~ He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness. ~ Chinese Proverbs
~ Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing ~ Napoleon Hill
~ Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized. ~ G. K. Chesterton
~ The happiness of too many days is often destroyed by trying to accomplish too much in one day. We would do well to follow a common rule for our daily lives - DO LESS, AND DO IT BETTER. ~ Dale E. Turner
~ The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. ~ Carl Sandburg
~ We know the presence of each passing moment by its activity, but the power and eternity of the moment can only be realized through our choosing to be consciously passive to that presence. ~ Guy Finley
~ A man is happy so long as he choose to be happy. ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn 1918
~ Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ~ Benjamin Disraeli 1804
~ Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.... Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture ... Do not build obstacles in your imagination ... Do not be awestruck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can. ~ Norman Vincent Peale 1898
~ Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which, if you sit down quietyly, may alight upon you. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804
~ Kindness makes the difference between passion and caring. Kindness is tenderness, kindness is love, perhaps greater than love .... kindness is goodwill, kindness says "I want you to be happy." Kindness comes very close to the benevolence of God. ~ Randolph Ray
~ Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. ~
