Quotes about happiness
happiness peace freedom
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Viktor E. Frankl
happiness success perseverance
In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place. Susan L. Taylor
happiness goal perfection
Our goal is to enjoy, not to achieve perfection Susan Jeffers
happiness
Happiness is seasonal, like anything else Sue Grafton
happiness grief unhappy-childhood
People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland... An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a world in which you can be happy. Use your old grief. That's the gift you're given. Sue Grafton
happiness way seems
The best way to excape his ire Is, not to seem too happy. Robert Browning
happiness happy
Make us happy and you make us good. Robert Browning
happiness believe feelings
Energy is that amazing feeling that comes to life inside of you when you're happy and believe in yourself. Richard Simmons
happiness dark garden
I have sat here happy in the gardens, Watching the still pool and the reeds And the dark clouds. . . . But though I greatly delight In these and the water lilies, That which sets me nighest to weeping Is the rose and white colour of the smooth flag-stones, And the pale yellow grasses Among them. Richard Aldington
happiness laughter heartache
No matter what your heartache may be, laughing helps you forget it for a few seconds. Red Skelton
happiness children reason
God's children and their happiness are my reasons for being. Red Skelton
happiness spring taken
Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles. Red Skelton
happiness laughter sadness
Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. Red Skelton
happiness safe rest-of-your-life
Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with. Tyler Perry
happiness doors heaven
Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door. Tryon Edwards
happiness dresses brown
Happiness is getting a brown gravy stain on a brown dress. Totie Fields
happiness needs different
We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances. Richard Davidson
happiness opportunity practice
Difficult times are the greatest opportunities in disguise. When we face difficult times we have to put in determined work to get ourselves into joy. Difficult times are your greatest opportunity to practice yourself into joy! Rhonda Byrne
happiness law-of-attraction joy
Keep ramping up your level of joy every day. There is no limit to the levels of joy you can reach. You will see change to the degree of joy that you can attain and maintain. The higher the joy you can create within you, the more spectacular the change, and the higher the joy, the faster the change. Your emanation of joy attracts more Joy. The law of attraction will continually send you more feelings of joy! Rhonda Byrne
happiness inner-peace way
The way to be happy is to make others so. Robert Green Ingersoll
happiness stress emotional
Last but not least, the happiest people do have their share of stresses, crises, and even tragedies. They may become just as distressed and emotional in such circumstances as you or I, but their secret weapon is the poise and strength they show in coping in the face of challenge. Sonja Lyubomirsky
happiness fashion thinking
I prefer to think of the creation or construction of happiness, because research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves. Sonja Lyubomirsky
happiness keys accepting
If we can accept as true that life circumstances are not the keys to happiness, we'll be greatly empowered to pursue happiness for ourselves. Sonja Lyubomirsky
happiness reason
Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not out there is that it's inside us. Sonja Lyubomirsky
happiness thinking goal
In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life. Sonja Lyubomirsky
happiness lying makeup
Thus the key to happiness lies not in changing our genetic makeup (which is impossible) and not in changing our circumstances (i.e., seeking wealth or attractiveness or better colleagues, which is usually impractical), but in our daily intentional activities. Sonja Lyubomirsky
happiness powerful unhappy-person
If we observe genuinely happy people, we shall find that they do not just sit around being contented. They make things happen. They pursue new understandings, seek new achievements, and control their thoughts and feelings. In sum, our intentional, effortful activities have a powerful effect on how happy we are, over and above the effects of our set points and the circumstances in which we find themselves. If an unhappy person wants to experience interest, enthusiasm, contentment, peace, and joy, he or she can make it happen by learning the habits of a happy person. Sonja Lyubomirsky
happiness hands today
If you're not happy today, then you won't be happy tomorrow unless you take things into your own hands and take action. Sonja Lyubomirsky
happiness men lucky
Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky. Solon
happiness men fortunate
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate. Solon
happiness years two
And I sort of look at us as two of the luckiest guys [Bill Gates the other] on the planet because we found what we loved to do and we were at the right place at the right time and we've gotten to go to work every day with super bright people for 30 years and do what we love doing. Steve Jobs
happiness sorry cheer-up
Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy. Stephen Fry
happiness goal focus
I don't focus on happiness as a goal or an end. Srikumar Rao