Happiness

Written by Stef on September 11, 2009

"Success is not the key to happiness.
Happiness is the key to success.
If you love what you are doing,
you will be successful."

(Albert Schweitzer)

"Happiness cannot come from without.
It must come from within.
It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy;
it is that which we think and feel and do,
first for the other fellow and then for ourselves."

(Helen Keller)

"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards;
they try to have more things, or more money,
in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. 
The way it actually works is the reverse. 
You must first be who you really are,
then do what you need to do,
in order to have what you want."

(Margaret Young)

"Maybe we're not supposed to be happy.
Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy.
Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is.

Appreciating small victories.
Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human.
Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know.
And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know.

At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing
is the reason enough to celebrate."

(Meredith Grey)