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To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. -- John Dewey
I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is. -- Michael J. Fox
I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families. -- Steve Kerr
Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization. -- Louis D. Brandeis
When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit. -- Martin Scorsese
There's no reason why children in inner cities or rural areas do not receive the same quality education or opportunities as those in suburbs or wealthy neighborhoods. If we truly believe in giving all citizens a chance to pursue happiness and pursue their goals, then we cannot continue to marginalize entire groups of people. -- Al Sharpton
As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I'll be happy. As long as I get to spend time with my family, I'll be happy. As long as I can write in some form, I'll be happy. It is the essential things like that I equate with happiness. -- Dan Stevens
Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it. -- Claudius Claudianus
Don't deny your parents a chance at happiness and also an opportunity to see you achieve greatness. -- Unarine Ramaru
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. -- William Ellery Channing
Retirement is the last opportunity for individuals to reinvent themselves, let go of the past, and find peace and happiness within. -- Ernie J Zelinski
Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children. -- Guy Laliberte
I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness. -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[Children should contribute] to a family's essential survival and happiness. [In] an urban society, children are ... robbed of the opportunity to do genuinely responsible work. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
I'll say it again, for every moment you're with the wrong person, you are robbing yourself and the right person of the opportunity to find real happiness. -- Ingrid Weir
The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to reframe obligation as opportunity. You don't have to spend Thanksgiving with your family. You get to. -- Mary Schmich

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