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“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”

“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”

“If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.”

“Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.”

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.”

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

“It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”

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

“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”

“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.”

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”

“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”

“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.”

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”

“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

“Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”