#happiness

Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles. ↗

— Red Skelton

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If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears. ↗

— Anthony Storr

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Lots of people I know have bootlegged tapes of performances and if they play it I will be transported back sometimes with happiness, sometimes with horror. ↗

— Chris Bailey

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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

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

— William E. Gladstone

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

— Ashley Montagu

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It's obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect. ↗

— Daniel Keys Moran

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Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. ↗

— William James

#bring #happiness #may #without

Michael has a connection with children, just like Mickey Mouse does, and he brings happiness to them, and joy. ↗

— Jermaine Jackson

#children #connection #does #happiness #joy

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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