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I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families. ↗

— Steve Kerr

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Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier. ↗

— Sam Levenson

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

— Abraham Lincoln

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Happiness? No, it's not there for me. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#me

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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We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it. ↗

— Willie Nelson

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Happiness can exist only in acceptance. ↗

— George Orwell

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Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

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Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

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