In the words of P.T. Barnum: «The noblest art is that
of making others happy.»
* LIMITED EDITION * P.T. Barnum said, «the noblest art is that
of making others happy.»
As Chesterton observed, «Creatures so close to each other as husband and wife, or a mother and children, have powers
of making each other happy or miserable with which no public coercion can deal.»
Not exact matches
We are
happy when we have family, we are
happy when we have friends and almost all the
other things we think
make us
happy are actually just ways
of getting more family and friends.
But honestly, don't spend a day
of your life working on anything
other than the stuff that
makes you
happy.
If you really believe leaving the rat race would
make you
happy, you can mitigate the health risks
of retirement by helping
others.
Happy birthday from Bob to Erica (a year younger than mass - produced personal computers) and Heather (twice the age
of Google); to Christine's son Matt (a year younger than The Simpsons); to Vikram (a year younger than the International Space Station); to Pamela's childhood friend Bert (twice the age
of Macintosh computers); to Marian's son Bryan (the same age as Kobe Bryant); and to our editor who
makes this newsletter possible, Rosa (one - sixth the age
of The Atlantic), from the
other members
of the Daily team.
Money can only
make you
happy if you also work on
other areas
of your life.
I disagree «humanity» by and large are caring, compassionate, social animals and when they act this way they are healthy and
happy, but the media and
other sources continue to show us the worst side
of people thus
making the impression that we are mean and hateful.
This piece
of writing was so beautiful, tearful, sad, poignant and yet
happy in some very unusual way because it
made the dying
happy to remember the love they had for
others, mostly family.
I was more ashamed
of my Goodwill clothes than
of not speaking English when I first came to America, because I knew that one day I would speak English well, but I did not know whether I would ever have what
other people had — the material wealth that
made them
happy.
a vermin shirt remits venial sins Whipping yourself with a switch erases having dirty thoughts Putting gravel in your socks for four days
makes God
happy Going to church and donating on Holy Days
of Obligation is better than
other days?
I think I'm too simple in my thinking that; if you don't like it, DO N'T WATCH... if you don't agree with it, DO N'T CHOOSE TO LIVE YOUR LIFE THAT WAY... Seems like a very simplistic way
of thinking, but I have personal opinions on EVERYTHING, but I don't force
others to live their lives according to my moral fiber... i don't judge people for living their lives the way that
makes them
happy... And i believe that IGNORANCE is the basis for INTOLERANCE... people are famous for HATING things that they don't understand... again, if it MORALLY offends you, don't read stories on things that you don't agree with, don't watch shows that portray choices that you don't agree with... The Brown family seems close knit, almost like extended family living under one roof... the kids work together and get along much better than a lot
of «mainstream» households i see...
A God who could
make good children as easily as bad, yet preferred to
make bad ones; who could have
made every one
of them
happy, yet never
made a single
happy one; who
made them prize their bitter life, yet stingily cut it short; who gave his angels eternal happiness unearned, yet required his
other children to earn it; who gave his angels painless lives, yet cursed his
other children with biting miseries and maladies
of mind and body; who mouths justice, and invented hell - mouths mercy, and invented hell - mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness multiplied by seventy times seven, and invented hell; who mouths morals to
other people, and has none himself; who frowns upon crimes, yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead
of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon himself; and finally, with altogether divine obtuseness, invites his poor abused slave to worship him!
This
makes me
happy: Research on ribosomes by Noller and
others has led to the development
of novel antibiotics that hold promise for use against drug - resistant bacteria.
I am not
happy with myself on the inside so criticizing and judging
others makes me not think so lowly
of myself.
That has been my experience, I'm
happy to hear that
others have been able to
make use
of their degree.
I feel a bit like Rodney King... but couldn't we have at least started off this year by wishing each
other a
Happy New Year instead
of charging in here and
making disparaging remarks about the host and this guests?
But I found myself now in a place were I found the Jesus that I always preached to
other people for about 15 years including 8 1/2 years in as a missionary in a Third World Country with my wife and three children (two
of them born overseas), the Jesus that speaks to you, the Jesus that wants to
make you
happy and give you hope, the Jesus that saved me and I knew but not to this level
of intimacy.
But if there is a state in which the soul finds a solid enough base to rest itself on entirely and to gather its whole being into, without needing to recall the past or encroach upon the future; in which time is nothing for it; in which the present lasts forever without, however,
making its duration noticed and without any trace
of time's passage; without any
other sentiment... except that
of our existence, and having this sentiment alone fill it completely; as long as this state lasts, he who finds himself in it can call himself
happy... with a sufficient, perfect, and full happiness which leaves the soul no emptiness it might feel a need to fill....
He was a guide who assured me there was a good,
happy life on the
other side
of whatever choice I
made about my beliefs and that I would continue to be a decent and loving person regardless.
She envisioned her role as a continuation
of her efforts on earth to be helpful, to
make others happy, to be present, to strengthen them in their own life journeys.
i can feel love for him throughout my heart and soul... i want to grow old with this man... i am 47 and he is 45... he has never been married... he said there is not a chance
of getting back together again regardless
of how we feel towards each
other because we committed adultery and God will never forgive us and it will be wrong to do so... so am i supposed to go on living my life being so deeply in love with this man i can never have... why would God put him in my life to
make me feel so spiritually
happy, so wonderful, so at peace with myself and someone I can finally worship Him with just to take him away from me... I've never been with someone who was so religious and i thought this was it... i finally have someone to read the bible with and go to church with and put God first and share things with my self and my daughter as a loving relationship would be....
It is a lot
of fun to give and
make others happy — and remember, you don't have to be religious, or non-religious to live an honorable life.
