Quotations For Happiness

Your Quotations For Happiness No. 1

"Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you." by Wayne Dyer 

When you love someone, you can have a better relationship if you accept him or her as they are at the moment.  Love is not telling someone he must be a certain way for you to be happy.  But by all means if someone does something you don't like, tell him.  You can even tell him that if his dangerous or unkind behavior continues, you will no longer be a part of his life.  But you can't change that person.  However, you can still love them and pray for him. You can forgive.  But, if you want to remain happy, don't remain involved with toxic personalities thinking that you can change them.  YOU CAN'T!  

So try not to force your opinion or your will on others. You will only hurt them and yourself.

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Your Quotations For Happiness No. 2

"Once you experience forgiveness, your outer world changes" - by Joe Vitale

Forgiveness is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself.  Forgiving is not for the benefit of anyone except you.  When you hold a grudge or harbor a resentment, the negative feelings are in you, not anyone else.  The anger, the hatred, the bitterness, all of the negativity is part of you.  When you forgive, all of those bad feelings are released from you, not the person you forgive.  You are the one who receives all of the benefits of forgiving.

Forgiving is forgetting.  Don't say "I can forgive but I can't forget!"  That is not forgiveness.  Forgetting is like a weight lifted from you.  This allows you to live a freer life.  By releasing the negative energy, your eyes open to a new world, a world that always existed but was hidden from view.   

Right now, forgive those who bring you anger when you thing about them.  And don't forget to forgive yourself for judging others including everything that you have done wrong.  

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Your Quotations For Happiness No. 3

"Goliath was the best thing that ever happened to David." by Doug Weed

Successful people don't let problems or obstacles keep them from reaching their goals, they face them and move ahead with a greater wealth of character, ability and success to reach their goals in life. If Mt. Everest were easy to climb, climbing it would be no big deal. When everyone is a millionaire being, a millionaire is not remarkable.  

The path with few obstacles has many followers and few rewards. The path with the most rewards has the most obstacles, but those obstacles may not be as hard to overcome as they seem. Goliath seemed to be an impossible obstacle, that is why only David fought him. It is possible that anyone could have defeated Goliath, but only one man tried. Have you tried to overcome your obstacles? Or have you avoided the obstacles in your path?

Move forward today toward your goal.  It doesn't have to be many steps.  Just one step to overcome something that is in your way. Then after the first step take another and another and keep moving in the direction you wish to go, you may find that the obstacle was much easier to overcome than you thought it would be.

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Your Quotations For Happiness No. 4

"We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't." by Frank A. Clark

We need to surround ourselves with friends who think like us most of the time.  If you and your friends have completely different views, you probably won't be friends for long.  However, you and your friends need to be able to speak your minds and disagree.  

When you disagree, listen to what your friends have to say and try to see things the way they see them.  In the end if you can see things from their point of view, even if you still disagree, your friendships will be stronger.

Today look at your friends. Are they helping you grow?  Make sure some of your friends are pushing your limits and expanding your comfort zone.

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Your Quotations For Happiness No. 5

"Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets." by Michael Korda

If you have never failed, you have never taken a risk.  If you have never taken a risk, you are not growing.  To grow we must expand our limits by doing things that seem risky.

When things don't go the way we had hoped they would, the secret is to learn from the experience. But we need to learn the right lesson.   If you burn your hand on the stove, you could learn  never to touch the stove again, or you could learn to check if the stove is on first.  One lesson limits us; the other lesson helps us.  

Today look at the failures in your life and the lessons you have learned.  Are you taking enough risk to continue growing? Have the lessons you have learned helped you or limited you?  Can you reevaluate the event and change the lesson?


Focus on what you can do today and then let God take over the rest.  Do all you can do right now because tomorrow will take care of itself.