Happiness Quotes - Page 2

• If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Positive, Sad, Happy

  Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

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  Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Positive, Smile

  "3 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Mood in 2 Minutes" by Daniela Tempesta, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2013.

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• The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

  Carl Sandburg

  Being Happy, Inner Peace, Secret

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  Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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  If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Happy, Teacher

  Dalai Lama, Victor Chan (2012). “The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights”, p.11, Random House

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• Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Happy, Self

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• Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast." ~

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Happy, Laughter, Attitude

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  Laughter is an instant vacation.

  Milton Berle

  Love, Family, Laughter

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• Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

  Charles Dickens

  Being Happy, Delight, Expect Nothing

  "Fictional character: Vincent Crummles". "Nicholas Nickleby", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Mary Lou Retton (2000). “Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness: 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life”, Broadway

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• Fill the cup of happiness for others, and there will be enough overflowing to fill yours to the brim.

  Rose Pastor Stokes

  Cups, Enough

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• If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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• It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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  It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Positive, Being Happy, Attitude

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.1417, Barbour Publishing

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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

  Happy, Butterfly, Chasing Butterflies

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• The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.

  J. D. Salinger

  Life, Happy, Differences

  J. D. SALINGER (1968). “FOR ESME- WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR”

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• Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Love, Life, Powerful

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• Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

  Lord Byron

  Life, Motivational, Positive

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• Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

  Dale Carnegie

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.102, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• The greatest joys of life are happy memories. Your job is to create as many of them as possible.

  Brian Tracy

  Jobs, Memories, Joy

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  When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.

  Frank Ocean

  Sad, Happy, Music

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

  George Sand

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

  John Dewey

  Work, Opportunity, Keys

  John Dewey (2015). “Democracy and Education”, p.311, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Love, Motivational, Family

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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