There is only one

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. Epictetus

Since you get more

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. Eleanor Roosevelt

Man is fond of

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. Fyodor Dostoevsky

Man only likes to

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys. Fyodor Dostoevsky

We tend to forget

We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. Friedrich Koenig

It was only a

It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living. F. Scott Fitzgerald