Happiness Quotes
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You traverse the world in search of happiness which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
Horace
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All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all.
Gautama Buddha
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For until men recognize that they owe everything to God, that they are nourished by His fatherly care, that He is the Author of their every good, that they should seek nothing beyond Him - they will never yield Him willing service. Nay, unless they establish their complete happiness in Him, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to Him.
John Calvin
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Whatever mitigates the woes, or increases the happiness of others, is a just criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large, or any individual in it, is a criterion of iniquity.
Oliver Goldsmith
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I haven't known 6 days of happiness in my life.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Men like to to count their troubles; few calculate their happiness.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.
Euripides
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Happiness: We rarely feel it. I would buy it, beg it, steal it, Pay in coins of dripping blood For this one transcendent good.
Amy Lowell
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
Hermann Hesse
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You must not allow yourselves to become discouraged. Missionary work brings joy, optimism, and happiness. Don't give Satan an opportunity to discourage you. Here again, work is the answer. The Lord has given us a key by which we can overcome discouragement: "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Ezra Taft Benson
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The universe is already programmed to give each of us a year of happiness. Our challenge lies in programming ourselves to receive it.
Marianne Williamson
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Happiness is not everything and men have their duties. Mine is to find my mother, a homeland.
Albert Camus