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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust
Let us be thankful to those who bring joy to our lives, they are the delightful cultivators who cause our spirits to flourish.
2.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Omar Khayyam
Rejoice in the present. This instant is your existence.
3.
Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.
Zig Ziglar
Until you are content with yourself, you will never be satisfied with your possessions.
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The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.
Audrey Hepburn
Appreciate life - to be content - that is paramount.
5.
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert Camus
"Do not tread before me; I cannot guide the way. Do not linger behind me; I shall not follow. Simply stand by my side and be my companion."
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When you find yourself in a position to help someone, be happy because Allah is answering that person’s prayer through you.
Nouman Ali Khan
When you have the capability to assist somebody, be joyful as Allah is granting that individual's supplication through you.
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Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.
Ralph Marston
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One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy and only useful as he contributes his influences for the finer callings in life.
Milton S. Hershey
One is only content in relation to how much joy they spread to others and only beneficial when providing assistance for higher aspirations.
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I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Groucho Marx
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Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
Gordon B. Hinckley
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Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
Jonathan Edwards
Determination One: I will serve God. Determination Two: Even if no one else does, I still shall.
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If our children have the background of a godly, happy home and this unshakable faith that the Bible is indeed the Word of God, they will have a foundation that the forces of hell cannot shake.
Ruth Graham
If our offspring are nurtured in a blessed, contented family environment and an unassailable conviction that the Bible is truly God's Word, they will have a footing which the powers of evil can not undermine.
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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Gautama Buddha
Countless flames can be kindled from one flame. Contentment never diminishes through division.
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True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed.
Dalai Lama
Real joy derives from cultivating a serenity of the soul and satisfaction, which entails nurturing benevolence, fondness and sympathy, while eliminating rage, self-interest and avarice.
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Everybody wants happiness, and nobody wants pain, but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.
Zion Lee
Everyone covets joy, and no one desires suffering, yet a rainbow cannot exist without a little precipitation.
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Knowledge is power." Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man's progress is to feel the great heart-throbs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving, one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life.
Helen Keller
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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Ernest Hemingway
Contentment in learned individuals is the most uncommon occurrence I can think of.
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Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.
Milton H. Erickson
Life will bring its own tribulations. Your responsibility is to foster cheerfulness.
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Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
Og Mandino
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Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
J. K. Rowling
Contentment can be located, even in the gloomiest of times, if one only remembers to ignite the lamp.
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If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
Confucius
If you want joy for a year, come into money. If you want contentment for life, assist another person.
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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
Booker T. Washington
The most content individuals are those who contribute the most to others. The least fulfilled are those who give little effort.
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I'm not interested in fame and glory. It's just that I would like others to know what a happy dance this is.
Frankie Manning
I would not seek renown or adulation; my aim is only to demonstrate the sheer joy of this jig.
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If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.
Andrew Carnegie
Aim for a purpose that directs your mentality, invigorates your enthusiasm, and stirs your expectations.
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You create your own decoration. You choose your color, you choose your mood. ... If you are depressed, you put some bright yellow and suddenly you are happy.
Philippe Starck
'You craft your own atmosphere. You select your hue, you pick your sentiment. ... If you are despondent, you incorporate some vibrant yellow and instantly you are content.'
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
Gautama Buddha
Contentment will never come to those who fail to recognize what they already possess.
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You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.
Julia Roberts
You realise it's love when all you desire is for them to feel joy, even if that bliss isn't connected to you.
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Whoever is happy will make others happy.
Anne Frank
Whoever is content will bring cheer to those around them.
29.
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
Marianne Williamson
Youngsters are elated as they do not possess a mental catalogue of conceivable misfortunes.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Democritus
Contentment lies not in material goods, nor in riches, but rather in the spirit.
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I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.
Henry David Thoreau
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When children are allowed to help make family decisions, they tend to be much more supportive and happier with family life. Also when allowed to help make rules, they will follow them much closer than if rules are forced on them. All these add up to a happier home for all.
Rudolf Dreikurs
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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
Mark Victor Hansen
Devote yourself to the well-being you are worthy of and crave for yourself. Bestow upon yourself equanimity. You merit elation. You merit joyfulness.
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama
If you wish to bring joy to others, exhibit benevolence. If your aim is to be content, demonstrate kindness.
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All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.
John Gunther
Indulging in a leisurely breakfast is essential for contentment.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Epictetus
Only contentment can be achieved by disregarding matters that are beyond our control.
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Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.
C. S. Lewis
Do not rely on external sources for your contentment.
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You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
Albert Camus
You will never experience life if you are searching for the purpose of existence.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
Golda Meir
Believe in yourself. Cultivate the type of character that you will be proud to call your own for eternity. Ignite the minuscule, inner sparks of potential into blazing successes.
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Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.
Alan Cohen
Cherish what you possess and embrace the prospects of what is to come.
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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.
Bertrand Russell
If there were in the world presently a substantial amount of individuals who sought their own felicity more than they pursued the misery of others, we could have a heavenly abode within a short time.
42.
There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.
Vicki Baum
Dancing is an expedient to joy.
43.
If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy.
Dorothy Parker
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Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
Bertolt Brecht
People pursue joy relentlessly, oblivious to the fact that contentment is just steps away.
45.
Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy.
Charlie Chaplin
Life applauds you when you bring joy to others.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
Marcus Aurelius
The contentment of your life is contingent upon the calibre of your ideas: hence, be vigilant and make sure that you do not entertain any views contrary to morality and logic.
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Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
George Bernard Shaw
Complete the task at hand regardless of personal contentment; this is not pleasure, but it is excellence.
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There is but one mode by which man can possess in perpetuity all the happiness which his nature is capable of enjoying, - that is by the union and co-operation of all for the benefit of each.
Robert Owen
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When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.
Frank Ocean
When you're contented you appreciate the melody, but when you're despondent you comprehend the words.
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Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
Andy Rooney
'All aspire to reach the summit, but true joy and development is found in the journey towards it.'