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> [“A chief cause of worry and unhappiness in life is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maralee-mckee/a-chief-cause-of-worry-and-unhappiness-in-life-is-trading-what-we/)

[Maralee McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maralee-mckee/)

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## More by Maralee McKee

> [“Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maralee-mckee/today-our-children-are-our-reflection-tomorrow-they-will-be-our/)

[Maralee McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maralee-mckee/)

> [“A chief cause of worry and unhappiness in life is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maralee-mckee/a-chief-cause-of-worry-and-unhappiness-in-life-is-trading-what-we/)

[Maralee McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maralee-mckee/)

> [“OUr past doesn't define us. It prepares us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maralee-mckee/our-past-doesn-t-define-us-it-prepares-us/)

[Maralee McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maralee-mckee/)

> [“The ornaments of your home are the people who smile upon entering time and time again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maralee-mckee/the-ornaments-of-your-home-are-the-people-who-smile-upon-entering/)

[Maralee McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maralee-mckee/)

> [“I will hold my self to a standard of grace which is Christ's gift, not perfection which is Satan's trap.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maralee-mckee/i-will-hold-my-self-to-a-standard-of-grace-which-is-christ-s-gift-not/)

[Maralee McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maralee-mckee/)

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