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Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About Cultivating Gratitude

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Melody Beattie

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie

Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.
Amy Collette

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 a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.
Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
Henry Van Dyke

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.
Cicero

Gratitude is the open door to abundance.
Unknown

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About Embracing Change

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts

Change is the end result of all true learning.
Leo Buscaglia

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
William James

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs

The only way to make a good life is to keep changing.
Lewis Lapham

The only way to do something in depth is to work hard. The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or rich, then you're in danger.
Miuccia Prada

The only way to do great things is to feel like you're playing.
Seth Godin

The only way to do something is to do it.
Yvon Chouinard

The only way to do something is to start doing it.
Unknown

The only way to do something is to start doing it. Don't wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.
Unknown

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About Building Meaningful Relationships

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
William Saroyan

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
Morrie Schwartz

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Gandhi

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 greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
Hubert H. Humphrey

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched
they must be felt with the heart.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About The Importance Of Giving Back

The more you give, the more you get.
Unknown

The joy of giving is immeasurable.
Unknown

We rise by lifting others.
Robert Ingersoll

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

No one has ever become poor by giving.
Anne Frank

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
Pablo Picasso

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back.
Unknown

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Albert Schweitzer

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.
Ben Carson

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About The Beauty Of Nature

In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir

The earth has music for those who listen.
William Shakespeare

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.
Claude Monet

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
John Muir

Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.
Gary Snyder

The poetry of the earth is never dead.
John Keats

The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.
Natalie Angier

Nature is the art of God.
Dante Alighieri

The silence of nature is very real. It surrounds you, you can feel it.
Ted Trueblood

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About The Value Of Experiences Over Possessions

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

The things you own end up owning you.
Chuck Palahniuk

The best things in life aren't things.
Art Buchwald

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
Plato

The more you know, the less you need.
Yvon Chouinard

The things that matter most in life are not things.
Anthony J. D'Angelo

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 best things in life are the people we love, the places we've been, and the memories we've made along the way.
Unknown

The things you take for granted, someone else is praying for.
Unknown

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About Finding Joy In The Little Things

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.
Jon Kabat-Zinn

Happiness is a warm puppy.
Charles M. Schulz

The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.
Audrey Hepburn

Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey.
Zig Ziglar

Happiness is not having what you want. It is appreciating what you have.
Unknown

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.
Valerie Bertinelli

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Jim Rohn

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
Daphne du Maurier

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About Living In The Present Moment

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.
Thich Nhat Hanh

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Buddha

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.
Eckhart Tolle

The present moment is a powerful goddess.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
Tara Brach

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
Thich Nhat Hanh

The present moment is a gift. That's why they call it the present.
Unknown

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment.
Buddha

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
Thich Nhat Hanh

The present moment is the moment of power and choice.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About Pursuing Your Passions

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
Oprah Winfrey

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs

Passion is the genesis of genius.
Tony Robbins

If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.
Bishop T.D. Jakes

Passion is the driving force behind success and happiness that allows us all to live better lives.
Unknown

Passion is the key to happiness and success. If you are doing something you love, you will be successful.
Tyra Banks

Passion is the fuel that drives the engine of success.
Unknown

Passion is the bridge that takes you from pain to change.
Frida Kahlo

Passion is the fire that drives us to express who we really are.
Unknown

Passion is the spark that ignites the flame of creativity.
Unknown

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About Overcoming Adversity

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela

Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.
Steve Maraboli

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Abraham Lincoln

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.
Nelson Mandela

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About Self-Love And Acceptance

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.
Lucille Ball

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.
Steve Maraboli

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Buddha

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.
Roy T. Bennett

Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself.
Unknown

You are enough just as you are.
Megan Markle

The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.
Robert Hand

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.
Diane Von Furstenberg

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.
Amy Bloom

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About The Power Of Positive Thinking

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama

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

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About The Journey Not Just The Destination

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
Ben Sweetland

The journey is what brings us happiness, not the destination.
Dan Millman

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Lao Tzu

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Margaret Lee Runbeck

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 purpose of our lives is to be happy.
Dalai Lama XIV

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About The Benefits Of Mindfulness And Meditation

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It's a way of entering into the quiet that's already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.
Deepak Chopra

Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.
Jon Kabat-Zinn

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won't).
James Baraz

Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you.
Amit Ray

Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.
Sylvia Boorstein

Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.
Jeremy Taylor

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness And Fulfillment Quotes About The Connection Between Happiness And Fulfillment

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
Aldous Huxley

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
Thomas Merton

Happiness is not a feeling of contentment, but rather a feeling of joy that comes from pursuing your passions.
Daniel Kahneman

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