You had to risk your life to get love. You had to get right to the edge of death to ever be saved. ― Chuck Palahniuk

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Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven; and every countenance, bright with smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to others the rays of a supreme and ever-shining benevolence.

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These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

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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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Happiness is a decision and so as Love. If you decide to be happy then you're happy. If you decide to love then you love. ― Ann Marie Aguilar

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If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in your power to erase this judgment about it. If anything in your own nature gives you pain, you are who hinders you from correcting your opinion.

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Don't nourish your fears more than you nourish your hopes. ― Steve Maraboli

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Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God. _ Blaise Pascal

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Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth. -Menachem Begin

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Not having the best situation, but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness. — Marie Forleo

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