#pines

There is nothing better for your family than for you to be at your best, for you to be at your own peace, for you to be showing them in every way who you are, and what you stand for. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#children #example #family #happiness #life

When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#happiness #inspirational #life #motivational #success

You are here with a unique purpose. Stop letting others define you. Stop letting others dilute you. Don’t be bullied or pressured into being less than you are. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #life #motivational #purpose #experience

Focusing on what you don’t want instead of focusing on what do want gets you nowhere. Negativity makes a horrible motivator. Decide what you want and move in that direction. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#focus #happiness #life #success #experience

If it is possible to die of grief then why on earth can't someone be healed by happiness? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#happiness #inspirational #faith

Lasting joys the man attend Who has a faithful female friend. ↗

— Cornelius Whur

#faith

The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#astronomy-vs-gastronomy #food #happiness #food

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness. ↗

— Elsa Schiaparelli

#dispenses #good #good cook #happiness #like

I let all that anger and worry go because they don't belong to me any more than the future does. And I don't wanna feel them anyhow, because the truth is, whatever happens when this war ends, here and now, far from Richmond County, I'm freer than I've ever been. ↗

— Teresa R. Funke

#inspiration #inspirational #life #war #wisdom

You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about. ↗

— Melissa de la Cruz

#happy #heartbreak #hurt #love #self