The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. _ Marcus Aurelius

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I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. ― Alexandre Dumas

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And I didn't choose it, Kat. I chose you. ― Ally Carter

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Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right. ― Sarah Addison Allen

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People with ambition don’t give a damn what other people think of them. ― Diane Setterfield

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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ―Dalai Lama XIV

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When we create peace, and harmony, and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.

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The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. Your have to catch up with it yourself. ― Benjamin Franklin

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Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. ― Victor Hugo

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True happiness is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. – Helen Keller

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