#pines

Better to be happy with the cod fish in your plate now, than to linger for the taste of a tuna that is still swimming in the sea. ↗

— Dennis E. Adonis

#contentment #decisions #greed #happiness #love

Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does his best to make fools out of all of us. And sooner or later he succeeds. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#forever #happiness #inspirational #life #love

Happiness is good, but well-overrated: what we hate most are the very motivators that put us in gear. A man drifts along with little to contribute until something agitates him enough to make a difference, whether for himself or for his communities. ↗

— Criss Jami

#community #contribution #difference #drift #happiness

You would not want to be responsible for someone else’s happiness, so please do not hold someone else responsible for yours! ↗

— Jennifer O'Neill

#inspirational #inspirational-books #motivational-quotes #inspirational

When you have nothing but love, you have everything. This means you must live as if you have nothing to hide, nothing to prove and nothing to lose. ↗

— John Kuypers

#inspiration #present #wisdom #inspirational

We left behind the other kids; their path-working, drinking, and being grown up- and rejected all that made them grumpy, uncreative and lifeless. We dumpstered, squatted, and shoplifted our lives back. Everything fell into place when we decided our lives were meant to be lived. Life serves the risk taker... ↗

— CrimethInc.

#happiness #inspirational #life #inspirational

Among other things, neuroplasticity means that emotions such as happiness and compassion can be cultivated in much the same way that a person can learn through repetition to play golf and basketball or master a musical instrument, and that such practice changes the activity and physical aspects of specific brain areas. ↗

— Andrew Weil

#happiness #neuroplasticity #change

No one is to blame because there is no one other than you. Nothing is to disrespect because there is nothing other than you. ↗

— Amit Ray

#happiness #inspirational #love #peace #inspirational

Cynicism is the calling card of unhappy people. ↗

— Iimani David

#inspirational #life #inspirational

Happiness is in contentment, gratitude, and love. It is a lifestyle, not a location. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#fulfillment #gratitude #happiness #inspirational #love