10 Quotes That Make You Say Yes to Life

Short reminders to stay focused on your purpose

Several months after getting out of a Nazi concentration camp, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl developed Logotherapy.

That’s a school of psychotherapy based on a purpose-driven life. Frankl believed the primary motivational force of an individual is to find meaning.

And I couldn’t agree more. We all need to create our purpose. We can find meaning in life if we try. But we have to be mentally strong enough to make that happen.

Among Frankl’s books is Yes to Life, which discusses his thoughts on resilience and embracing life even in the face of great adversity.

Frankl published the book in 1946, barely a year after World War II ended. But I think it’s highly relevant now that the world is going through one massive challenge after the other.

Life will always come with hardship. That’s out of our control. So saying “yes” to life is all about our mindset and how we react. As Frankl puts it:

“To say yes to life is not only meaningful under all circumstances — because life itself is — but it is also possible under all circumstances.”