"There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself."― Henry David Thoreau Topic(s): Happiness Tags: except, there, valueMore From Henry David Thoreau"Dreams are the touchstones of our character.""There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.""What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party."More In Happiness"I don’t have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I’m bullish about the Longhorns."― Tom Hicks"The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted."― Jonathan Edwards"This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you can’t be happy as a success, it’s very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure."― Michael Korda