If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap.’If you want happiness for a day — go fishing.If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.”Chinese Proverb
Meaning that of every moment in life you can do all sorts of things but for a lifetime help someone else gain happiness.
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It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that? Will Smith In The Pursuit Of Happyness
Thomas jefferson has a vision before anyone could grasp concepts of life but through all circumstances he saw that we have to have happiness because if we don't we will never have it.
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Meaning that of every moment in life you can do all sorts of things but for a lifetime help someone else gain happiness.
"101 Inspiring Happiness Quotes." 101 Inspiring Happiness Quotes. Web. 11 Apr. 2016.
<http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2013/08/20/happiness-quotes/>.
It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that? Will Smith In The Pursuit Of Happyness
Thomas jefferson has a vision before anyone could grasp concepts of life but through all circumstances he saw that we have to have happiness because if we don't we will never have it.
"The Pursuit of Happyness - Movie Quotes - Rotten Tomatoes." The Pursuit of Happyness - Movie Quotes - Rotten Tomatoes. Web. 11 Apr. 2016. <http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pursuit_of_happyness/quotes/>.