Joy And Happiness I

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. ~ Jacques PrÈvert

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~ Marcel Proust

“Take away the complaint ‘I have been harmed’ and the harm is taken away”. ~ Marcus Aurelius

Learn to smile, get the habit of it; learn to sing, make it also a habit; and you will be surprised how much brighter it makes the world, not only to others, but to yourself! The smile and the song lessen the burdens and light up the way. ~ Anon

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone. ~ Coco Chanel

Self-pity in its early stages is a snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. ~ Maya Angelou

The hardest habit of all to break is the terrible habit of happiness. ~ Theodosia Garrison

Between stimulus and response is a space. In this space lies our freedom to choose our response. In these choices lie our growth and our happiness. ~ Steven Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Happiness is like a butterfly, which, when you pursue it is always beyond your grasp, but, which, when you sit down may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. ~ Abraham Lincoln

He who knows enough is enough will always have enough. ~Lao Zi

Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with. ~ American Proverb

I want to sing like the birds sing not worrying about who hears or what they think. ~ Rumi

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. ~ William Shakespeare

Happiness is like jam. You can’t spread even a little without getting some on yourself.

Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it. ~ Seneca

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. ~ Abraham Lincoln

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. ~ Kahlil Gibran

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. ~ Kahlil Gibran

Oftentimes in denying yourself pleasure you do but store the desire in the recesses of your being. ~ Kahlil Gibran

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