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- Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.
- Charles W. Eliot (1834 - 1926), The Happy Life, 1896
- In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
- John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), Pre-Raphaelitism, 1850
- Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
- ...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.
- John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
- Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.
- Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)
- If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us least live so as to deserve it.
- Immanuel Hermann Fichte
- Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy
- Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
- When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
- Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
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