The tenacity with which the neurotic adheres to any attitude is a sure indication that the attitude fulfills functions which seem indispensable in the framework of his neurosis.

Karen Horney
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  1. 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 it. - Dale Carnegie

  2. Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear. - Paulo Coelho

  3. Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. - Roy T. Bennett

  4. Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude. - Roy T. Bennett

  5. You Are the Master of Your AttitudeYou cannot control what happens to you, but you can control the way you think about all the events. You always have a choice. You can choose to face them with a positive mental attitude. - Roy T. Bennett

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  2. The fact that compulsive drives for success will arise only in a competitive culture does not make them any less neurotic.

  3. Also the natural sexual functions of establishing an intimate human contact frequently assume greater proportions. This is a well known fact about detached people for whom sexuality may be the only bridge to others, but it is not restricted to being an obvious substitute for...

  4. To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.

  5. A perfectly normal person is rare in our civilization.

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