Old is the New New

Old is the new new.
- Anonymous

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Sometimes old and nearly abandoned ideas can be re-invented into the most modern ideas, such as the modern zeppelin in today's picture and the electric car.

If you are over 30, get out your high-school yearbook and look for ideas you can apply today - perhaps an innocent optimism about life - perhaps a hobby you loved.

Further reading: Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

How to Be Happy in Life - 9 Secrets for Living a Happier Life

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. Mark Twain

Quotes about Life Lessons
Life Purpose Quotes
Life Sayings
Living In The Now
Living Life Quotes
Quotes about Feeling Lonely

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. - Dale Carnegie

Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
- Dale Carnegie

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Gardening is all about optimism.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Be optimistic. Visualize yourself as happy and successful.

Further reading: 12 Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now - Napoleon Hill

Opportunities multiply as they are seized. - Sun Tzu

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Anonymous

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
- Dale Carnegie

Today, choose happiness.

Further reading: Go With the Flow - Six Ways to Live a Happier Life

Joy is a Choice - but Not an Easy Choice

Five Questions to Ask Yourself When You Feel Sad for No Apparent Reason

Inaction breeds doubt and fear - Dale Carnegie

What we enjoy constitutes our abundance - Epicurus

Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
- Epicurus

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head,
and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
- Saint Basil

We attract abundance when we ask from a compassionate heart.
- jlh

The world is abundant. Let today be a day to be grateful for that abundance.

Further reading: Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Marianne Williamson: Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground - Douglas Adams

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.
- Douglas Adams

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
- Helen Keller

Fly Life on Free Wings, and Sing to its Glory.
- jlh

Like a bird in flight, your life can soar above the troubles of the world.
Breathe deep, choose, and break the shackles of your past.
- jlh

Let today be a day to soar - soar your spirits, soar your joy, soar your belief in yourself. Let all aspects of your life soar.

Further reading: Rabindranath Tagore: Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

Mark Twain: Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.