"The effort to try to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable,"

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Source : "The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking". Book by Oliver Burkeman, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2012.

Oliver Burkeman

#Effort Quotes #Trying Quotes #Miserable Quotes

“If a Christian is not willing to rise early and work late, to expend greater effort in diligent study and faithful work, that person will not change a generation. Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the result of never getting tired.”

Source : J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.119, Moody Publishers
“Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward”
“There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?”

Source : "Master builder". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2003.
“Demoniac frenzy, moping melancholy.”
“Most things in music go full circle eventually.”
“Experience is a great teacher.”
“Didn't this beat everything? A pretty and an ugly taking a stroll together. The warden came closer, confusion all over his middle-pretty face. Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "Make me pretty.”
“When I was between seven and 13, I hated music. I wasn't interested in music at all. I'd tried to listen to it just because all my friends were getting into pop music and everything, and I remember I just wasn't interested at all. I liked drawing and science.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Schreiber, pitchfork.com. February 13, 2006.

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