Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bertrand Russell

It appeared to me obvious that the happiness of mankind should be the aim of all action, and I discovered to my surprise that there were those who thought otherwise.

Bertrand Russell

A world full of happiness is not beyond human power to create; the obstacles imposed by inanimate nature are not insuperable. The real obstacles lie in the heart of man, and the cure for these is a firm hope, informed and fortified by thought.

Bertrand Russell

Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.

Bertrand Russell

The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection.

Bertrand Russell

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

Cassie Ventura

Just remember... it doesn't matter how long you have known each other.. all that matters is that he has kept you smiling from day one

Carolyn Wells

Happiness is the ability to recognize it.

Mark Richardson

We want him to live the rest of his life in happiness and we want to be a part of his life as we possibly can. We love him very much.

Agnes Martin

What we really want to do is serve happiness. We want everyone to be happy, never unhappy even for a moment. We want the animals to be happy. The happiness of every living thing is what we want.

Agnes Martin

It's not about facts, it's about feelings. It's about remembering feelings and happiness. A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It's the most abstract of all art expression.

Agnes Repplier

The gospel of cheerfulness, I had almost said the gospel of amusement, is preached by people who lack experience to people who lack vitality. There is a vague impression that the world would be a good world if it were only happy, that it would be happy if it were amused, and that it would be amused if plenty of artificial recreation - that recreation for which we are now told every community stands responsible - were provided for its entertainment.

Cathy Guisewite

So often, happiness is the extent to which we balance our grandiose expectations with reality.

Carl Jung

Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.

Carl Jung

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness.

Carl Jung

Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force

We're still so happy that we won, but it didn't even hit me that we're going downstate until (Tuesday). I was like, 'Oh my God, we're going downstate!' I can't wait to get there. Now that we've seen it once already, we're really ready.

We're not happy with a share of the title. We wanted to win the title outright. We'll take this as a lesson and still try to win a (Division II) championship.

Frida Lyngstad

Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me.

Martin Seligman

What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning.

Aaliyah

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!

That said, the people who study subjective well-being will tell you that most people are pretty happy.

This is indescribable. I'm so happy for everyone.

Chandler Massey

On a soap, happiness never lasts for very long!

Not one kid in the locker room was happy with the way we played, even though we're happy with the win. We were sloppy with the basketball. We're still learning how to play with big leads.

I know they're not satisfied or happy with losses - they better not be - but they're trying hard, so that's all I can ask.

I just want to say I'm happy to be back,

I'm really happy for them. They've worked really hard and we've played a tough schedule.

Greg Oden

I'm really happy for my teammates. We worked hard this year.

I'm really happy for Josh. He's been working real hard, and this is his year.

Ricky Carmichael

I'm really happy for Ivan. He's been working hard, and I'm really pumped for him.

I?m really proud of, and I?m really happy for our players. They put in a lot of hard work to get to this point.

I'm just so happy I could do it.

I'm not happy with the situation at all.