Happiness Quotes
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I don't feel any vulgar gratitude to you[for helping me]. I almost feel as if You ought to be grateful to ME, for giving you the opportunity of enjoying the luxury of generosity. . . I may have come into the world expressly for the purpose of increasing your stock of happiness. I may have been born to be a benefactor to you, by giving you an opportunity of assisting me.
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The Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life...The Bible...should be read in our schools in preference to all other books because it contains the greatest portion of that kind of knowledge which is calculated to produce private and public happiness.
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As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.
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Happiness worth having is the warm glow that comes from investing ourselves in the world around us, come what may. It cannot be passively consumed or gulped down like a sugary drink. Happiness must be created by own ingenuity.
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No one will calmly and quietly submit to bear the cross except those who have learned to seek their happiness beyond this world.
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Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
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A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
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Cultivate your garden Do not depend upon teachers to educate you follow your own bent, pursue your curiosity bravely, express yourself, make your own harmony In the end, education, like happiness, is individual, and must come to us from life and from ourselves. There is no way; each pilgrim must make his own path. "Happiness," said Chamfort, "is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves, and impossible to find it elsewhere.
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All equally see in the convulsion in America an era in the history of the world, out of which must come in the end a general recognition of the right of mankind to the produce of their labor and the pursuit of happiness.
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No one is perfect... absolutely no one. Like precious stones, we have a few flaws, but why focus on that? Focus on what you like about yourself, and that will bring you happiness and peace.
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Happiness and success in life are not the result of what we have, but rather of how we live. What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life.
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The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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True happiness comes from the realization that God has already made available everything we will ever need.
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True happiness springs from moderation.
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While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
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My soul had found All happiness in its own cause or ground. Godhead on Godhead in sexual spasm begot Godhead. Some shadow fell. My soul forgot Those amorous cries that out of quiet come And must the common round of day resume.
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Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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The key to happiness is achievable dreams.
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Today you may not be familiar with the happiness habit. But like any new behavior, happiness can be learned.
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We are what we think, and all that we are rises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak and act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.
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Some people pursue unhappiness because happiness is too mild a sensation.
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To learn that happiness is what brings success, and not the other.
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Every moment of your life that is not a complete nightmare is happiness.
