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“A sense of duty pursues us ever. It is omnipresent, like the Deity. If we take to ourselves the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, duty performed or duty violated is still with us, for our happiness or our misery. If we say the darkness shall cover us, in the darkness as in the light our obligations are yet with us.”

“If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.”

“If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.”

“You want to reclaim your country? You got to go back to the first men who started this country, the founding fathers and this is going to be shocking for the liberal professors out there that are indoctrinating our kids but the founding fathers believed in the Judeo-Christian god that believed we have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness! You can pursuit it. If you don't get it, it's your fault! You messed up. Go back to work. Work harder.”

“If we become uncomfortable in any given moment, we can look at a flower, a pebble in the street or the tire on our car and be grateful. We can gaze at a person in the distance or at a cloud in the sky and be appreciative. We can smile at a stranger, hug someone we know or tidy a disorganized shelf and be thankful for the opportunity. If we choose gratitude, we will be happy!”

“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.”

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

“Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you.”

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”

“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.”

“If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”

“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.”

“Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.”

“You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.”

“If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.”

“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.”

“Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.”

“If you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

“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.”