"Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention."

Anderson, Greg on happiness
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"Happiness depends upon ourselves."

Aristotle on happiness
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"The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does."

Barrie, Sir James M. on happiness
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"Be happy or die."

Cohen, Rob on happiness
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"Who we are never changes. Who we think we are does."

Almanac, Mary S. on change
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"What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning"

Angelis, Barbara De on purpose
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"Never be afraid to treat the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps."

Bellin, Gita on purpose
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"What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really are and what we really want."

Boswell, Nelson on purpose   

"The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose."

Brown, John Mason on purpose   

"If you don't stand up for something, you may fall for anything."

Brown, Les on purpose
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"You have to know what is right for you and go after it regardless of what others say."

Brown, Les on purpose
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"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."

Buddha on purpose
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"What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose."

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G. on purpose
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"Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose."

Buscaglia, Leo on purpose
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"The purpose of man is in action not thought."

Carlyle, Thomas on purpose
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"The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do."

Casals, Pablo on purpose
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"Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is."

Carmichael, Amy on purpose   

"A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes."

Dostoevsky, Fyodor on purpose
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"The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for."

Dostoevsky, Fyodor on purpose
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"It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward."

Gide, Andre on purpose
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"What is my life if I am no longer useful to others."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on purpose
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"Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on purpose
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"Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for."

Hammarskjold, Dag on purpose
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"Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes; lesser ones exist on wishes and inclinations."

Hildebrand, Kenneth on purpose
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"The meaning of life is to give life meaning."

Hudgins, Ken on purpose
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"Great minds have purposes; others have wishes."

Irving, Washington on purpose
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"Fear God and work hard."

Livingstone, David on purpose   

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"I see no business in life but the work of Christ."

Martyn, Henry on purpose   

"Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for."

Mayes, Charles on purpose
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"You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big bold righteous and eternal."

Munro, Barry on purpose
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"To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on purpose
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"It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted."

O'Connor, Mary on purpose
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"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."

Paine, Thomas on purpose
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"It is your work in life that is your ultimate seduction."

Picasso, Pablo on purpose
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"Mix a conviction with a man and something happens."

Powell, Adam Clayton on purpose   

"Battle doesn't need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose."

Proverb on purpose   

"Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you."

Robbins, Anthony on purpose
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"People should follow their own energy."

Schultz, Will on purpose   

"Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?"

Seneca on purpose   

"Every why has a wherefore."

Shakespeare, William on purpose
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