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The key to happiness is not to have what you want
by Anonymous

The key to happiness is not to have what you want
but to want what you have.
- Anonymous

Related topics: Inspirational Life Human-Nature Psychology Wisdom Attitude Thanks Simple Happiness

He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb PHOTO

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb PHOTO

Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous

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Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb

Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous

Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous

 

Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can't change.
Life's too short to be anything... but happy.
- Anonymous

You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous

All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous

This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous

Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb

A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb

Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb

See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)

The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous

Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous

Time cures all things.
- Proverb

Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams.
- Anonymous

Don't quit.
- Anonymous

Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb

Roll with the punches.
- Anonymous

When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying

To dream of the person you would like to be
is to waste the person you are.
- Anonymous

Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb

Never stop dreaming.
- Anonymous

Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb

Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb

Change comes from within.
- Anonymous

The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous

If the problem can be solved,
there is no use worrying about it.
If it can't be solved,
worrying will do no good.
- Tibetan proverb

Don't ever give up.
- Anonymous

Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
- attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, among others,
but probably earlier and anonymous

When the music changes, so does the dance.
- African Proverb

In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail.
- Anonymous

Winners must have two things:
definite goals and a burning desire to achieve them.
- Anonymous

Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb

He who has health has hope,
and he who has hope has everything.
- Anonymous

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day,
teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
- Chinese Proverb

Life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we are here we might as well dance.
- Anonymous

Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb

The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous

If you want to be happy,
put your effort into controlling the sail, not the wind.
- Anonymous

If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb

We are most like God when we forgive.
- Anonymous

A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Anonymous

The best way to gain self-confidence
is to do what you are afraid to do.
- Anonymous

Time flies.
- Anonymous

Hard work pays off.
- Anonymous

If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
- Proverb

This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous

IF it is to be, it is up to me.
- Anonymous

Follow Your Dreams.
- Anonymous

The brightest stars are those who
shine for the benefit of others.
- Anonymous

The key to happiness is having dreams.
The key to success is making your dreams come true.
- Anonymous

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.
- Indian Proverb

If you want to feel rich,
just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- Anonymous

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb

Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
- Anonymous

If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive.
If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.
- Anonymous

Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called Present.
- Anonymous

If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb

A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb

Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb

An optimist is one who makes the best
of what he gets the worst of.
- Anonymous

It is amazing how much you can accomplish
when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
- Anonymous

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