"When we decide to be happy we..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Some decide that happiness and glee are the same thing, they are not. When we choose happiness we accept the responsibility to lighten the load of someone else and to be a light on the path to another who may be walking in darkness.
More by Maya Angelou
“Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.”
“You never get over the fear of writing.”
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
More on Happiness
“Happiness is in the mind, experiences of joy or pleasure should be found in the body; but ongoing joy, pure unadulterated joy, that feeling of bliss for no reason comes when you feel like your life matters because it matters to more than yourself.”
“And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.”
“Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.”
More on Responsibility
“No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.”
“When government does its job properly people are free to do theirs.”
“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”