Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its spring deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy. ― Samuel Gordon

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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

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The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. – Aesop

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Running water never grows stale. So you just have to keep on flowing. — Bruce Lee

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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

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Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived. ― Eleanor Roosevelt

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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved

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Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.

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Be like a branch of a tree; flex your body to face 'wind of sorrow'; flex little harder to dance in the 'wind of happiness'. ― Santosh Kalwar

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we're all golden sunflowers inside. _ Allen Ginsberg

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