A Quote by Thomas More

Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.

Thomas More

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Thomas More
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February 7, 1478 - July 6, 1535

We begin from the recognition that all beings cherish happiness and do not want suffering. It then becomes both morally wrong and pragmatically unwise to pursue only one's own happiness oblivious to the feelings and aspirations of all others who surround us as members of the same human family. The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness.

Dalai Lama

The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.

Paramahansa Yogananda

I don't discriminate when it comes to dumplings. Give me a generous plate of pretty much anything wrapped in a starchy, doughy casing and I will dive in with pleasure. But one star in the dumpling universe shines brighter than the others: the humble pierogi.

Claire Saffitz

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels not its own happiness, but when it may be compared with the misery of others

Samuel Johnson

Serve others. The failing recipe for happiness and success is to want the good of others." "happiness is when I see others happy. Happiness is a shared thing. I feel very diminished happiness if it is something I enjoy myself.

Desmond Tutu

Truth shines the brighter, clad in verse.

Alexander Pope

No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart.

Shanina Shaik

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Aesop

As far as self-confidence goes, so much of social media is about approval, getting likes, comparing our lives to others' - meanwhile, confidence is an inside job: it's about how you feel about yourself regardless of what anyone else does or thinks. It's a knowing that you're human, you're flawed, and you're awesome in your own way.

Jen Sincero

contemplating the misfortunes of others does not lighten one's own trouble but instead adds to it.

Mignon G. Eberhart

Many are those who pity others while being blind to their own misfortunes.

Shinjo Ito

It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own.

Ovid

To judge sins is the business of one who is sinless, but who is sinless except God? Who ever thinks about the multitude of his own sins in his heart never wants to make the sins of others a topic of conversation. To judge a man who has gone astray is a sign of pride, and God resists the proud. On the other hand, one who every hour prepares himself to give answer for his own sins will not quickly lift up his head to examine the mistakes of others.

Gennadius of Constantinople

In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves. When we worry less about ourselves an experience of our own suffering is less intense. What does this tell us? Firstly, because our every action has a universal dimension, a potential impact on others' happiness, ethics are necessary as a means to ensure that we do not harm others. Secondly, it tells us that genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others' happiness.

Dalai Lama

Go ahead and believe that no one shines brighter than you. Become amazing, and be happy.

Demi Lovato

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