Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle

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If you want to find happiness, find gratitude. ― Steve Maraboli

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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. — Ashley Montagu

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You think those dogs will not be in heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us.― Robert Louis Stevenson

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Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is the truth of the whole matter. ― Ogwo David Emenike

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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.

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Instead of pursuing happiness, pursue God, and happiness will find you, deep in your soul. ― Leila Grandemange

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Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

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Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room others by leaving the room. Some individuals leave trails of gloom; others, trails of joy. Some leave trails of hate and bitterness; others, trails of love and harmony. Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism; others trails of faith and optimism. Some leave trails of criticism and resignation; others trails of gratitude and hope. What kind of trails do you leave?

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Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more important range of emotional or psychological needs, among them the need for understanding, for love, expression and respect._ Alain De Botton

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