Quote by Dennis Prager
From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capabl

From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable. – Dennis Prager

Other quotes by Dennis Prager

To be told that one can be dependent on ones parents until age 26 should strike a young person who wants to grow up as demeaning, not as something to celebrate. – Dennis Prager

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Although images of perfection in peoples personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies – utopian images – can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century. – Dennis Prager

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Society
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I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. – Maurice Sendak

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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. – Abraham Lincoln

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Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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My family didnt have a lot of money, and Im grateful for that. Money is the longest route to happiness. – Evangeline Lilly

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