Quotes about happiness
happiness believe too-much
I don't believe in happiness anyway... it's too much of an American pastime, this search for happiness. Just forget happiness and enjoy your misery. Frank McCourt
happiness joy enough
It is not enough to be happy, it is also necessary that others not be. Jules Renard
happiness want humans
Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have. Josh Billings
happiness way fit
A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.
happiness hunting skeletons
Hunting after happiness is like hunting after a lost sheep in the wilderness--when you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton.
happiness perfect belief
The nearest we can come to) perfect happiness is to cheat ourselves with the belief that we have got it.
happiness smile attitude
Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
happiness happy dog
Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.
happiness inspiration men
The Spirit bears witness. Ecstasy and enlightenment, inspiration and intuition are not necessary. Happy is the man who is worthy of these; but woe unto us if we wait for such experiences; woe unto us if we do not perceive that these things are of secondary importance. Karl Barth
happiness laughter humor
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
happiness selfish love-yourself
Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you. Karl Lagerfeld
happiness horse stupid
It is quite easy for stupid people to be happy; they believe in fables, and they trot on in a beaten track like a horse on a tramway. Ouida
happiness dark drawing
Yesterday, happiness came in suddenly, as it used to, and remained for a moment in the great, dark, silent drawing room. Julien Green
happiness jesus laughter
And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.
happiness laughter drama
I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them. Judy Garland
happiness happy forward-in-life
Victory is not the absence of problems, it is the presence of power. Joyce Meyer
happiness jobs growing-up
So often, we blame other people when, really, the problem is right down in here. I'm not happy. I don't know what's wrong. If I just had another job, I could be happy. If I just get married, I would be happy. Well if I just wasn't married, I would be happy. Well, if I just had some kids, I'll be happy. I'll be happy when these kids finally grow up and get out of here. If I had a bigger house, I would be happy. Well, I got a big house. Now if I just had a maid to clean, I'd be happy. Well, now if I just had a maid I could get along with better, I'd be happy.
happiness happy beauty
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. Maria Mitchell
happiness mean achieve
I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance. Patrick Duffy
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.
happiness feelings action
The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
happiness sweet nature
Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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.
happiness blood joy
Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good. John Dryden
happiness wedding men
I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness. Lord Byron
happiness answers given
What would you call the highest happiness? Wratislaw was asked. The sense of competence, was the answer, given without hesitation. John Buchan
happiness make-others-happy world
The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy. Luther Burbank