Happiness Quotes - Page 40

• Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

  Thomas Szasz

  Patience, Attitude, Blessing

  Thomas Stephen Szasz (1973). “The second sin”, Anchor

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• Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Smile, Beauty, Laughter

  Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.452, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• What is wanted for the nonce is, that folks should be as agreeable as possible in conversation and demeanor; so that good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in societ.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Attitude, Educational, Humor

  "Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval and other stories".

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• I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.

  Twyla Tharp

  Art, Laughter, Laughing

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  Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Love, Life, Family

  Margaret Thatcher (1989). “The revival of Britain: speeches on home and European affairs, 1975-1988”

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• Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.

  Andrea Thompson

  Smile, Laughter, Moving

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• What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Things do not change; we change.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.212, Cosimo, Inc.

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• You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Success, Hope, Time

  Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.395, Yale University Press

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• It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Success, Hope, Motivation

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• Remember that the smallest seed of faith is of more worth than the largest fruit of happiness.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Depression, Faith, Literature

  "Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau".

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• That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Wisdom, Money, Men

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• The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.

  James Thurber

  Success, Laughter, Congratulations

  James Thurber (1990). “Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself”

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• Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon". Book by Mark A. Bryan with Julia Cameron and Catherine A. Allen, p. 160, 1999.

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• All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Funny, Family

  Anna Karenina pt. 1, ch. 1 (1875 - 1877) (translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude) See Susan Cheever 1

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• Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Life, Real

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• We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Life, Wisdom, Memorable

  Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.5, Dial Press

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• Is Valentine's Day a day to make cupcakes with your children? No, Valentine's is supposed to be a day about romantic love.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Children, Valentine, Romantic Love

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• Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

  Margaret Walker

  Love, Inspirational, Friendship

  Margaret Walker (2016). “Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.496, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Seven days without laughter makes one weak.

  Mort Walker

  Inspirational, Funny, Laughter

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  A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Life, Encouragement

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• A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

  William Arthur Ward

  Positive, Appreciation, Attitude

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  They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

  Andy Warhol

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.124, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Family, Being Happy, Time

  Charles Dudley Warner (2006). “My Summer in a Garden: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.92, ReadHowYouWant.com

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