Quotes about happiness
happiness laughter joy
Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died. Peter Ustinov
happiness letting-go struggle
The happiness we seek cannot be found through grasping, trying to hold on to things. It cannot be found through getting serious and uptight about wanting things to go in the direction we think will bring happiness. We are always taking hold of the wrong end of the stick. The point is that the happiness we seek is already here and it will be found through relaxation and letting go rather than through struggle. Pema Chodron
happiness thinking things-in-life
Life is a matter of passing the time enjoyably. There may be other things in life, but I've been too busy passing my time enjoyably to think very deeply about them. Peter Cook
happiness inspiring success
A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. Pearl Bailey
happiness smile laughter
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. Phyllis Diller
happiness oasis desert
Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it. Rachel Field
happiness smile beauty
Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror. Rabindranath Tagore
happiness marriage thinking
I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness. Queen Victoria
happiness islands yield
Happiness isn't something this island yields easily; the ground is too rocky and the sun too sparse for it to flourish. Maggie Stiefvater
happiness piety
Be happy, but be happy through piety. Madame de Stael
happiness believe destiny
I believe that happiness consists in having a destiny in keeping with our abilities. Our desires are things of the moment, often harmful even to ourselves; but our abilities are permanent, and their demands never cease. Madame de Stael
happiness feelings action
The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action. Madame de Stael
happiness sweet nature
Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them. Madame de Stael
happiness stories said
It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story. Haruki Murakami
happiness simplicity benefits
No benefit is more constant than simplicity; no happiness more constant than peace. Han Fei
happiness selfish stupid
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. Gustave Flaubert
happiness men two
Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life. Gilbert K. Chesterton
happiness real pleasure-seeking
The real pleasure-seeking is the combination of luxury and austerity in such a way that the luxury can really be felt. Gilbert K. Chesterton
happiness blood joy
Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good. John Dryden
happiness men today
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he, who can call today his own. John Dryden
happiness long
They live too long who happiness outlive. John Dryden
happiness happy running
Happiness consists in activity. It is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.
happiness wise
The days that make us happy make us wise John Masefield
happiness contribution
To be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others. John Lubbock
happiness people world
The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty. John Lubbock
happiness life-happiness objectives
Our own happiness ought not to be our main objective in life. John Lubbock
happiness imperfect pleasure
False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own. John Lubbock
happiness people would-be
It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of their happiness by doing wrong. John Lubbock
happiness life-and-love violin
Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. John Lubbock
happiness liberty foundation
The necessity of pursuing true happiness is the foundation of all liberty- Happiness, in its full extent, is the utmost pleasure we are capable of. John Locke
happiness two mind
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else. John Locke
happiness gun arms
When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun. John Lennon
happiness cutting men
God loves to see his creatures happy; our lawful delight is His; they know not God that think to please Him with making themselves miserable. The idolaters thought it a fit service for Baal to cut and lance themselves; never any holy man looked for thanks from the true God by wronging himself. Joseph Hall