Gallup ranked 143 countries by how great a share of respondents said they had recently had positive experiences such as laughter or enjoyment. A sampling, from greatest to least: 1 – Paraguay 8 – Costa Rica 15 – U.S. 134 – Afghanistan 143 – Sudan
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Happiness may be a key to staying healthy in old age. A new long-term study involving nearly 3,200 people ages 60 and older found that those who enjoy life are better able to handle physical activities such as eating, getting dressed, and showering; the} even walk faster. By contrast, the unhappiest people were about 80 percent more likely to have […]
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“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.” – Agnes Repplier
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“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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“Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.” – Robert H. Schuller
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“A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.” – Bette Davis
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“The happiest people in the world are those who accept total responsibility for every part of their life.” – Brian Tracy
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“The happiest people in the world feel absolutely terrific about themselves, the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.” ~ Brian Tracy
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“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.”
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