend.

One relationship I hope to work out is between my mind and me.

Your feelings are valid. Never let anyone tell you otherwise. Focus on your growth, your loves and your pains.

When we go through a time of sadness and depression, we really come to realize how happy we were and can be.

Be patient: over time, the pain will go away, but you will have grown and learned from it.

You are your best friend, your home is your refuge. Never stop cultivating all the love you deserve.

Look at the path you have already traveled. All the obstacles you’ve overcome. You are strong! You can continue this walk!

Don’t leave your happiness for tomorrow: start building it right now.

If you start today, your future self will be very grateful for this decision. Just trust.

Allow yourself to make mistakes, allow yourself to try, because only then can you evolve and conquer your biggest dreams.

It is necessary to see the whole, because in this life there may be a shadow side, but there is also a light side.

Know that nothing is eternal, not even this pain you are feeling right now. Believe me, one hour it will pass.

Whatever you focus on grows. So focus on light, positivity and love.