Quote by John Dewey
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. – John Dewey

Other quotes by John Dewey

A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power to endure in an intelligently chosen course in the face of distraction, confusion, and difficulty, and you have the essence of discipline. – John Dewey

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Discipline
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Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. – John Dewey

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Failure
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Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situations of experience its own full and unique meaning. – John Dewey

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Experience
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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization. – Marquis de Sade

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Happiness

The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. – Author Unknown

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Happiness

When you’re really happy, the birds chirp and the sun shines even on cold dark winter nights — and flowers will bloom on a barren land. – Terri Guillemets

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Happiness

I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming. – Linda Evans

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Happiness

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