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“Habits. It’s the 5x5 rule. You are not just the average of the five people around you. You’re the average of the five habits you do, the things you eat, the ideas you have, the content you consume, etc.”
― James Altucher, Reinvent Yourself

“You need to find well-being from within. And here is what it is: FREEDOM RELATIONSHIPS COMPETENCE Increase those every day and you will find well-being. If all you do is the same thing every day, you will never increase those three things in your life.”
― James Altucher, Reinvent Yourself

“Good writing is emotionally honest but does not get stuck in the emotion.”
― Vinita Hampton Wright, The Art of Spiritual Writing: How to Craft Prose That Engages and Inspires Your Readers

“Accept that you will never be objective enough to judge your personal writing very well. During”
― Vinita Hampton Wright, The Art of Spiritual Writing: How to Craft Prose That Engages and Inspires Your Readers

“Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.”
― Henry Fielding

“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“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 it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
― Socrates

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
― Plato

“You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.”
― Charles Spurgeon