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“Beautiful light is born of a contrast to darkness.”

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Ross Turnbull, born on January 4, 1985, is a professional football player from the United Kingdom. He has primarily played as a goalkeeper throughout his career and has represented several clubs in the English Premier League. more

“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another for there will always be others whose lives on the face of it appear better. However just remember and focus on the fact that your life could be much worse and be grateful it isn't. No matter what others or even you may briefly think you are lucky things aren't worse so be grateful.”

Thinking May Matter Facts Remember Faces Enjoy Focus Gratitude Lucky No Matter What Grateful Compare Be Grateful

Author:Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet

“In order for the light of gratitude and happiness to shine so brightly, the darkness of how it could be worse must be present.”

Light Order Darkness Gratitude Shining

Author:Danny DeVito

“In order to be happy we must first possess inner contentment; and inner contentment doesn't come from having all we want; but rather from wanting and appreciating being grateful for all we have.”

Want Firsts Order Gratitude Appreciate Grateful Contentment Be Grateful

Author:Dalai Lama

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. It can be argued that peace and happiness comes from the subjective internalised perspective of realizing things could be worse and being grateful they aren't. The alternative view that peace and happiness comes from the objective external perspective of having more and better things than at present, while important for growth, can be a never-ending source of jealousy, dissatisfaction and disappointment. A balance of the two, where people are grateful for what they have while striving for more seems the best blended perspective.”

“I'm not the greatest boyfriend, but I'm not a creep. It's more like I'm... absent-minded.”

Absent Creeps Absent Minded

Author:Matt Dillon

“For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them is not as good as having them.”

Persons Sleep Gratitude Riches Enjoyed Appreciated Interrupted

Author:Jean Paul

“All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everything to something better. But by changing that habit to comparing everything to something worse, even making it a game, that person can find gratitude, relief and happiness where-ever they go and whatever they experience, guaranteed!”

Looks Persons Eye Games Habit Gratitude Compare Relief Yellow Something Better

Author:Alexander Pope

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness? You only truly, deeply appreciate and are grateful for something when you compare and contrast it to something worse.”

Giving Cold Gratitude Summer Appreciate Grateful Winter Compare Warmth Contrast Sweetness Compare And Contrast

Author:John Steinbeck

“The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it - either gratefully better than or bitterly worse than something else that you alone choose.”

Whole Universe Gratitude

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.”

May Sides Dark Habit Gratitude Dark Side Habitual Bright Side Bright Smiles

Book:Self-help; with illustrations of character and conduct

Source: Self-help; with illustrations of character and conduct

Quote by Ross Turnbull

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