Motivation for Your Week July 5, 2010

WOW 4U Motivation for Your Week July 5, 2010

Inspirational Words of Wisdom

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"Happiness depends upon ourselves."

Aristotle

 

You may also enjoy our quote of the day

http://www.wow4u.com/quote-of-the-day/index.html

 

 

THOUGHT FOR YOUR WEEK

Responsibility for Happiness

by Byron Pulsifer

 

Don't expect other people to make you happy. Happiness is your responsibility.

 

It is you and only you who determine your own feelings each and every day. Some people have a tendency to blame other people for the way they are feeling. Other people are not responsible for your feelings, you are - you own them, you control them.

 

It is true that there are those who give us joy when we are in their company. It is important, however, to realize that it is not the other person who gives us feelings of happiness. Instead, it is how we view and think about them - it is our own thoughts that we control that leads to the feeling of happiness.

 

When we cannot find feelings of happiness within, it is foolhardy to think that we can seek it elsewhere.

 

On the other hand, some people get caught in the trap of trying to satisfy everyone else and end up, in return, becoming very unhappy themselves. Trying to make other people happy is akin to doing your child's homework for them and then expecting them to pass the exam. You can help them, share your knowledge and experience, but they are the ones who have to study and retain; you cannot do it for them. The same principle applies to happiness - you're responsible for your own happiness.

 

 

YOUR MONTHLY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE CALENDAR

*** JULY  2010 Printable Monthly Calendar with Inspirational Quotes

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 QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."

Hugh Downs

 

"Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."

Helen Keller

 

"Real happiness comes from inside. Nobody can give it to you."

Sharon Stone

 

"For each time you smile you will find it's true somebody, somewhere, will smile back at you."

Helen Steiner Rice

 

"Happiness is not the absence of problems; but the ability to deal with them."

Jack Brown

 

"Happiness is a state of mind, an attitude that money cannot buy. One must look for happiness within, rather than in material acquistions. Look in nature, look for the good in others."

M. K. Soni

 

 

More quotes:

http://www.wow4u.com/happiness/index.html   Happiness Quotes

http://www.wow4u.com/toptenhappy/index.html   Top Ten Happy Quotes

http://www.wow4u.com/happinessquotations/index.html   Quotes about Happiness

 

 

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Have a great LIFE,

Catherine Pulsifer

Inspirational Words of Wisdom

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