Life Happiness Quotes - Page 8

• Treat every challenge as a lesson, every mistake you make as a blessing and move on.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Happiness, Mistake

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• Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr's.

  O. Henry

  Perfect, Martyr

  O. Henry (2016). “The Complete Works Of O. Henry”, p.516, ShandonPress

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• The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.

  Herodotus

  Life, Happiness, Real

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• All human beings seek the happy life, but many confuse the means - for example, wealth and status - with that life itself.  This misguided focus on the means to a good life makes people get further from the happy life.  The really worthwhile things are the virtuous activities that make up the happy life, not the external means that may seem to produce it.

  Epictetus

  Life, Motivational, Happiness

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• There is good reason to make our decision now to serve the Lord. On this Sunday morning, when the complications and temptations of life are somewhat removed, and when we have the time and more of an inclination to take an eternal perspective, we can more clearly evaluate what will bring us the greatest happiness in life. We should decide now, in the light of the morning, how we will act when the darkness of night and when the storms of temptation arrive.

  Howard W. Hunter

  Morning, Sunday, Night

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• We can't change the world until we change ourselves.

  The Notorious B.I.G.

  Hip Hop, World, Can't Change

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• Take the first chance that you get, because you may never get another one.

  Lil Wayne

  Hip Hop, May, Firsts

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• Life isn't perfect. It's not supposed to be. We all make mistakes. You bash your head against the wall and you get hurt, but you walk away and make the best of it. And that's what makes it life, Brenna, not perfection. You'll never find happiness if you only expect to find a perfect life. Happiness is something we reach for while we try to learn from our disappointments.

  Karen White

  Hurt, Wall, Disappointment

  Karen White (2007). “Learning to Breathe”, p.255, Penguin

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• The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to withdraw their time and energy from the service of the body, and devote themselves to the freedom and culture of the mind. For that, they think, is the real happiness of life.

  Thomas More

  Time, Real, Thinking

  1516 Utopia (English translation1556), bk.2.

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• I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

  Tim Ferriss

  Appreciation, People, Achievement

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• There is no happiness in life, there is no misery like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrate a home.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Life, Happiness, Home

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers...

  Nas

  Hip Hop, Answers, Chance

  "Trust". Song by Nasir Jones (Nas), Matthew Jehu Samuels (Boi-1da), Jamaal Anwar Sublett and Matthew Raymond Burnett, July 13, 2012.

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• We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness. The supreme happiness in life is the assurance of being loved; of being loved for oneself, even in spite of oneself; and this assurance the blind man possesses. In his affliction, to be served is to be caressed. Does he lack anything? no. Possessing love he is not deprived of light. A love, moreover, that is wholly pure. There can be no blindness where there is this certainty.

  Victor Hugo

  Life, Men, Light

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• I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Life, Believe, Pursuit Of Happiness

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.20, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

  William Cobbett

  Happiness, Laughter, Joy

  William Cobbett (1829). “Advice to Young Men, and, incidentally, to Young Women, in the middle and higher ranks of life. In a series of letters, etc”, p.364

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• Instead of pleasing, learn the art of happiness.

  Rajneesh

  Life, Art, Art Of Happiness

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• Forget yesterday, live for today. Tomorrow will take care of itself.

  Rick Ross

  Yesterday, Hip Hop, Live For Today

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• The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most beautiful period of the heart's existence is in this calm equable light, even although it be only moonshine or twilight. Now the mind alone can obtain for us this heavenly cheerfulness and peace.

  Jean Paul

  Happiness, Beautiful, Twilight

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• Even though a high IQ is no guarantee of prosperity, prestige,
  or happiness in life, our schools and our culture fixate on
  academic abilities, ignoring the emotional intelligence that also
  matters immensely for our personal destiny.

  Daniel Goleman

  School, Destiny, Emotional

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.72, Bantam

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• Real joy and happiness come from living in such a way that our Heavenly Father will be pleased with us. ... One cannot break God's commandments and be happy. We should remember the scripture, "Wickedness never was happiness"

  W. Eugene Hansen

  Life, Father, Real

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• I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Thinking, Things In Life, People

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• It is a terrible thing to be happy! How pleased we are with it! How all-sufficient we think it! How, being in possession of the false aim of life, happiness, we forget the true aim, duty!

  Victor Hugo

  Thinking, Aim Of Life, Forget

  Victor Hugo (2000). “Les Mis??rables”, p.1231, Modern Library

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• He was right in saying that the only certain happiness in life is to live for others.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Live For Others, Life Is, Certain

  Leo Tolstoy (2012). “Family Happiness and Other Stories”, p.12, Courier Corporation

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• You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. We pardon to the extent that we love. Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again. & great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Loved for ourselves. & even loved in spite of ourselves.

  Victor Hugo

  Lonely, Kindness, Love Is

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• Let him know how to choose the mean and avoid the extremes on either side, as far as possible. . . . For this is the way of happiness.

  Plato

  Life, Mean, Way

  Plato, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Plato Collection [47 Books]”, p.1769, Catholic Way Publishing

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