It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
Robert Herrick
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DEYTH BANGER When there is no reason to be happy, that's all the reason you need to happy SOTONYE ANGA The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to... GRETCHEN RUBIN The way of the consumerist culture is to spend so much energy chasing happiness that it has none lef... CRISS JAMI The great error of our nature is not knowing the difference between the pursuit of happiness, and th... JOHANNES DIRK VAN DER MEER Clinton understands that climate change is real, is caused by human activity and is one of the great... BERNIE SANDERS The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still ... WALT WHITMAN I speak the truth. Not everyone who says they are ready to hear it really are. MONIKA ZANDS It takes two to make every great career: the man who is great, and the man-almost rarer-who is great... 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10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will... NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar... GARY F EVANS... Pursuing happiness, and I did, and still do, is not at all the same as being happy- which I think is... JEANETTE WINTERSON Public opinion contains all kinds of falsity and truth, but it takes a great man to find the truth i... G. W. F. HEGEL Just like a great building,it takes time to accomplish anything great in life. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be
happy. GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oa... PHILIP STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD Our democracy is dependent on people who passionately cherish the ideals of a democracy. Every man i... GEORGE TAKEI For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA 6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break: 1. Stop stressing 2. Stop worrying 3. Give re... GERMANY KENT I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. INDIRA GANDHI We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. INDIRA GANDHI Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness... RALPH WALDO EMERSON You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence. SYDNEY SMITH Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind.... GAUTAMA BUDDHA He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs n... LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness... RALPH WALDO EMERSON It really is a star. It is one of those houses that has everything ? location, architectural interes... BONNEY TODD To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who t... CRISTIANO RONALDO Sometimes it takes great suffering to pierce the soul and open it up to greatness JOCELYN MURRAY Remember to afford yourself the same generosity you give to others. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Be generous with your time and energy. The harder it is to give, the more the other p... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Recognise how much you have to give. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Although happiness is a state of being, it usually still requires some doing if it is to b... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Commit to being happy and make the choices that will support your commitment. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Be courageous in your decision-making. Stand by your choices and never look back. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Don’t rely on the opinions of others. Only you will know what is right for you. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Unless you have the courage to say ‘no’ to the things you don’t want, it’s ha... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Be honest with yourself. You can’t be the best you can be unless you know who you r... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI It’s easy to be brave when everything is going your way. When the going gets tough, DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI To be happy, you need to do the right thing for you, even when it feels like the hard... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Don’t take your happiness for granted. Be proactive about maintaining and sustaining it<... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI There is a big difference between being self-ist and being selfish— putting yourself fir... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI The only person who can take responsibility for your happiness is you. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Being the best you can be takes courage. You need to own your decisions and have the ... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI The most important commitment you will ever make is to being the best you can be. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Most people are fine with fine and okay with okay. If you want to be the best you can... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Very few changes in life are achieved without effort and a commitment to making that effor... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI When you decide to be the best you can be, don’t be surprised if the circle of people yo... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Live your life with courageous integrity. Do the right thing, not the easy thing. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI If someone tries to undermine your commitment, re-evaluate your commitment to them. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Identify your driving motivation and you will have all the encouragement you need. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Give the people you love the best of yourself, not the worst. DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Sometimes being happy will require some difficult conversations. Some of those conversatio... DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Misdirected life force is the activity in disease process. Disease has no energy save what it borrow... KABBALAH How to identify a Great person;A great person is not one that has accomplished a great feat alone,bu... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Being happy is a great science. If you are not happy, do not be confused. Happiness is hard to achie... PETAR DUNOV Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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A winning wave, (deserving note.)
In the tempestuous petticote,
A careless shoe-string, in who... ROBERT HERRICK A sweet disorder in the dresse
Kindles in cloathes a wantonnesse. ROBERT HERRICK Praise they that will times past, I joy to see
My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee. ROBERT HERRICK No day is wholly unproductive of good. ROBERT HERRICK Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged. ROBERT HERRICK Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom. ROBERT HERRICK If little labour. little are our gaines:
Man's fortunes are according to his paines. ROBERT HERRICK Hell is paved with good samaritans. ROBERT HERRICK Hell is no other but a soundlesse pit,
Where no one beame of comfort peeps in it. ROBERT HERRICK The person lives twice who lives the first life well. ROBERT HERRICK What is a kisse? Why this, as some approve:
The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love. ROBERT HERRICK Fair Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon: As yet the early-rising Sun Has not... ROBERT HERRICK Tears are the noble language of eyes, and when true love of words is destitute. The eye by tears spe... ROBERT HERRICK Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out. ROBERT HERRICK Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles today... ROBERT HERRICK Then this immensive cup Of aromatic wine, Catullus, I quaff up To that terse muse of thine. ROBERT HERRICK Lord, 'tis Thy plenty-dropping hand That soils my land; And giv'st me, for my bushel sown, <... ROBERT HERRICK Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment. ROBERT HERRICK And with our broth, and bread, and bits, sir friend, You've fared well : pray make an end ; T... ROBERT HERRICK If a little labor, little are our gains. Man's fortunes are according to his pains. ROBERT HERRICK Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand ... ROBERT HERRICK The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam. ROBERT HERRICK When a daffadill I see,
Hanging down his head t'wards me,
Guesse I may, what I must be:
... ROBERT HERRICK Fair daffadils, we weep to see
You haste away so soone;
As yet the early-rising sun
Has ... ROBERT HERRICK Let's live with that small pittance which we have;
Who covets more is evermore a slave. ROBERT HERRICK To get thine ends, lay bashfulnesse aside;
Who fears to aske, doth teach to be deny'd. ROBERT HERRICK For pitty, Sir, find out that Bee
Which bore my Love away
I'le seek him in your Bonnet brave,
... ROBERT HERRICK Attempt the end and never stand to doubt;
Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out. ROBERT HERRICK It is the end that crowns us, not the fight. ROBERT HERRICK He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke ROBERT HERRICK Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence. ROBERT HERRICK Give me a kisse, and to that kisse a score;
Then to that twenty, adde a hundred more;
A thousa... ROBERT HERRICK Maybe this world is another planet's hell. ROBERT HERRICK Her pretty feet
Like snails did creep
A little out, and then,
As if they played at bo-pe... ROBERT HERRICK Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to tha... ROBERT HERRICK What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love. ROBERT HERRICK Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee. ROBERT HERRICK Welcome, maids of honor,
You doe bring
In the spring,
And wait upon her. ROBERT HERRICK Hast thou attempted greatnesse?
