Sunday, September 30, 2012

Leaders Know

Learn the way first, then share what you learned. 

He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself. 
~ Philip Massinger 

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Live Right

Play nice. Share. Be happy. 
What have we to doubt, since we are pure before life? 

Friday, September 28, 2012

Questions & Answers

Questions at twilight are answered in dreams. 
We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of the dream. 
~Arthur O'Shaughnessy

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Romantic

Love passionately. 
A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him. 
~ Arthur Symons

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Silence Sings

Find the depth within for there the quiet voice speaks. 
Silence is more musical than any song. 
~ Christina Rossetti 

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Live Well

Build on your experience. 
Living well is the best revenge. 
~ George Herbert

Monday, September 24, 2012

Many Pleasures

Follow your heart to your bliss. 
Pleasure is none, if not diversified. 
~ John Donne

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Healing Laughter

Laughter = easy aerobic exercise
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. 
~ Lord Byron 

Saturday, September 22, 2012

What makes you happy?

Do you know what makes you happy? 
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life 
is to enjoy it. 
~ Samuel Butler 

Friday, September 21, 2012

Discontent

Recognize the sign when it's time to move forward; move forward. 
Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Difficulty

At the beginning, it may be difficult to understand. 
All things are difficult before they are easy. 
~ Thomas Fuller

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Contrast

The sad gives us perspective to appreciate the happy. 
Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever. 
~ Mattie Stepanek

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Take a Pause

Relax: Take it in, breathe. 
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness 
and just be happy. 
~ Guillaume Apollinaire

Monday, September 17, 2012

Rights

You have a right to happiness. 
Learn to value yourself, which means:
fight for your happiness.
~ Ayn Rand

Sunday, September 16, 2012

How-to Happiness

Seeking your happiness; your answers are within you. 
Rules of Happiness: 
something to do, 
someone to love, 
something to hope for. 
~ Immanuel Kant

Saturday, September 15, 2012

In Full Bloom

Pause to acknowledge the entirety of the moment. 
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; 
they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. 
~ Marcel Proust

Friday, September 14, 2012

Throughout the Day

Basic choices throughout the day, changes the outcome of the day. 
If more of us valued food and cheer above hoarded gold, 
it would be a much merrier world. 
~ J.R.R. Tolkien 

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Abandon Self to the Moment

Unrestrained enthusiasm for the better choice 
creates inspired results. 
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is 
perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. 
~ Bertrand Russell 

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Ingredient to Happiness

Each recipe for happiness contains essential ingredients. 
Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. 
~ Robert Heinlein

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Find Happiness

Happy (adjective) - having a sense of confidence in or satisfaction with a person, situation or arrangement. 
The most important thing is to enjoy your life
 - to be happy - 
it's all that matters. 
~ Audrey Hepburn

Monday, September 10, 2012

Definition of Happy

Happy (adjective) - feeling or showing of pleasure or contentment. 
The secret to Happiness is Freedom, 
the secret to Freedom is Courage. 
~ Thucydides

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Develop Wisdom

Growth through a lifetime makes for a happier life. 
Wisdom is not a product of schooling 
but of a lifelong attempt to acquire it. 
~ Albert Einstein

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Awareness

Be aware of your awareness. 
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. 
~Lao Tzu

Friday, September 7, 2012

Progress Happens

Be Bold, Be Different, Be You. 
Without deviation from the norm, Progress is not possible. 
~ Frank Zappa

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Keep Going

Just keep going. 
Saints are sinner who kept going. 
~ Robert Louis Stevenson 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Progress in Life

See the progress daily in some area of your life. 
I am always doing that which I cannot do, 
in order that I may learn to do it. 
~ Pablo Picasso

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Find Your Joy

Peace & Joy travel together. 
Peace begins with a smile. 
~ Mother Teresa 

Monday, September 3, 2012

Full Throddle

Give it your all. 
The scariest moment is just before you start. 
~ Stephen King

Sunday, September 2, 2012

One Year with Solid Happiness

Do right by others. 
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. 
This is my religion. 
~ Abraham Lincoln 

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Hope Comes

Hope is the beginning. 
Hope 
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, 
Whispering 'it will be happier'...
~ Alfred Tennyson




**This post is the end of the first year of Solid Happiness blog.**