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Quote: Katja Millay Happiness, Happy People like to say love is unconditional, but it's not, and even if it was unconditional, it's still never free. There's always an expectation attached. They always want something in return. Like they want you to be happy or whatever and that makes you automatically responsible for their happiness because they won't be happy unless you are ... I just don't want that responsibility. Katja Millay Happiness, Happy

Quote: Steve Maraboli Happiness, Happy I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT...Goodbye. Steve Maraboli Happiness, Happy

Quote: Elizabeth Bibesco Happiness, Happy Happiness is a light, an atmosphere, an illumination. It sets a personality. I always feel that it is a creation that is difficult for some and easy for others, but essentially an achievement, never an accident. Elizabeth Bibesco Happiness, Happy

Quote: Leslie Caron Happiness, Happy In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy? Leslie Caron Happiness, Happy

Quote: Tobey Maguire Happiness, Happy I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That's because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life. Tobey Maguire Happiness, Happy

Quote: Gertrude Stein Happiness, Happy Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping. Gertrude Stein Happiness, Happy

Quote: Samuel Johnson Happiness, Happy Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it. Samuel Johnson Happiness, Happy

Quote: Samuel Johnson Happiness, Happy He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. Samuel Johnson Happiness, Happy

Quote: Hermann Hesse Happiness, Happy Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object. Hermann Hesse Happiness, Happy

Quote: William Feather Happiness, Happy Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. William Feather Happiness, Happy

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Quote: Russell M. Nelson Happiness, Happy Marriage and family are ordained of God. The family is the most important social unit in time and in eternity. Under God's great plan of happiness, families can be sealed in temples and be prepared to return to dwell in His holy presence forever. That is eternal life! Russell M. Nelson Happiness, Happy

Quote: Albert Camus Happiness, Happy Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult. Albert Camus Happiness, Happy

Quote: Yoko Ono Happiness, Happy I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter. Yoko Ono Happiness, Happy

Quote: Like Happiness, Happy The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life. Like Happiness, Happy

Quote: Maria Montessori Happiness, Happy Personal health is related to self-control and to the worship of life in all its natural beauty - self-control bringing with it happiness, renewed youth, and long life. Maria Montessori Happiness, Happy

Quote: Padmasree Warrior Happiness, Happy I don't like the word 'balance.' To me, that somehow conjures up conflict between work and family... as long as we think of these things as conflicting, we will never have happiness. True happiness comes from integration... of work, family, self, community. Padmasree Warrior Happiness, Happy

Quote: James Madison Happiness, Happy To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. James Madison Happiness, Happy

Quote: Bertrand Russell Happiness, Happy The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile. Bertrand Russell Happiness, Happy

Quote: Janis Joplin Happiness, Happy Playing is just about feeling. Playing isn't necessarily about misery. Playing isn't necessarily about happiness. But it's just about letting yourself feel all those things that you have already on the inside of you, but you're all the time trying to push them aside because they don't make for polite conversation or something. Janis Joplin Happiness, Happy

Quote: Mark Twain Happiness, Happy The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up. Mark Twain Happiness, Happy

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Quote: Mandy Hale Happiness, Happy Youâll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in. Mandy Hale Happiness, Happy

Quote: Frederic Chopin Happiness, Happy I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, but I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them. Frederic Chopin Happiness, Happy

Quote: Leon Kass Happiness, Happy If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness. Leon Kass Happiness, Happy

Quote: Jaden Smith Happiness, Happy It's good to be happy and tell us how cool your life is and how awesome you are on social media. That's great because it inspires other people to be happy, too. But a lot of times, people are trying to be happy in the wrong ways - with money or with different things that are not true happiness. Jaden Smith Happiness, Happy

Quote: Jane Austen Happiness, Happy I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve. Jane Austen Happiness, Happy

Quote: William Morris Happiness, Happy The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. William Morris Happiness, Happy

Quote: Malcolm Forbes Happiness, Happy When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness. Malcolm Forbes Happiness, Happy

Quote: Democritus Happiness, Happy Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus Happiness, Happy

Quote: Pep Guardiola Happiness, Happy I want happiness for the players. Pep Guardiola Happiness, Happy

Quote: Susan Cain Happiness, Happy The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness. Susan Cain Happiness, Happy

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Quote: Kenneth R. Miller Anniversary America's got a Darwin problem - and it matters. According to a 2009 Gallup poll taken on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, fewer than 40% of Americans are willing to say that they 'believe in evolution.' Kenneth R. Miller Anniversary

Quote: P. J. O'Rourke Happiness, Happy Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it. P. J. O'Rourke Happiness, Happy

Quote: Barack Obama Leadership The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt. Barack Obama Leadership

Quote: Lisa Murkowski Happiness, Happy I believe that, as Americans, our freedoms come from God and not government, and include the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Lisa Murkowski Happiness, Happy

Quote: Malcolm X Weâre not Americans, weâre Africans who happen to be in America. We were kidnapped and brought here against our will from Africa. We didnât land on Plymouth Rock â that rock landed on us. Malcolm X

Quote: Barack Obama Love I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know! Barack Obama Love

Quote: Jamaica Kincaid Happiness, Happy I think life is difficult and that's that. I am not at all - absolutely not at all - interested in the pursuit of happiness. I am not interested in the pursuit of positivity. I am interested in pursuing a truth, and the truth often seems to be not happiness but its opposite. Jamaica Kincaid Happiness, Happy

Quote: James Howard Kunstler Depression Americans are suffering so much from being in unrewarding environments that it has made us very cynical. I think that American suburbia has become a powerful generator of anxiety and depression. James Howard Kunstler Depression

Quote: Bill Gates Education Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy. Bill Gates Education

Quote: Jerry Falwell, Jr. Leadership I chose to personally support Donald Trump for president early on and referred to him as America's blue-collar billionaire at the Republican National Convention because of his love for ordinary Americans and his kindness, generosity, and bold leadership qualities. Jerry Falwell, Jr. Leadership

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