Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn't tell well. And of our consuming diversions as we age is to recite, not only to others but to ourselves, our own story. ― Lionel Shriver

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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. - William Dean Howells

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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

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Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. — Franklin D Roosevelt

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For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain? ― Joyce Carol Oates

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Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it. - Albert Schweitzer

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It is essential to happiness that our way of living should spring from our own deep impulses and not from the accidental tastes and desires of those who happen to be our neighbors, or even our relations. ― Bertrand Russell

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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. – James Oppenheim

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The glitter of the great world, you know, is only so much froth and spume: you may look in vain for happiness there. ― Jude Morgan

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Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. ― Roy T. Bennett,

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