Steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and cheerful as a cricket.
—Martha Washington
Topics: Busy
The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.
—Martha Washington
Topics: Perception, Attitude, Happiness
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy,
in whatever situation I may be; for I have also
learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness
or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
—Martha Washington
Topics: Circumstance, Happiness, Joy, Optimism, Attitude, Chance, Experience, Positive Attitudes
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