Famous Quotes & Sayings

Byron Katie

There's no way that a clear mind can live an unhappy life.

Ai Weiwei

I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.

David Dunn

Take up giving-away as a hobby while you are young, and you will have a happy life. What is more, because you do so many thoughtful things on impulse, you will develop a lively and interesting personality- gracious, friendly, and likeable.

Audrey Hepburn

You can only hope to get a combination of happy work and a happy life.

Denis Thatcher

What it meant to me: a happy life, of course, companionship, of course. A common objective, I think.

Diego Della Valle

When you work too much, you are boring - that is possible. But to have a happy life, if you can do several things in the correct way, that is perfect.

Deepak Chopra

The secret to a happy life is to recognize that no matter what the situation, there's a creative opportunity in it...find meaning and purpose in your life to make a contribution.

Chad Kroeger

Happy wife, happy life. I think every man learns that quick. Really quick.

Ben Affleck

It doesn't matter how you get knocked down in life, because that's going to happen. All that matters is that you gotta get up.

Ayad Akhtar

The secret of a happy life is respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise God-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ. When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

Brian Wilson

I'm doing good. I've had a slight nervous breakdown in the '60s. I got through that. And I got through the '70s. And I was in a doctor's program during the '80s and then I met Melinda and we've been together ever since. I've got a happy life.

Brian Murphy

I am firmly convinced that the ideal combination leading to a happy life is to have the time to both fish and read.

Dennis Prager

An unhappy life is a life not lived.

Coco Chanel

May my legend prosper and thrive. I wish it a long and happy life.

Bernie Siegel

Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people. The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life. Remember that an act of love always benefits at least two people.

Aristotle

The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.

Aristotle

...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement....

Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you will die tomorrow.

Adele

Beauty comes from within, not from what you wear.

Ani Difranco

Life is a sleazy stranger, who looks vaguely familiar; flirting with a bimbo named disaster at the end of the bar.

Arthur Schopenhauer

A happy life is impos­si­ble; the best that a man can attain is a heroic life.

Claire Trevor

Using one's imagination to the fullest is necessary for a happy life.

David Cook

If you can't do anything about it, laugh like hell.

Ally Condie

Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.

Alice Sebold

I wish you all a long and happy life

Debbie Ford

If you are going to be courageous, an example for all those who are ready to step into their power, then you must be willing to show the world all of who you are. You must have the guts to throw off the chains of modesty and mediocrity in order to be the light that the world needs.

Dalai Lama

The basis of human rights is happy life. Everyone wants to lead a happy life for which we need to have a holistic approach.

Dalai Lama

We need to find secular ways to cultivate warm-heartedness. We need secular ways to educate ourselves about inner values. The source of a happy life is within us. Trouble makers in many parts of the world are often quite well educated, so it is not just education that we need. We need to pay attention to inner values.

Dalai Lama

We all wish to live a happy life. In addition, we all have the same right to fulfil this goal. And we all have the potential to do so for the simple reason that future is not fixed, it can be changed. Therefore, we should live in hope that we really can overcome whatever problems we face.

Dalai Lama

Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.

David Wroblewski

Nothing is going to happen to me, or you, for that matter. Anything can happen, though. Anything can happen. But most always, just normal things happen, and people have happy lives.

Daniel Tammet

Often autism is portrayed in the media as a very negative condition, as something that prevents somebody from communicating or from socializing or from being able to have any kind of normal, happy life.