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If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.: Montesquieu
Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door.: Tyron Edwards
Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.: Dale Carnegie
In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry of idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.: Mrs. Sigourney
If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it.: Horace Mann (1796 - 1859)
Habits - the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.: Juliene Berk
Children are natural mimics; they act like their parents in spite of every effort to teach them good manners.: Author Unknown
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.: Ricther
Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.: Robert Cecil
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.: Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

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