Horace Greeley Quotes

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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, and only character endures.

The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible today.

Horace Greeley (1811-1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher.

Marie Chapian Quotes

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Originality is not doing something no one else has ever done, but doing what has been done countless times with new life, new breath.

You can pursue happiness, or you can create it.

Marie Chapian (born 1938) is an American writer and radio ministry host.

Samuel Beckett Quotes

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Words are the clothes thoughts wear.

The more people I meet the happier I become.

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) was an Irish writer who enjoyed crafting short stories, poems, and novels.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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Write on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher.  He was a leading voice in America’s transcendentalist movement in the 19th century.

Sharing Heart’s Goodness (Haiku Series #272)

Honest Words

Speaking to others

Thoughtful grace shining outward—

Revealing kindness

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Cheerful Disposition

Enthusiasm’s voice

Sunshine brightens one more life—

Spirits lifted up

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Planting Peace

Nurtured, fertile ground

Cultivation’s happiness—

Spreading seeds of joy

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Dillon Burroughs Quotes

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When we realize the shortness of life, we begin to see the importance of making every moment count.

Live today the way you want to be remembered tomorrow.

Dillon Burroughs (born 1976) is a best-selling American writer with nearly 40 books published.  His birthplace is Norwalk, Ohio.

Christy Ann Martine Quotes

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Happiness lives inside of the smallest moments.

Keep searching for the colors when everything turns gray.

Christy Ann Martine (born 1972) is a Canadian writer who shares poetry and short stories.  

Tom Bodett Quotes

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The difference between school and life?  In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test.  In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world:  someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

Tom Bodett (born 1955) is an American author, voice actor, and radio personality.  He has been the brand spokesperson for Motel 6 for a number of years, where he reminds listeners that “we’ll leave the light on for you.”

Roy Rogers Quote

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If there were no valleys of sadness and death, we could never really appreciate the sunshine of happiness on the mountain top.

From Psalm 23:4:  “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”

Roy Rogers (1911-1998) was an American singer, actor, and television host.  He co-founded the Sons of the Pioneers singing group.

Orison Sweet Marden Quotes

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Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

Orison Sweet Marden (1848-1924) was an American writer who shared words of inspiration and encouragement so that others could achieve success.