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Quotes on Happiness

“Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.”
Maurice Materlinck

"Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is."
Maxim Gorky

To achieve happiness, we should make certain that we are never without an important goal."
Earl Nightingale

"Sharing time and talents can result in discoveries that bring happiness beyond measure."
Steve Brunkhorst, from 7 Gifts that Multiply Happiness

"Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually."
Stephen Covey

“Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Happiness depends upon ourselves."
Aristotle

"We have the ability to determine our happiness hour by hour and day by day, through our thoughts and actions. We make that choice every morning when we get out of bed."
Catherine Pulsifer, from Happiness Is Not The Absence of Problems

“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
Helen Keller

"If you ever find happiness by hunting for it,
you will find it,
as the old woman did her lost spectacles,
safe on her own nose all the time.”
Josh Billings

"I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems."
Ray Kroc

"We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it."
George Bernard Shaw

"Did you ever see an unhappy horse?
Did you ever see a bird that had the blues?
One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses."
Dale Carnegie

“The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.”
William Cowper

"Don't worry, be happy."
Bobby McFerrin

"Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life."
Burton Hillis

"Real happiness comes from inside. Nobody can give it to you."
Sharon Stone

“Happiness grows at our own firesides,
and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.”
Douglas Jerrold

"There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way."
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

"Let us never know what old age is.
Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years."
Ausonius

"Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance."
Jim Rohn

"It doesn't get any better than this."
Author Unknown

"The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts."
Marcus A. Antoninus

"It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy."
John D. Rockefeller

"Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead."
Scottish Proverb

"Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them."
Leo Tolstoy

"Profit is a by-product of work; happiness is its chief product."
Henry Ford

"If you love what you do, then it is no longer work. The money you earn is secondary when you love your work. Money can never buy happiness, or peace of mind."
Catherine Pulsifer, from Love What You Do

"Outer changes always begin with an inner change of attitude."
Albert Einstein

"Whoever is happy will make others happy, too."
Anne Frank

"Happiness and self-confidence come naturally when you feel yourself moving and progressing toward becoming the very best person you can possibly be."
Brian Tracy

"A mind employed is always happy. This is the true secert, the grand recipe for felicity."
Thomas Jefferson

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."
Buddha

"The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does."
James Matthew Barrie

"Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit."
Norman Vincent Peale

"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet."
J. Robert Oppenheimer

"The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
Allan K. Chalmers

"Kids are happier, more relaxed, more creative and less stressed when scheduled activities are limited."
Jacquie McTaggart

"Happiness comes from within, not from without."
David DeNotaris

"Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one."
Benjamin Franklin

"Happiness is not the absence of problems; but the ability to deal with them."
Jack Brown

"Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving."
Og Mandino

"Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are."
Yanni

"If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem."
Richard Bach

"The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts."
Author Unknown, from The Road To Success is Always Under Construction

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
The Dalai Lama

"We should be more like children; they truly live in the moment! They don't need expensive things to make them happy; they don't use the phrase, "if only", or, "when I get this", or, "when I have more money". "
Catherine Pulsifer, from Today Is The Best Day

"Strive to be happy."
Max Ehrmann Desiderata

"Happiness depends upon your outlook on life."
Catherine Pulsifer, from Happy New Year

"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life."
Albert Camus

"All happiness is in the mind."
English Proverb

"Did you know that there are gifts that will multiply your happiness when you give them away?"
Steve Brunkhorst, from 7 Gifts that Multiply Happiness

"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves."
James M. Barrie

"If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want."
Elbert Hubbard

"Happiness is a state of mind, an attitude that money cannot buy. One must look for happiness within, rather than in material acquistions. Look in nature, look for the good in others."
M. K. Soni

"Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action."
Benjamin Disraeli

"Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy."
American Proverb

"As you grew, we shared many happy times. As you leave, always take time to laugh every day."
Byron & Catherine Pulsifer, from As You Grew

"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

"You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime."
Dale Carnegie

"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time."
Author Unknown, from Each Day Is A Gift

"All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within."
Horace Friess

"Happiness is the journey not the destination."
Author Unknown, from Achieve Your Dreams

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
Albert Schweitzer

Quotes on Faith

"It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living."
Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
Martin Luther King Jr.

"My faith runs so very much faster than my reason that I can challenge the whole world and say, ’God is, was and ever shall be’."
Mahatma Gandhi

"Faith is a passionate intuition."
William Wordsworth

"Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times."
Martin Luther

"Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active."
Edith Hamilton

"Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine."
Henry S. Haskins

"The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out."
James Baldwin

"Faith is a kind of knowing; it is different from hope. My faith is that life is purposeful; of that I'm sure. There is a God, there is intelligence, there is consciousness. And behind all of this, there is incredible compassion."
John Denver

"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."
Confucius

"Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a gift from God."
Blaise Pascal

"On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property."
Buddha

"Desire, ask, believe, receive."
Stella Terrill Mann

"Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe."
St. Augustine

"Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see."
William Newton Clarke

"Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God."
Carter Lindberg

"Faith is more important to me than life itself because without it there would be no fullness of life."
Mother Teresa

"If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live."
George E. Woodberry

"The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness."
Henry David Thoreau

"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."
Henry Beecher

"The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus."
John Piper

"Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand."
Saint Thomas Acquinas

"A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding."
Douglas MacArthur

Quotes of William Arthur Ward

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
William Arthur Ward

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?
William Arthur Ward

Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
William Arthur Ward

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
William Arthur Ward

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
William Arthur Ward

Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
William Arthur Ward

Opportunities are like sunrises - if you wait too long, you miss them.
William Arthur Ward

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward

A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
William Arthur Ward

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
William Arthur Ward

We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.
William Arthur Ward

Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records.
William Arthur Ward

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
William Arthur Ward

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
William Arthur Ward

We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
William Arthur Ward

The greatest failure is the failure to try.
William Arthur Ward

Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.
William Arthur Ward

We are more than what we do, much more than what we accomplish, far more than what we possess.
William Arthur Ward

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your step as you walk the tightrope of life.
William Arthur Ward

Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
William Arthur Ward

The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.
William Arthur Ward

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
William Arthur Ward

Wise are they who have learned these truths:
Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
William Arthur Ward

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
William Arthur Ward

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
William Arthur Ward

Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
William Arthur Ward

Opportunities are like sunrises - if you wait too long, you miss them.
William Arthur Ward

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
William Arthur Ward

Four steps to achievement:
plan purposefully,
prepare prayerfully,
proceed positively,
pursue persistently.
William Arthur Ward

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.
William Arthur Ward

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
William Arthur Ward

Quotes of Mother Teresa

There are no great things, only small things with great love.
Mother Teresa

Just show up and things and things will happen.
Mother Teresa

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much.
Mother Teresa

It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
Mother Teresa

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
Mother Teresa

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Mother Teresa

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Mother Teresa

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
Mother Teresa

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones-the ones at home.
Mother Teresa

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
Mother Teresa

Unless a life is lived for others, it is not worthwhile.
Mother Teresa

I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.
Mother Teresa

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
Mother Teresa

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa

Peace begins with a smile.
Mother Teresa

What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.
Mother Teresa

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
Mother Teresa

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother Teresa

We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved.
Mother Teresa