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MOB Karen
07-28-2006, 07:33 AM
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. - Nathaniel Hawthorne

You can't change the past, and you can ruin a perfectly good present, by worrying about the future. - Anonymous

Cut not the wings of your dreams, for they are the heartbeat and the freedom of your soul. - Flavia

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. - Anonymous

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people - Borge, Victor

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. - George Burns

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. - Franklin D. Roosevelt

The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. - Joseph Addison

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy. - Cynthia Nelms

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucious

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead. - Scottish Proverb

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living. - Amanda Bradley

Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself. - Anonymous

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

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. - Marcel Proust

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The greatest happiness that you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. - William Saroyan

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings - A Child's Garden Of Verses

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. - Marcus Aurelius

The purpose of our lives is to be happy. - The 14th Dalai Lama

mariaandmanish
07-28-2006, 10:56 AM
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. - George Burns

This one is my favorite! So true!

I love those. They should all be framed and hung all over the placde in easy to see areas. Especially at work! Thanks, Karen, for sharing them.