• A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. – Hugh Downs
• Attitudes are more important than facts. – Dr. Karl Menninger
• The heart’s memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good. – R.I.P. Gabriel Garcia Márquez
• To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. – Friedrich Nietzsche
• Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal. – Friedrich Nietzsche
• The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. – Dan Acheson
• Nowadays you envy a manic-depressive. Half the time he’s happy, the other half he’s right. – Robert Brault
• The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails – William Arthur Ward
• The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind. – W. H. Auden
• I’ve come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are. – Richard Paul Evans
• It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. – J.K. Rowling
• A gentle smile and nod to a stranger costs you nothing, but could mean a lot to the receiver. – D. Ridgley
• Your greatness is measured by your horizons. -Michelangelo
• Get excited about your own dream! The excitement is like a forest fire: you can smell it, taste it & see it from a mile away. – D. Waitley
• Know thyself, or at least keep renewing the acquaintance. – Robert Brault
• A meaningful life isn’t about acquiring money and other facilities; it’s about dedicating your life to helping others as much as you can. – Dalia Lama
• Intellectual passion dries out sensuality. – Leonardo da Vinci
• Lighthouses don’t go running all over the island looking for boats to save. They just stand there shining their light. – Anne Lamott
• One definition of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we’ll need a new definition. – A. Toffler
• Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. – William James

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