#pines

Life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy by yourself and for yourself. Happiness comes from within. You have the power to change your own mindset so that all the negative, horrible thoughts that try to invade your psyche are replaced with happy, positive, wonderful thoughts. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#change

Stop pointing fingers and placing blame on others. Your life can only change to the degree that you accept responsibility for it. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#blame #happiness #life #pointing-fingers #responsibility

Death, I've dreamed of it, I've desired it, but what real happiness can come from it? ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#death #dreams #family #happiness #life

I felt a wish never to leave that room - a wish that dawn might never come, that my present frame of mind might never change. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#leo-tolstoy #literature #russia #change

The process of discovering your fearless self is of refinement, not adding. The best way to reconnect with your freedom is to look at the rules you have that govern your freedom. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#fearless #freedom #happiness #inspirational #refinement

Feathers filled the small room. Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. Could they fly is there wasn't someone, somewhere, laughing? ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#philosophy #laugh

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#happiness #wealth #wisdom #money

Your joy can be the impetus that motivates others to find their way to joy. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy #kindness #spreading-sunshine

Words of love cast from thy lips reach another heart at lightning speed. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#heart #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy #lightning-speed

We are not perfect. We are here to learn. Earth is one big classroom and God is our heavenly guidance counselor and teacher. ↗