"Happiness is a condition of mind not a……" — John Lubbock
"Happiness is a condition of mind not a result of circumstances."
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John Lubbock
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23 Quotes by John Lubbock
John Lubbock has 23 quotes on this site.
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What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the…
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Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some…
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A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.
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Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.
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We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from…
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Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.
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Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have…
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The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given…
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We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.
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All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as…
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Don't be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than…
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More Circumstances Quotes
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that…
— Neil Armstrong
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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of…
— Saint Augustine
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A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So…
— James A. Baldwin
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There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real…
— Christian Bale
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Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
— Dave Barry
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
— Joseph Addison
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If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic…
— John Berger
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The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other…
— Andrew Bernstein
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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
— Tony Blair
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