“I am very lucky that I have freedom. Freedom is the greatest treasure.”
David Hockney · Interview, various sources 1990s-2000s
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Happiness Quotes
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119 quotes on happiness and hope — from the classics to the everyday.
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
Maya Angelou
“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”
Marilyn Monroe
“A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.”
Winnie the Pooh · Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne, 1926
“We didn't realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.”
Winnie the Pooh · The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, 1928
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”
Winnie the Pooh · The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, 1928
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
Winnie the Pooh · The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, 1928
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
Charlie (narrator) · The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, 1999
“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
Charlie (narrator) · The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, 1999
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
Victor Hugo · Les Misérables, 1862
“Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.”
Yoko Ono
“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.”
J.B. Priestley
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson · "Experience," Essays: Second Series, 1844
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
Henry David Thoreau · Journal, April 20, 1840
“Kindness costs the giver almost nothing and arrives at the receiver like a fire in a cold room.”
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“You don't need to earn rest, kindness, or a seat at the table. You needed those things before you achieved anything.”
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“Respect yourself enough to let some things be someone else's problem.”
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