Quotes

Published May 19, 2012

Some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. — Oscar Wilde

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. — Anonymous

To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable. — Barry M. Goldwater

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they seek it or not. — George Savile

Goodness means the highest degree of popularity. — Heinrich Mann

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the light of the candle will not be decreased. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Buddha

Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions; it is governed by our mental attitude. — Dale Carnegie

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character. — Horace Greeley

Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable.— C. JoyBell C.

What is happiness except the simple harmony between the man and the life he leads? — Albert Camus

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. — Mark Twain

— Compiled by G.T. 

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