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“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”

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

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”

“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”

“We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.”

“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.”

“Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.”

“The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.”

“There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.”

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”

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

“A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.”

“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.”

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”

“Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.”

“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”

“Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.”

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”