Quote

I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.

Deborah Norville

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Deborah Norville
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 8
Journalist
Television Journalist
Dalton
Georgia
Deborah Anne Norville
Things
Lists
Life
Focused
Goes
Working
Sensed
Wrong
Validity
Better
Focusing
Wanted
Opposed
Long
List

More quotes by Deborah Norville

Image
I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.
Deborah Norville
Image
I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.
Deborah Norville
Image
I was brought up Methodist, christened as a little baby and went to church every Sunday.
Deborah Norville
Image
There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy.
Deborah Norville
Image
My job as a television anchor or television reporter is not to proselytize.
Deborah Norville
Image
Grateful people may recover faster from trauma.
Deborah Norville
Image
People who feel positively think differently. They think better.
Deborah Norville
Image
So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there.
Deborah Norville
Image
A thankful outlook smoothes the rough edges off life.
Deborah Norville
Image
'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past.
Deborah Norville
Image
If I have time to exercise, I do it, but I don't fixate on numbers like weight or waist size. Numbers don't work for me.
Deborah Norville
Image
The scripture is God's plan on how we are to live our lives here and what we are to do to have eternal life.
Deborah Norville
Image
There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.
Deborah Norville
Image
There are days-depression is a part of it-when if all you do is get dressed, take a shower and put on your makeup, then it is a good day. Your goals have to be much lower. But if you take one tiny little step, then you can take another and another.
Deborah Norville
Image
It is important for women to know who they are, and to know what makes their hearts sing.
Deborah Norville
Image
What I've learned is there's a scientifically proven phenomenon that's attached to gratitude, and that if you consciously take note of what is good in your life, quantifiable benefits happen.
Deborah Norville
Image
Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them.
Deborah Norville