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Quotes about Being Happy

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Happiness is a choice. – Anonymous

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. – Anne Frank

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. –Thich Nhat Hanh

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. – Dale Carnegie

Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. – Dale Carnegie

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. – Zhuangzi

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. – Helen Keller

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Albert Schweitzer

The word “happiness” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. – Carl Jung

True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. – Helen Keller

Happiness is a direction, not a place. – Sydney J. Harris

Cheer Up Quotes

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky. – Anaïs Nin

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up. – Mark Twain

May God grant you always… A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you. Laughter to cheer you. Faithful friends near you. And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you. – Irish Blessings

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. – Helen Keller

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. – Marianne Williamson

You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry. Don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. – Walter Hagen

Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change. Life’s too short to be anything… but happy. – Anonymous

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. – Anonymous

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Mentoring Quotes

Posted on November 13, 2010 by

“How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world. How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution…how we can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness” – Anne Frank

The more you loose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. – Norman Vincent Peale

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. – Helen Keller

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. – Mother Teresa

Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can
– John Wesley

One thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. – Albert Schweitzer

One of things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people. – Dick Gregory

Be the change you want to see in the world. – Gandhi

Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. – Lady Bird Johnson

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” – Arthur Ashe

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could. – Unknown

“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

To the world, you may just be somebody. But to somebody, you may just might be the world. – Unknown

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

You really can change the world if you care enough. – Marion Wright Edelman

Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness. – Ray Lyman Wilbur

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. – Albert Pine