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Happiness

Happiness. By Jordan Poirier. Proving Yourself to others will bring you little joy. Only, when you prove yourself to yourself will you find true happiness. He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.  ~Raymond Hull.

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Happiness

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  1. Happiness By Jordan Poirier

  2. Proving Yourself to others will bring you little joy. Only, when you prove yourself to yourself will you find true happiness.

  3. He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.  ~Raymond Hull

  4. God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.  ~William Shakespeare

  5. No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.  ~John MorleyThere is just one life for each of us:  our own.  ~EuripidesIf God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.  ~Johann von Goethe If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag.  ~Author Unknown

  6. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.  ~Dr. Seuss It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.  ~Desiderius Erasmus Be what you are.  This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.  ~Julius Charles Hare We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.  ~Kurt Vonnegut

  7. In almost any form of media you will see that the character is not happy until they stop trying to impress others. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Housseini this is the main concept. The entire story is one big concept.

  8. The End • "Be Yourself Quotes, Sayings about Being Yourself." The Quote Garden - Quotes, Sayings, Quotations, Verses. 13 July 2009 <http://www.quotegarden.com/be-self.html>. • Hosseini, Khaled. Kite runner. New York: Riverhead Books, 2003. • Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket. 13 July 2009 <http://www.photobucket.com>. • The Nellen Family Jewels. 13 July 2009 <http://www.tnellen.com/>.

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