“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.” —John Lubbock
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“Cause a little bit of summer is what the whole year is about.” —John Mayer
“Summer was on the way; Jem and I awaited it with impatience. Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.” —Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
“In summer, the song sings itself.” – William Carlos Williams
“There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.” – Celia Thaxter
“In the summertime, when the weather is hot, you can reach right up and touch the sky.” – Mungo Jerry
“I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.” —Kellie Elmore
“A life without love is like a year without summer.” —Swedish Proverb
“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.” —Henry David Thoreau
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“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger
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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
– Khalil Gibran
“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.”– Paulo Coelho
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
– Christopher Reeve
“Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.”– Chris Bradford
“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me…. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
– Walt Disney
“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”– J.K. Rowling
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”– Vincent Van Gogh
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.”
– Psalm 28:7
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The most important thing is to enjoy your life — to be happy. It’s all that matters. -Audrey Hepburn
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Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come without leaving happier. -Mother Teresa
Happiness is the best makeup. -Drew Barrymore
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. -Abraham Lincoln
The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are. -Goldie Hawn
Independence is happiness. -Susan B. Anthony
If you want to be happy, be. -Leo Tolstoy
We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh. -William James
Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like. -Unknown
Happiness? That’s nothing more than health and a poor memory. -Albert Schweitzer
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