Quotes about happiness
happiness lonely memories
In 1970 I felt so lonely that I could not give; now I feel so joyful that giving seems easy. I hope that the day will come when the memory of my present joy will give me the strength to keep giving even when loneliness gnaws at my heart. Henri Nouwen
happiness men dies
Call no man happy before he dies. Herodotus
happiness work inspiration
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. Henry Ford
happiness money business
Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
happiness kitchen earth
I have smelt all the aromas there are in the fragrant kitchen they call Earth; and what we can enjoy in this life, I surely have enjoyed just like a lord! Heinrich Heine
happiness envy lasts
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. Heraclitus
happiness children men
Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
happiness smile laughter
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. Henry Ward Beecher
happiness attitude book
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
happiness wisdom nature
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
happiness war joy
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
happiness happy teacher
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
happiness new-year past
Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.
happiness happy art
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
happiness cheer blessed
Blessed are the happiness makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer.
happiness heart rebound
Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
happiness blessed men
Blessed are the happiness-makers! Blessed are they that take away attritions, that remove friction, that make the courses of life smooth, and the intercourse of men gentle!
happiness medicine joy
Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
happiness worry people
It's not work that kills [people], it is worry.
happiness self inner-peace
True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand. Henry James
happiness thousand persons
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. Henry Fielding
happiness smile girl
Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke. John Krasinski
happiness art truth
Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught, when convicted of his error; and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces the truth, though with the sacrifice of favorite opinions. Johann Kaspar Lavater
happiness joy lasts
The highest happiness, the purest joys of life, wear out at last. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
happiness eulogy done
He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.
happiness laughter men
The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.
happiness running laughter
Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.
happiness spring moderation
Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.
happiness two people
When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.
happiness men highest
The highest happiness of man ... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable.
happiness cheerful social
The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.
happiness self trying
How can we learn self-knowledge? Never by taking thought but rather by action. Try to do your duty and you'll soon discover what you're like.
happiness character men
One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones of characters and of the most decisive value to man.