Quotes about happiness
happiness appreciate wonder
... we can no longer afford to throw away even one 'unimportant' day by not noticing the wonder of it all. We have to be willing to discover and then appreciate the authentic moments of happiness available to all of us every day. Sarah Ban Breathnach
happiness men cheerful
I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition. Samuel Pepys
happiness smile men
As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! Samuel Pepys
happiness ease hours
Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please. Samuel Rogers
happiness struggle inner-peace
Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it. William Feather
happiness patriotic opportunity
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. William Ellery Channing
happiness writing important
Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know. Richard Ford
happiness smile laughter
When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile. Reba McEntire
happiness responsibility journey
The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it. Richard Rohr
happiness men way
Happiness mainly depends on man's ability to work and the way in which he does it. Richard L. Evans
happiness people moments
Happy people die whole, they are all dissolved in a moment, they have had what they wanted. Robinson Jeffers
happiness smile laughter
I have found that a smile and a stick will carry you through all right, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the smile that does the trick. Robert Powell
happiness believe long
While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Sarah Vowell
happiness success believe
I believe this is Heaven to no one else but me... Sarah McLachlan
happiness clouds long
Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates. Sarah McLachlan
happiness doe ends
Love does not end when we don't see each other. Sarah Miles
happiness beauty joy
Oh who can tell the range of joy or set the bounds of beauty? Sara Teasdale
happiness spiritual preventing
It's usually a spiritual thing that's preventing somebody from having happiness. Sandra Bernhard
happiness foundation virtue
Happiness can be built only on virtue, and must of necessity have truth for its foundation. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
happiness smile heartfelt
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
happiness equality egalitarianism
It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. Samuel Johnson
happiness men wife
Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it. Samuel Johnson
happiness next hours
We seldom require more to the happiness of the present hour than to surpass him that stands next before us. Samuel Johnson
happiness flower flames
Terrestrial happiness is of short duration. The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel; the fragrant flower is passing away in its own odors. Samuel Johnson
happiness hours pleasure
So scanty is our present allowance of happiness that in many situations life could scarcely be supported if hope were not allowed to relieve the present hour by pleasures borrowed from the future. Samuel Johnson
happiness idle
Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach. Samuel Johnson
happiness anticipation
None are happy but by anticipation of change. Samuel Johnson
happiness success safety
Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few materials for its own operations, and preserves safety, but never gains supremacy. Samuel Johnson
happiness long return
Life was resumed, and anxious living blew away as if it had not been. I could not breathe deep enough or long enough. It was a return to happiness. Sarah Orne Jewett
happiness fate feet
Happy the person who has learned the cause of things and has put under his or her feet all fear, inexorable fate, and the noisy strife of the hell of greed. Virgil
happiness lucky world
One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world's end somewhere, and hold fast to the days... Willa Cather
happiness spiritual purpose
That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. Willa Cather
happiness children joy
One of the most responsible things you can do as an adult is to become more of a child. Wayne Dyer