Quote by Joseph Addison
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along lifes pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. – Joseph Addison

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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another. – Joseph Addison

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Life
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Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire. – Joseph Addison

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Age
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Isn’t it cool when the days that are supposed to feel good, actually do? – Jim Carrey

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One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. – Maria Montessori

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Happiness

Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. – Michael Novak

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Happiness

All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness. – William Law

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Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. – Walt Whitman

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The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers… Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership. – Gary Wills

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I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design. – Alexander McQueen

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design

And above all things, never think that youre not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. – Isaac Asimov

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