You learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of hope.
Og MandinoRead
If the ingredients for happiness are not within a person, no material success or entertainment or platinum credit cards can make that person smile.
Interpretation
True happiness comes from within, not from external possessions or achievements.
This quote emphasizes that genuine happiness is an internal state that cannot be achieved through material wealth or external sources of joy. It suggests that if a person does not cultivate a sense of happiness internally, no amount of success or luxury can fulfill their emotional needs, highlighting the importance of self-contentment and inner peace.
In practice
In a motivational speech about finding true happiness beyond material possessions.
You learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of hope.
Why do we continue to breed little minds who can find no recompense for their own failures other than to belittle and mock the talents, even the dress, of others? When will everyone realize that we are all equal in the eyes of God?
The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what the task may be. This is a habit followed by all successful people since the beginning of time. Therefore I saith the surest way to doom yourself to mediocrity is to perform only the work for which you are paid.
Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.
Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future.
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better... or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.
The master never seemed to have his fill of gazing at his firstborn child. "What do you want him to be when he grows up?" someone asked. "Outrageously happy," said the master.
So, twice a week, I go to a beauty salon and have my hair blown dry. Itβs cheaper by far than psychoanalysis, and much more uplifting.
I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.
Things that really matter are the things that gold can't buy, so let's have another cup o' coffee and let's have another piece o' pie.
That's always the biggest surprise when people meet me: how buoyant I am and how fun and light I am.
Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.
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