The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.

Quentin Crisp
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression,...
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression,...
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression,...
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression,...
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Great leaders know that there is no great happiness in life. A person cannot achieve true happiness by themselves, it must come from the people around him or her. Great leaders make people happy because they make their people feel safe, secure and loved. They want their people to be successful and to love them for who they are.

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