Secret To Happiness Quotes - Page 4

• Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.

  Doug Larson

  Happiness, Being Happy, Stars

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• Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

  Plutarch

  Happiness, Happy, Speak Less

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• The secret to happiness is short-term, stupid self-interest!

  Bill Watterson

  Stupid, Self, Secret

  "Calvin and Hobbes". Book by Bill Watterson, April 1987.

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• The secret to happiness is to put the burden of proof on unhappiness.

  Robert Breault

  Happiness, Burden Of Proof, Secret

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• The secret to happiness, of course, is not getting what you want; it's wanting what you get.

  Alex Trebek

  Secret, Getting What You Want, Courses

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• Fill your hearts with love and gratitude. Life gives us what we need and not necessarily what we want. It follows its own wisdom, which is often incomprehensible to our gross minds. We should learn to accept situations in life. This attitude of acceptance is the secret to happiness.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Gratitude, Attitude, Heart

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• The secret to happiness is to lower your expectations. ...that is what you compare your experience with. If your expectations and standards are very high and only allow yourself to be happy when things are exquisite, you'll never be happy and grateful. There will always be some flaw. But compare your experience with lower expectations, especially something not as good, and you'll find much in your experience of the world to love, cherish and enjoy, every single moment.

  Charlie Munger

  Gratitude, Grateful, Single Mom

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• Pursue whatever it is that you want to do with your life. It is the only secret to happiness that I know except for maybe true love, that and maybe having the amazing health insurance plan that our congressmen have.

  Lewis Black

  Graduation, Secret, Want

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• The secret to happiness, at least to peace of mind, is knowing how to separate sex from love. And, if possible, eliminating romantic love from your life, which is the love that makes you suffer. That way, I assure you, you live with greater tranquility and enjoy things more.

  Mario Vargas Llosa

  Sex, Romantic Love, Knowing

  Mario Vargas Llosa (2012). “The Bad Girl”, p.76, Faber & Faber

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• Last year, [Pope Francis] was asked about his secret to happiness. He said slow down. Take time off. Live and let live. Don't proselytize. Work for peace. Work at a job that offers basic human dignity. Don't hold on to negative feelings. Move calmly through life. Enjoy art, books and playfulness.

  Timothy Egan

  Art, Jobs, Moving

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• The secret to happiness is happiness itself. Wherever we are, any time, we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other, the wonder of our breathing. We don't have to travel anywhere else to do so. We can be in touch with these things right now.

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Time, Travel

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.63, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to find pleasure in imperfection.

  Mary Schmich

  Imperfection, Secret, Pleasure

  "Thanksgiving Helper Hotline addresses pressing holiday issues" by Mary Schmich, articles.chicagotribune.com. November 21, 2012.

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• The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to reframe obligation as opportunity. You don't have to spend Thanksgiving with your family. You get to.

  Mary Schmich

  Opportunity, Secret, Obligation

  "Thanksgiving Helper Hotline addresses pressing holiday issues" by Mary Schmich, articles.chicagotribune.com. November 21, 2012.

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• It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses.

  Sarah Orne Jewett

  People, Forever, Secret

  Sarah Orne Jewett (1996). “Novels and Stories”

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• The secret to happiness is to be working at your passion. If you want to be miserable, lead a desperate life like everybody else where they drag their asses to work everyday because they hate their job.

  Yvon Chouinard

  Jobs, Hate, Passion

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• I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

  Diane Lane

  Thinking, Soul, Secret

  "12 Movie Stars Who Experienced Career Resurrections", www.indiewire.com. October 31, 2013.

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