Happiness is a result of our efforts, once we know the necessary ingredients of happiness – simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain. By the proper use of experience and thought one can draw much from oneself, by determination and patience one can even restore one’s health – so let us live life as it is, and not be ungrateful.
Inspiration: George Sand, AKA Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin
Source: Dale Carnegie’s Scrapbook
Image: KELLY MARS, U.S. Army (CC BY 2.0)
