INSPIRE: Choose Happiness

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Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. Jim Rohn

We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh. William James

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness. Frank Tyger

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. Helen Keller

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Joseph Addison 

Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour. Walt Whitman

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be. Abraham Lincoln

It’s the moments that I stopped just to be, rather than do, that have given me true happiness. Richard Branson

I am very happy because I have conquered myself and not the world. I am very happy because I have loved the world and not myself. Sri Chinmoy

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. Thomas Jefferson

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. Dale Carnegie

If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more. Roy T. Bennett 

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai Lama

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

Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey

The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters. Audrey Hepburn

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness. Ayn Rand 

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. St. Augustine

Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle