Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.

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"You were like the hummingbird to me, and I am rather inclined to feel that you and I know the best part of one another without spending much time together. It is not that I fear the knowing. It is that I am at this moment willing to let you be what you are to me—it is beautiful and pure and very intensely alive."

- Georgia O'Keeffe

Love

"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not."

- Georgia O'Keeffe

Awareness

"To create one’s own world in any of the arts takes courage."

- Georgia O'Keeffe

Courage

"I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life—and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do."

- Georgia O'Keeffe

Courage

"Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing.  Making your unknown known is the important thing."

- Georgia O'Keeffe

Courage

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

- Beauty and the Beast

Happiness

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get."

- W. P. Kinsella

Happiness

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

- Health Coach Maria Marlowe

Happiness

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

- Kate Summers

Happiness

"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