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The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have.
Unknown
Happiness is not about getting what you want all the time. It's about loving what you have and being grateful for it.
Unknown
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama
Happiness is not having what you want. It is appreciating what you have.
Unknown
The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
Seneca
Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey. Happiness is not tomorrow, it is now. Happiness is not a dependency, it is a decision. Happiness is what you are, not what you have.
Unknown
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
William Saroyan
Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.
Steve Maraboli
Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
Daphne du Maurier
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
Thomas Merton
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Jim Rohn
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
Hubert H. Humphrey
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
Morrie Schwartz
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.
Elisabeth Foley
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
Henry David Thoreau
The only way to have a good friend is to be one.
John Wooden
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
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
Maya Angelou
Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.
Aisha Tyler
Success is not about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.
Michelle Obama
Success is not about being the best. It's about always getting better.
Behance
Success is not about what you have. It's about who you are.
Unknown
Success is not about what you accomplish in your life, it's about what you inspire others to do.
Unknown
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The more you practice gratitude, the more you see how much there is to be grateful for, and your life becomes an ongoing celebration of joy and happiness.
Jennifer Williamson
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens
When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.
Kristin Armstrong
Gratitude is not a passive response to something we have been given, gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us.
David Whyte
When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.
Tony Robbins
Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.
Doris Day
Gratitude is the open door to abundance.
Unknown
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
Hans Hofmann
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
Coco Chanel
The more simple we are, the more complete we become.
August Rodin
Simplicity is the essence of happiness.
Cedric Bledsoe
The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.
Steve Maraboli
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. When we simplify, we are able to focus on what is truly important.
Brendon Burchard
Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.
Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Jacques Maritain
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
Denis Waitley
Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.
Unknown
The key to contentment lies solely in being satisfied with what one has.
Lao Tzu
Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama XIV
The present moment is all you ever have.
Eckhart Tolle
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
William Penn
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
Denis Waitley
The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.
Zig Ziglar
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.
Amy Collette
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey
Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
Zig Ziglar
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie
Family is not an important thing. It's everything.
Michael J. Fox
The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.
Charles Kuralt
In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Family is the most important thing in the world.
Princess Diana
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
George Santayana
The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.
Marge Kennedy
The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The family is the first essential cell of human society.
Pope John XXIII
Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and treasured, even when they're driving you crazy. As much as they make you mad, interrupt you, annoy you, curse at you, try to control you, these are the people who know you the best and who love you.
Jenna Morasca
A true friend is someone who is there for you when they'd rather be anywhere else.
Len Wein
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
Jim Morrison
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
Woodrow T. Wilson
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
Bernard Meltzer
The best mirror is an old friend.
George Herbert
In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir
The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.
Claude Monet
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The earth has music for those who listen.
William Shakespeare
The poetry of the earth is never dead.
John Keats
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
John Muir
The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.
Natalie Angier
Nature is the art of God.
Dante Alighieri
The earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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