You see, it’s never the environment; it’s never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events — how we interpret them — that shapes who we are today and who we’ll become tomorrow.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.

It’s not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.

How you feel is not the result of what is happening in your life — it is your interpretation of what is happening.

How you feel is not the result of what is happening in your life — it is your interpretation of what is happening. Successful people’s lives have shown us over and over again that the quality of our lives is determined not by what happens to us, but rather by what we do about what happens.

it’s not conditions but decisions that determine our lives.

It is not that things happen to each of us according to his fate, but that he interprets what has happened, if he has power to do so, according to his sense of his own destiny.

It's not your present circumstances that count; it's the circumstances you make up your mind to achieve that are important.

Questions of meaning are a function of human life, but they are not native to the universe itself — meaning is not what we find, but what we create with the lives we live and the seeds we plant and the organizing principles according to which we sculpt our personhood.

Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.

It’s not the events that shape my life that determine how I feel and act, but, rather, it’s the way I interpret and evaluate my life experiences.

it’s not our references, but our interpretations of them, the way we organize them — that clearly determine our beliefs.

Remember, it’s not conditions but decisions that determine our lives.

It’s not the events that shape my life that determine how I feel and act, but, rather, it’s the way I interpret and evaluate my life experiences