Happiness Quotes
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Now if there is any gift of the gods to men, it is reasonable that happiness should be god-given, and most surely god-given of all human things inasmuch as it is the best. But this question would perhaps be more appropriate to another inquiry; happiness seems, however, even if it is not god-sent but comes as a result of virtue and some process of learning and training, to be among the most god-like things; for that which is the prize and end of virtue seems to be the best thing in the world, and something god-like and blessed.
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This is the testimony of all the good books, sermons, hymns, and memoirs I read--that God's ways are infinitely perfect; that we are to love Him for what He is and therefore equally as much when He afflicts as when He prospers us; that there is no real happiness but in doing and suffering His will; and that this life is but a scene of probation through which we pass to the real life above.
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Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.
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Happiness is a sort of atmosphere you can live in sometimes when you're lucky.
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Unless men establish their complete happiness in God, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to him.
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Nothing will sabotage our happiness and success more thoroughly than the fear that we are not enough.
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If you dont see me on tour, its because I have found happiness away from winning, and that might be the biggest achievement I could ever accomplish.
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When asked, "What do you think love is?" a lot of people speak of things that are painful or lingering. I wanted to talk about various sides to love. Things such as the excitement, happiness, parting, pain, regret regarding love.
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I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be.
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The persons on whom I have bestowed my dearest love lie deep in their graves; but, although the happiness and delight of my life lie buried there too, I have not made a coffin of my heart, and sealed it up for ever on my best affections. Deep affliction has only made them stronger; it ought, I think, for it should refine our nature.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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A single day is sufficient for a man to discover what happiness is.
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Who hath a prospect of the different state of perfect happiness or misery that attends all men after this life, depending on their behavior, the measures of good and evil that govern his choice are mightily changed.
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Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.
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The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
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I'm a guy who's all about peace, love, and happiness. I'm a bit of a hippie.
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There is nothing simple or dull in achieving the transparent page. Vulgar ostentation is twice as easy as discipline. When you realise that ugly typography never effaces itself, you will be able to capture beauty as the wise men capture happiness by aiming at something else.
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I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little.
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Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man's happiness as its aim and object. Starting from this, everyone then believes he has the most legitimate claim to happiness and enjoyment. If, as usually happens, these do not fall to his lot, he believes that he suffers an injustice, in fact that he misses the whole point of his existence.
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Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
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The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.
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Happiness need not be analyzed.
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Happiness is like time and space-we make and measure it ourselves; it is as fancy, as big, as little, as you please, just a thing of contrasts and comparisons.
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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.
