What is the real difference between a “winner” and a “loser”? Could it be the way they look at things?Here are some famous quotes that might help your teens see themselves a little differently.

Where the loser saw barriers, the winner saw hurdles.  ~Robert Brault~

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.
~C.C. Scott~

Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.  ~Maurice Setter~

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.  ~Thomas Carlyle~

If you have the will to win, you have achieved half your success; if you don’t, you have achieved half your failure.  ~David Ambrose~

Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.  ~Napoleon~

Excellence is not a skill.  It is an attitude.  ~Ralph Marston~

There are two things to aim at in life:  first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it.  Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
~Logan Pearsall Smith~

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.  ~Abraham Lincoln~

Happiness is a form of courage.  ~Holbrook Jackson~

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.  ~George Bernard Shaw~

Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.  ~Doug Larson~

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
~Eric Hoffer~

Jumping for joy is good exercise.  ~Author Unknown~

You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.  ~Author Unknown~

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.  ~William Saroyan~


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