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

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

“Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.”

“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.”

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”

“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.”

“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.”

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

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”

“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.”

“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.”

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

“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.”

“True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.”

“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.”

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

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

“True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.”

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

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

“Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.”