Are you a good judge
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of other people’s happiness? Tell us about a time you were spot on despite external hints to the contrary (or, alternatively, about a time you were dead wrong).
I am not a bad judge of other people’s happiness. I just wish that they would understand that just because they are does not mean everyone else is too.
“If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. ”
—Josh Billings.Humorist and lecturer Josh Billings (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ”
Joseph Addison
Don’t mistake pleasure for happiness. They’re a different breed of dog. -Josh Billings, columnist and humorist (1818-1885).
Happiness is the art of making bouquets of those flowers within reach.
~ Bob Goddard
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
“May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human & enough hope to make you happy.” ~ Author Unknown.
Cover of Chicken Soup for the Soul
“If my heart can become pure and loving, like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.” ~ Kitaro Nishada, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grand and Great
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Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” ~Francesca Reigler, quoted in “Count Your Blessings”
“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” ~Francesca Reigler, quoted in “Count Your Blessings“
How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success. -Madame Anne Sophie Swetchine, mystic (1782-1857).
English: Portrait of Sophia Petrovna Svechina (1782-1857) Русский: С.П.Свечина (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. -Eleanor Roosevelt, diplomat and author (1884-1962)
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“Happiness is a way of traveling, not a destination.” ~Unknown, quoted in “Teens Talk Middle School”.
One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience. –George Sand [pen name of Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin], novelist (1804-1876).
