If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive.

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"You don’t stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing."

- Maurice Chevalier

Happiness

"If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved."

- Maurice Chevalier

Motivation

"Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative."

- Maurice Chevalier

Aspirations

"Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative."

- Maurice Chevalier

Positivity

"Old age isn’t so bad if you consider the alternative."

- Maurice Chevalier

Optimism

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