happiness

"Separate yourself from those who hinder your vision. Make a choice to walk away from the trap set to ensnare you. Realize when someone is pulling you backwards every time you take a step forward. Separate from them and the result of your action will be a life of success."

"Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig."

"Honest, open communication is the only street that leads us into the real world... We then begin to grow as never before. And once we are on this road, happiness cannot be far away."

"A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering."

"Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action."

"Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature."

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

"The more I understand the mind and the human experience, the more I begin to suspect there is no such thing as unhappiness; there is only ungratefulness."

"Happiness consists in always aspiring perfection, the pause in any level in perfection is the pause of happiness"

"I learned from a very young age that if I persued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness."

"We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it."

"Mara, that's the life I want to give you. That's what I'm offering you. I want to fill you life with color and warmth. I want to fill it with light. Give me a chance"

"Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone."

"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears."

"You know what my father told me when I was little, one day, when he found me crying? He told me that God gave people a fixed number of tears and are of two kinds: tears of sadness and tears of happiness. And that I should not waste my tears elsewhere, but keep them for the moments of happiness. Would be a shame to not have tears to cry then ..."

"Doing the tough things sets winners apart from losers."

"Culture is an elevated expression of the inner voice which the different peoples of the Earth have heard in the depths of their being, a voice which conveys the vibrant compassion and wisdom of the cosmic life. For different cultures to engage in interaction is to catalyze each other's souls and foster mutual understanding."

"To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness."

"I bought you a gift. It’s something I’ve always wanted, but I’m not quite sure you’ll like it. So if you don’t want it just tell me and I’ll be happy to keep it. After all, I’m only interested in making you happy."

"If you really want to be happy, don't just go for the money. Go for the relationship that lasts. Go for things of greater value."