I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. – Groucho Marx
Daily Quote
If I Could Live My Life Over Again…
If I could live my life again.
Next time, I would try to make more mistakes.
I would not try to be so perfect, I would relax more.
I would be sillier than I have been.
I would take fewer things seriously.
I would be less fastidious.
Accept more risks, I would take more trips,
Contemplate more evenings,
Climb more mountains, and swim more rivers…
I would go to more places where I have not been,
Eat more ice cream and fewer beans.
I would have more real problems and less imaginary ones.
I was one of those people who lived
sensibly and meticulously every minute of their life.
Of course I have had moments of happiness.
But if I could go back in time, I would try to
have good moments only,
and not waste precious time.
I was someone never went
anywhere without a thermometer, a
hot water bag, an umbrella
and a parachute. If I could live again,
I would travel more frivolously.
If I could live again, I would begin
to walk barefoot at the beginning of the spring
and I would continue to do so until the end of autumn.
I would ride more merry-go-rounds,
I would contemplate more evenings and I would play
with more children.
If I could have another life ahead.
But I am 85 years old you see, and I know that I am dying.
This poem is believed to have been written either by Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), an Argentine poet or American poet, Nadine Stair. Everywhere I looked (desperately trying to give credit where credit was due), gave one or the other – and a few sources listed the author as “Unknown.”
Personally, I think Borges wrote it in Spanish and Stair translated it into English. However, Stair could just as easily have written it, so I’m crediting both. Who said the words isn’t nearly as important as the words, themselves.
It’s just a beautiful and elegant reminder that life isn’t just for living… it’s for living out LOUD.
Quotes About Happiness and Being Happy
If you want to be happy, be. – Leo Tolstoy
What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. – Colette
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it. – Groucho Marx
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. – James Openheim
If you smile while no one is around you really mean it. – Unknown
If you think sunshine brings you happiness, then you haven’t danced in the rain. -Unknown
It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. – Dale Carnegie
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. – H. Jackson Browne
Everyone wants to be happy and nobody wants to feel pain. but you can’t make rainbows without any rain. – Unknown
Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. – Margaret Young
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. – Abraham Lincoln
James Dean Quote
“Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.” – James Dean
More James Dean Quotes
The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results. – James Dean
Only the gentle are ever really strong. – James Dean
If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man. – James Dean
Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done. – James Dean
I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed. – James Dean
I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day. – James Dean
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Great Quote About Achievement
“Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.” – Thomas A. Bennett
More quotes about achievement.
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