I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.
Jane AustenRead
You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
Interpretation
Only you can truly determine what makes you happy.
This quote emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and personal responsibility in the pursuit of happiness. Jane Austen suggests that individuals possess the innate ability to judge what brings them joy and fulfillment, rather than relying on external validation or societal expectations.
In practice
During a motivational speech about self-discovery, one could share this quote to encourage introspection.
I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.
Nobody could catch cold by the sea; nobody wanted appetite by the sea; nobody wanted spirits; nobody wanted strength. Sea air was healing, softening, relaxing - fortifying and bracing - seemingly just as was wanted - sometimes one, sometimes the other. If the sea breeze failed, the seabath was the certain corrective; and where bathing disagreed, the sea air alone was evidently designed by nature for the cure.
He certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person.
A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.
She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
Happiness is not so much a feeling as it is an attitude
A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery
If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy.
Happy girls are the prettiest girls.
A grateful environment is a substitute for happiness. It can quicken us from without as a fixed hope and affection, or as the consciousness of a right life, can quicken us from within.
What if in my waking hours a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing? ... Would the bow and string tension of life snap? Would the heart over weighted with sudden joy stop beating for very excess of happiness?
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