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Martha Washington Quotes

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

Martha Washington
Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.

Martha Washington
Seeds

I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experianence that the greater part of our happiness or misary depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances; we carry the seeds of the one, or the other about with us, in our minds, wherever we go.

Martha Washington
Happiness, Mind, Cheerful
"The life of Washington, in the Form of an Autobiography". Book by Jared Sparks, August 5, 1840.

Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.

Martha Washington
Inspirational, Success, Hands

I am only fond of what comes from the heart.

Martha Washington
Heart
Martha Washington's letter to Mercy Otis Warren, wife of James Warren, from New York, (December 26, 1789); published in "The life of Washington, in the Form of an Autobiography", Volume 2 (p. 181), 1840.

I live a very dull life here... indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.

Martha Washington
Thinking, Dull Life, States

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

Martha Washington
Happiness, Happy, Attitude

I very linearly [sic] wish you would exert yourself so as to keep all your matters in order your self without depending on others as that is the only way to be happy to have all your business in your own hands.

Martha Washington
Self, Hands, Order

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