Quotes about happiness
happiness farewell joy
Farewell happy fields, Where joy forever dwells: Hail, horrors, hail. John Milton
happiness wings air
She what was honour knew, And with obsequious majesty approv'd My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn; all heaven And happy constellations on that hour Shed their selectest influence; the earth Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill; Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub.
happiness paradise shade
Must I thus leave thee, Paradise?-thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades?
happiness may pairs
Live while ye may, Yet happy pair.
happiness art son
Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend: that thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself, That is, to thy obedience; therein stand.
happiness feels knows
And feel that I am happier than I know.
happiness curiosity secret
The secret of happiness is curiosity Norman Douglas
happiness giving body
Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.
happiness laughter humans
Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top. Norman Cousins
happiness laughter laughing
Laughter is inner jogging.
happiness disappointment world
Happiness is less regulated by external circumstances than inward enjoyment. Whoever is happy in the satisfaction of himself feels imperturbable felicity; but he, who trusts entirely to the world for the disposition of his peace, must inevitably participate [in] many privations and disappointments. Norm MacDonald
happiness bars treasure
Much of what we called "depression" was really dissatisfaction, a result of setting a bar impossibly high or expecting treasures we weren't willing to work for. Mitch Albom
happiness optimistic love-is
Love is the only rational act.
happiness encouragement attitude
The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful.
happiness singing-songs singing
He who sings frightens away his ills. Miguel de Cervantes
happiness nature travel
I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. John Muir
happiness use thumbs
Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents. John W. Gardner
happiness pain men
Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though the commandments of God be not grievous, yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy. John Tillotson
happiness pain anxiety
To be happy is not only to be freed from the pains and diseases of the body, but from anxiety and vexation of spirit; not only to enjoy the pleasures of sense, but peace of conscience and tranquillity of mind.
happiness spiritual giving
Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. . John Templeton
happiness meaningful inspiration
Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose. John Stossel
happiness bears
New happiness too must be learned to bear. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
happiness strong work
What a richly colored strong warm coat is woven when love is the warp and work is the woof. Marge Piercy
happiness tombstone ems
I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'. Ted Turner
happiness airplane phones
To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.
happiness lying mad
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work must no longer be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. Theodore Roosevelt
happiness joy soul
From the greatest to the smallest, happiness and usefulness are largely found in the same soul, and the joy of life is won in its deepest and truest sense only by those who have not shirked life's burdens.
happiness running home
It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks, and the greatest of all prizes are those connected with the home.
happiness people our-society
There are a great many people in our society who are happy, but since they don't know they're happy, they're not happy.
happiness uplifting funny-inspirational
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
happiness laughter joy
He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof. Theodor Adorno
happiness success hope
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. Michelangelo
happiness inspiring success
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.