Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Happiness...as Defined by Others

"Dance like no one is watching.
Sing like no one is listening.
Love like you've never been hurt
and live like it's heaven on Earth."
- Mark Twain

"Come clean with a child heart
Laugh as peaches in the summer wind
Let rain on a house roof be a song
Let the writing on your face be a smell of apple orchards on late June."
- Carl Sandburg

"try and expect nothing,
but be OPEN for anything.
Don't look far for happiness,
but never settle for anything less."
- C.S. Lewis

"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it."
- Mother Teresa

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” - Epicurus

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us " - Helen Keller

"Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.” - Stacey Charter

"Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."
-Aristotle

2 comments:

  1. i liked the epicurus quote...i don't think i've heard it before. Thanks for sharing all the quotes and putting things in perspective. Love ya!

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