Happy Things

Being proposed to all

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Being proposed to all is very nice and all that sort of thing, but it isn’t at all a happy thing when you have to see a poor fellow, whom you know loves you honestly, going away and looking all broken-hearted, and to know that, no matter what he may say at the moment, you … Read more

As tennis players, we

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As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that’s not a happy thing – I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that’s the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis … Read more

I don’t know what

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I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. Albert Schweitzer

If you want to

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If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects. Albert Einstein

But suppose the endlessly

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But suppose the endlessly dead were to wake in us some emblem: they might point to the catkins hanging from the empty hazel trees, or direct us to the rain descending on black earth in early spring. — And we, who always think of happiness rising, would feel the emotion that almost baffles us when … Read more

Most folks are as

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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln