Happy Life Quotes - Page 17

• An unhappy life is a life not lived.

  Dennis Prager

  Unhappy, Life Is, Unhappy Life

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• Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Mind, Littles, Bears

  Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.42, Lulu.com

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• If your happiness depends on your children being happy, that makes them your hostages. So stay out of their business, stop using them for your happiness, and be your own happiness. And that way you are the teacher for your children: someone who knows how to live a happy life.

  Byron Katie

  Teacher, Children, Way

  Byron Katie (2010). “Question Your Thinking, Change the World”, p.104, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.

  Aristotle

  Effort, Amusement, Conformity

  Aristotle (1962). “Nicomachean Ethics”

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• All the masterpieces of art contain both light and shadow. A happy life is not one filled with only sunshine, but one which uses both light and shadow to produce beauty.

  Billy Graham

  Art, Sunshine, Light

  Billy Graham (2004). “The Enduring Classics of Billy Graham”, p.97, Thomas Nelson

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• It is my sincere opinion that our precious time on earth should not be spent attempting to justify unbelievable acts of cruelty, death, and disease as a part of 'God’s Plan' or the greater good — and clinging to ancient texts that preach ill-concealed bigotry and sexism. Instead, we should find ways to make this life happy and satisfying, without regard to the unknowable nature of an afterlife.

  David G. McAfee

  Afterlife, Time On Earth, Disease

  FaceBook post by David G. McAfee from Mar 22, 2014

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• The secret to a happy life is to recognize that no matter what the situation, there's a creative opportunity in it. Also, finding meaning and purpose in your life to make a contribution.

  Deepak Chopra

  Opportunity, Creative, Secret

  "What's the Secret to a Happy Life? Oprah Talks to Deepak Chopra". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. May 15, 2012.

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• I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.

  Isabel Allende

  Strength, Strong, Loss

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• Looking back on a happy life, one realizes that one was not happy all the time.

  Robert Breault

  Happiness, Realizing, Not Happy

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• A life of love is difficult, but it is not a bleak or unrewarding life. In fact, it is the only true human and happy life, for it is filled with concerns that are as deep as life, as wide as the whole world, and as far reaching as eternity. It is only when we have consented to love, and have agreed to forget ourselves, that we can find our fulfillment. This fulfillment will come unperceived and mysterious like the grace of God, but we will recognize it and it will be recognized in us.

  John Powell

  Love, Grace, World

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• Move forward and let others do the same. Simple. This is a guiding principle everyone should have.

  Pope Francis

  Moving, Simple, Guiding Principles

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• Proceed calmly in life.

  Pope Francis

  "Pope Francis issues top 10 tips for happiness" by Adam Withnall, www.independent.co.uk. July 31, 2014.

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• Consumerism has brought us anxiety. Set aside time to play with your children, and turn off the TV when they sit down to eat.

  Pope Francis

  Children, Play, Anxiety

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• Workers should have Sundays off because Sunday is for the family. Calling for Sundays to be a holiday.

  Pope Francis

  Holiday, Sunday, Should Have

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• We need to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities, they will get into drugs and be vulnerable to suicide.

  Pope Francis

  Suicide, Opportunity, People

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• Environmental degradation is one of the biggest challenges we have. I think a question that we're not asking ourselves is: 'Isn't humanity committing suicide with this indiscriminate and tyrannical use of nature?'

  Pope Francis

  Suicide, Thinking, Challenges

  "12* Powerful Climate Allies That GOP Denier Leaders Can’t Ignore" by Amanda Hanley, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2014.

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• We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. BUt the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyses: 'I am talking with you in order to persuade you.' No. Each person dialogues, starting with his and her own identity. The church grows by attracting, not proselytizing.

  Pope Francis

  Religious, Order, Talking

  "GMA Hosts Thrilled By Pope's 'Fantastic' Call Not to Proselytize, Ignore Context" by Kyle Drennen, newsbusters.org. August 4, 2014.

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• We are living in a time of many wars. The call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet. Peace if always proactive and dynamic.

  Pope Francis

  War, Giving, Quiet

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• I really believe there's no such thing as accidents, only opportunities. God gives everyone the ingredients to a good, happy life. It's up to us to make the most of them.

  Rachael Ray

  Believe, Opportunity, Giving

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• Just be happy, and if you can't be happy, do things that make you happy. Or do nothing with the people that make you happy.

  Esther Earl

  Life, People, Just Be Happy

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• I have scars on my hands from touching certain people...Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me. Other things, too. Charlotte once ran away from me, outside the studio, and I grabbed her dress to stop her, to keep her near me. A yellow cotton dress I loved because it was too long for her. I still have a lemon-yellow mark on the palm of my right hand. Oh God, if I'm anything by a clinical name, I'm a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

  J. D. Salinger

  Life, Hair, Hands

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• Thoughts, like water, will stay on course if we make a place for them to go. As you learn to control your thoughts, you can gain courage, conquer fear and have a happy life.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Water, Gains, Conquer

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• Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.

  James Cagney

  Happiness, Self, Secret

  James Cagney (1976). “Cagney by Cagney”

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• In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find — and I hear from other people that they agree — that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness.

  Gretchen Rubin

  People, Giving, Coats

  "Test Yourself: Do You Have Clutter Mentality?" by Gretchen Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• Once upon a time, a historian told me that the most important choice a new historian could make was of his or her specialist subject. Most of the good stuff was far too overcrowded, so you had to pick about in the exotic and extinct. His recommendations were the Picts or the Minoans, because hardly anything was known about them and you could spend a happy lifetime of speculation.

  A. A. Gill

  Important Choices, History, Once Upon A Time

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