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

If anything, we older people yearn for a peaceful world even more than young people do. We are the ones who lost friends or relatives in some war. We are the ones who have lived a lifetime of seeing and reading about human suffering. – Dennis Prager

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War
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Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderers life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered persons family. – Dennis Prager

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Family
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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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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it. – Gustave Flaubert

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Happiness

I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesnt promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances. – Patricia Heaton

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Happiness

Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you dont for a long time. – John Leguizamo

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Happiness

For me, however, that beloved, glowing little word happiness has become associated with everything I have felt since childhood upon hearing the sound of the word itself. – Herman Hesse

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Happiness

Random Quotes

Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite. – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Les Cahiers

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Religion

In nature we see where God has been. In our fellow man, we see where He is still at work. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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God

God gives us relatives thank God, we can choose our friends. – Addison Mizner

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relationship

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Time