Then go on;
Back-turning slackens resolution. ROBERT HERRICK Who after his transgression doth repent,
Is halfe, or altogether, innocent. ROBERT HERRICK Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end. ROBERT HERRICK What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore,
Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd ... ROBERT HERRICK None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware ROBERT HERRICK I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried. ROBERT HERRICK Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end. ROBERT HERRICK GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying : And this same flower that smil... ROBERT HERRICK Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smi... ROBERT HERRICK What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love. ROBERT HERRICK To get thine ends, lay bashfulness aside; Who fears to ask, doth teach to be deny'd. ROBERT HERRICK A careless shoe string, in whose tie
I see a wilde civility. ROBERT HERRICK I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers:
Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.
I ... ROBERT HERRICK 'Twixt kings and tyrans there's this difference known:
Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants th... ROBERT HERRICK Fair daffodils, we weep to see / You haste away so soon: / As yet the early-rising sun / Has not att... ROBERT HERRICK Welcome maids of honour, / You do bring / In the Spring; / And wait upon her. ROBERT HERRICK A little saint best fits a little shrine, / A little prop best fits a little vine, / As my small cru... ROBERT HERRICK The readiness of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse. ROBERT HERRICK Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse;
Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse. ROBERT HERRICK Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well. ROBERT HERRICK Only to kiss that air, / That lately kissèd thee. ROBERT HERRICK Here a little child I stand, / Heaving up my either hand; / Cold as paddocks though they be, / Here ... ROBERT HERRICK Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; then to that twenty, add a hundred more; a thousand to tha... ROBERT HERRICK Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine. ROBERT HERRICK 'Tis not the food, but the content,
That makes the table's merriment. ROBERT HERRICK Know when to speake; for many times it brings
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ROBERT KENNEDY When our forbears - yours and mine - came to America, they came because this country promised them s... ROBERT KENNEDY Those who challenge the law in one or another of its aspects weaken the whole legal structure of soc... ROBERT KENNEDY The fact that free men persist in the search for the truth is the essential difference between Commu... ROBERT KENNEDY There has been far too much hypocrisy in the field of civil rights. It is easy enough to give rousin... ROBERT KENNEDY It is the right of government to protect the weak; it is the right of the weak to find in their cour... ROBERT KENNEDY Now I can go back to being ruthless again. ROBERT KENNEDY The poor man looks upon the law as an enemy, not as a friend. For him, the law is always taking some... ROBERT KENNEDY We know that we cannot live together without rules which tell us what is right and what is wrong, wh... ROBERT KENNEDY I can understand the Chinese Wall: it was built as a defense against marauders. But a wall such as t... ROBERT KENNEDY From the first moment of independence, the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way o... ROBERT KENNEDY Desegregation of schools does not automatically transform them into better schools. It is only a ste... ROBERT KENNEDY In truth, the world is now a seamless web from which no nation, large or small, young or old, can di... ROBERT KENNEDY We will find neither national purpose nor personal satisfaction in a mere continuation of economic p... ROBERT KENNEDY But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as a... ROBERT KENNEDY The leaders of the world face no greater task than that of avoiding nuclear war. While preserving th... ROBERT KENNEDY The most significant civil rights problem is voting. Each citizen's right to vote is fundamental... ROBERT KENNEDY People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I sha... ROBERT KENNEDY The world of sports knows no religious, racial or political differences. Athletes, from whatever lan... ROBERT KENNEDY No one needs to tell me about the importance of the free press in a democratic society or about the ... ROBERT KENNEDY I believe indeterminate sentencing can be extremely useful, but I also believe that any such system ... ROBERT KENNEDY One of the great creative statesmen of our age was Franklin Roosevelt. He was creative precisely bec... ROBERT KENNEDY Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. ROBERT HALF Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. ROBERT KENNEDY What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that th... ROBERT KENNEDY Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. ROBERT KENNEDY Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy. ROBERT KENNEDY When companies get together secretly to fix prices and attempt to eliminate competition, honest busi... ROBERT KENNEDY The eradication of racial and religious prejudice in the United States - and in the rest of the worl... ROBERT KENNEDY Yesterday, we sought telescopes good enough to see all the planets. Today, we seek vehicles good eno... ROBERT KENNEDY I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive... ROBERT KENNEDY In the last analysis, our every right is only worth what our lawyer makes it worth. ROBERT KENNEDY The Gross National Product includes the destruction of the redwoods and the death of Lake Superior. ... ROBERT KENNEDY