Care and diligence bring luck.

—Thomas Fuller

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Thomas Fuller (baptised 19 June 1608; died 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by...

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When I'm trusting and being myself… everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously.

—Thomas Fuller

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

—Thomas Fuller

He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion.

—Thomas Fuller

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

—Thomas Fuller

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

—Thomas Fuller

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The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.

—Gretchen Rubin in The Happiness Project

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I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary.

—Mignon McLaughlin

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Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.

It's a question of discipline," the little prince told me. "When you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet.

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

—Elbert Hubbard

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