When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

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"Master technique and then forget about it and be natural."

- Anna Pavlova

Integrity

"No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius."

- Anna Pavlova

Hard Work

"Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work."

- Anna Pavlova

Hard Work

"To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success."

- Anna Pavlova

Success

"Where there is no heart there is no art."

- Anna Pavlova

Creativity

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"In loving someone as they are, we open ourselves to the possibility of true happiness."

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"You’re only one workout away from a good mood."

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"Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!"

- Kate Summers

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"Oh! It’s Friday again. Share the love that was missing during the week. In a worthy moment of peace and bliss."

- S. O’ Sade

Happiness