“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.”
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“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha
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“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
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“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, you things and good people will be drawn to you.” -Mary Lou Retton
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“Happiness is a state of activity.” -Aristotle
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“For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with your family or friends, then the chances are you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his/her happiness on major events like a great job, huge amounts of money, a flawless happy marriage or trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.” -Andy Rooney
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“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
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“Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.” -Milton Erickson
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Happiness comes more easily when you feel good about yourself without feeling the need for anyone else’s approval.
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Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet them again on your way back down.
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Set an example. Treat everyone with kindness and respect, even those who are rude to you – not because they are nice, but because you are.
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Kindness is not to be mistaken for weakness, nor forgiveness for acceptance. It’s about knowing resentment of any kind is not on the path to happiness.
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Give as much as you can, but don’t allow yourself to be used. Listen to others closely, but don’t lose your own voice.
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Say what you need to say. Speak your truth. There is no greater sadness than holding on to the words you never had the courage to speak.
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You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react and who you choose to be around.
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Negative company will never give you a positive life. Examine what you tolerate in the long-term.
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What you allow is what will continue. It’s always better to spend more time alone than allow negative people and their opinions to derail you from your destiny.
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When other people treat you poorly, walk away, smile and keep being YOU. Don’t ever let someone else’s bitterness change the person you are.
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Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth. It’s their loss, not yours.
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One of the most freeing things we learn in life is that we don’t have to like everyone, everyone doesn’t have to like us, and that’s OK.
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