![]() ![]() “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.” “Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.” If you want happiness for a lifetime - help someone else.” If you want happiness for a year - inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a day - go fishing. “If you want happiness for an hour - take a nap. “If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.” Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.” It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. “The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.” “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.” “The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.” And then you have to play better than anyone else.” “You have to learn the rules of the game. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” “It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.” Accept who you are – completely the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.” If you can't love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. “Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. “When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” “Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” “Just because it didn’t last forever, doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth your while.” “Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” “A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.” “Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.” Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. But the present time has one advantage over every other – it is our own. “Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” “The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.” “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” “There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.” Happiness never decreases by being shared.” “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Powerful Deep Quotes About Life and Happiness I hope you'll find something here that helps you to find a new perspective and improve your own life.Īnd if you need more motivation and help then I recommend this post with quotes on never giving up and this one filled with deep thoughts and quotes on moving forward in life. I've divided this big post into a few different sections on for example life, love ( for yourself and others) and motivation to make it easier to navigate and use. So in this post I'd like to share of the most thought-provoking and best quotes I've found over the past 10+ years. Or make me think a little extra (or sometimes a lot). The ones that set my mind off in a new direction. ![]()
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