We fulfill the law
of love only as we become inclusively concerned for
other people and work in concrete situations to
make them
happy as whole personalities and communities.
As someone who believes in God whole heartedly and feels he is the way through alot
of the darkness on this earth but also the way to celebrate our greatest joys.I am
happy she has found the love
of God.But I to find the choice
of religion somewhat suspiscious.As
others have pointed out the dicotomy
makes one wonder if the fact that her boyfriend is a Catholic has alot to do with her choice.Alot
of women and men for that matter find conform to what their partners religion is because it is just easier and more comfortable at home for them.Now I am not saying this is what happened in this case.but it is somehting ti ponder.For me loving God and your neighbor as much as yourself are the most important part
of believeing in a Supreme Being and all the rest
of the Dogma just gets in the way and even is the cause
of alot
of the strife and wars in this world.So I hope she is
happy but UP God for me... but no thatnks on the religion!!
This answer also
makes me the most
happy, not that we haven't had
other non-christian presidents before (Thomas Jefferson comes to mind) but Obama is the first is a long time and as an Agnostic myself I am proud to have a leader that puts the ideals
of science and civil society above those
of ancient and antiquated religions
He has my confidence and I am
happy that he has the responsibility for
making the sort
of commentary that he has done on the motu proprioand
other liturgical matters as they arise.»
Many Christians have bought into this sort
of thinking and living today, and
make decisions, not based on what Scripture teaches, on what is right or wrong, or on how their decision will affect
other people, but based solely on whether or not it will
make them personally
happy.
I am tempted to lay aside for a moment the exegetical methods
of this study and ask them whether they have never experienced a dream which has
made them
happier than any
other experience, even though they have only been sleeping.
Christians on the
other hand are perfectly
happy making up an answer then insisting that the rest
of the world believe them.
In
other words, Christianity offers a framework which
makes sense
of what isotherwise a
happy coincidence.
Its teachings are very, very simple: There really are free and natural markets where the optimum value
of things is assigned to them; everyone must compete with everyone; the worthy will prosper and the unworthy fail; those who succeed while
others fail will be
made deeply and justly
happy by this experience, having had no
other object in life; each
of us is poorer for every cent that is used toward the wealth
of all
of us; governments are instituted among people chiefly to interfere with the working out
of these splendid principles.
A young couple about to marry are truly in love if they share ideals: to
make each
other happy and to pass on their shared love to their children — the family that should be born
of their generous love.
When I imagined what it would be like to give generously without wondering what is in it for me, to give up my grudges and learn to diffuse hatred with love, to stop judging
other people once and for all, to care for the poor and seek out the downtrodden, to finally believe that stuff can't
make me
happy, to give up my urge to gossip and manipulate, to worry less about what
other people think, to refuse to retaliate no matter the cost, to be capable
of forgiving to the point
of death, to live as Jesus lived and love as Jesus loved, one word came to my mind: liberation.
Others had
made similar attempts, in Switzerland and not far away in Allstedt where Muntzer achieved some
happy liturgical forms, which were used until they were suppressed in the 1530s by the Elector's visitors in favour
of Luther's versions.
Here's an idea: how about two people who love each
other and are committed to each
other forget what anyone outside the relationship thinks and
make sex an expression
of love to each
other doing whatever
makes them mutually
happy, remembering that it's no one else's business what their love -
making looks like.
Being a cake I had only heard
of in passing, one tucked away in the back
of my mind (among 100's
of others) as something to
make one day I was
happy to be given the chance excuse to
make it.
The kind that when you have to wake up at 3:30 am to get to the airport on time — THEY came to the rescue and
made your very - early - hardly - any - sleep morning quite
happy or that
other time you took a 6 am road trip to your favourite city seven hours away and knew you couldn't count on rest stops to fuel you and you'd probably die a slow death
of malnourishment instead
of being
happy you're going on an adventure — they came to your rescue!
Although I'm usually
happy to bake large quantities and share with
others, sometimes I just want to
make something small — a recipe that doesn't use several sticks
of butter or cups
of sugar; one that can be
made in one bowl and produces just enough for my family
of three to enjoy.
He seemed very
happy with that plan — both because he would get to keep all
of his new toys (I mean, he is only four), but also because he could
make some
other children
happy, too.
Seeing her do a guestpost at the
other favourite foodblog
of my life,
makes my heart so
happy!
Beyond the economics
of group accommodations
making the «per suite» rate decidedly attractive, the personalized professional chef - driven meal service for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and
happy hour cocktails all served amid impeccable ocean views, which is integrated into the rate, furthers the fiscal and
other copious advantages.
It
makes me so
happy that most places are so accommodating to the diet choices
of others and it's only going to get easier as time goes on!
Once your cooked rice is on hand, this is really no more time consuming to
make than a sandwich or any
other kind
of salad, and if you use a covered container, it's an offbeat portable lunch that you'll be
happy to dig into!
Whenever I want pancakes but really am too lazy to
make any
other kind
of batter, those are my (super tasty) rescue I'm so
happy that you actually come here for the person and are also interested in more personal posts < 3 I really want to be connected with the people reading my blog, so that I'm not just a free online cookbook
I am
happy with the recipe I
made from Easily Good Eats and have a number
of other recipes there that I plan to try soon.
We are
happy to
make small and big production runs
of functional custom dairy powder blends tailored specifically to customer requirements (specific protein / protein levels etc. or
other dry ingredient mixes).
I'm so
happy you enjoyed them, I was just thinking the
other day how I need to
make more
of these!
I pulled the fillings out
of sandwiches
made on
other breads, but if you gave me a turkey sandwich on sliced sourdough (Colombo and Parisian were the brands at that time), I was a
happy girl!