Quotes about happiness
happiness misery-and-pain doe
More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery. Thomas Traherne
happiness believe miserable
Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them if I know and feel myself to be happy; nor fear them.
happiness thinking imagination
To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.
happiness patience attitude
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. Thomas Szasz
happiness smile mom
A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
happiness country character
The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.
happiness want lists
As women, we're nurturers by nature. We want to make sure everyone is happy. That's a good thing, but we also have to put ourselves on that happiness list. Victoria Osteen
happiness felicity
There are no rules for felicity. Victor Hugo
happiness smile laughter
Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
happiness dance ballet-class
There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. Vicki Baum
happiness laughter joy
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward. Victor Borge
happiness remember never-forget
Always remember to forget the things that made you sad, but never forget to remember the things that made you glad.
happiness liberty unhappy
Happiness is liberty from everything that makes us unhappy. Vernon Howard
happiness spiritual wisdom
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts. Richard Bach
happiness spiritual sacrifice
In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.
happiness being-happy inspiration
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.
happiness fear hate
While we are focusing on fear, worry or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love. Robert Foster Bennett
happiness want empty
I always thought that if I ever got good reviews I'd be happy. It's so empty. It's never what I wanted, ever. All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know - to be loved. Rita Hayworth
happiness funny-inspirational clever
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. Rita Mae Brown
happiness rap goal
Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should. Richard Dreyfuss
happiness understanding alive
When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole. Thornton Wilder
happiness laughter acceptance
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
happiness america liberty
Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America. Her situation is remote from all the wrangling world, and she has nothing to do but to trade with them. Thomas Paine
happiness faith respect
It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.
happiness country ignorance
When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want; the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am a friend of its happiness: When these things can be said, there may that country boast its Constitution and its Government
happiness next world
Were the happiness of the next world is as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live. Thomas Browne
happiness taken thinking
If something makes you happy in this world, you should think of what will happen to you if that thing were taken away. Rumi
happiness death spiritual
Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl
happiness wine drink
Come sit with me! Let us drink the holy wine of happiness.
happiness self-esteem feel-better
People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something. Stephen Covey
happiness sacrifice desire
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
happiness pursuit-of-happiness pursuit
It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness. Viktor E. Frankl
happiness dedication doe
For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.