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" What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness. "

Bernard Cornwell

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" Sometimes in life, we try to do our very best to help others, and in the process, it brings some anguish to us. But we can't ever let that stop us. We can't ever be stopped from helping others and allowing them to have some sense of happiness and joy in their life. "

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" People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. "

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" Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment. "

" The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. "

" I think if we want to find happiness by finding a life partner, then it's a little selfish. You should be complete within yourself, so that when you're in a relationship, you can give out happiness rather than expect it. "

" I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance. "

" I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming. "

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" The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness. "

" I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, but I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them. "

" Ultimately, I want to be a good person and spread happiness through my acting. If I don't forget to be appreciative and thankful, then that would be the most important thing that I'll ever achieve. "

" It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power. "

" The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star. "

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" My happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle. "

" In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I hear from other people that they agree - that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness. "

" The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. "

" He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. "

" Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. "

" I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense. "