#pines

Helping others is the secret sauce to a happy life. ↗

— Todd Stocker

#happy #helping-others #joy #life #secret

The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world. ↗

— Leni Riefenstahl

#applause #encores #had #happiness #i

And since he was seeing more and more people who were unhappy for no apparent reason, he was becoming more and more tired, and even a little happy himself. He began to wonder whether he was in the right profession, whether he was happy with his life, whether he wasn't missing out on something. And then he felt very afraid because he wondered whether these unhappy people were contagious. ↗

— François Lelord

#unhappiness #life

The greatest happiness [...] is to sneeze when you want to. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#life #life

After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it's sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we're doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#happiness #love #torment #love

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#happiness #space #life

That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another.... ↗

— Charles M. Schulz

#puppy #life

Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#goals #happiness #life #satisfaction #life

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy. ↗

— Susan Polis Schutz

#happiness #honesty #inspirational #life #love

You have a unique gift to offer this world. Be true to yourself, be kind to yourself, read and learn about everything that interests you and keep away from people who bring you down. When you treat yourself kindly and respect the uniqueness of those around you, you will be giving this world an amazing gift... YOU! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#be-yourself #happiness #inspirational #kindness #motivational