Quotes about happiness
happiness unhappy disposition
A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy. Marcus Tullius Cicero
happiness wise world
For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.
happiness courage integrity
The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. Margaret Chase Smith
happiness secret facts
The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion ... Margaret Deland
happiness running gratitude
It's hard to find peace with your thighs, but when they chafe, try to be grateful for them. Your thighs let you run and get you where you want to go. I have not just thigh peace but thigh happiness, and it begins with thigh gratitude. Margaret Cho
happiness men heaven
I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own heaven to be happy. Mark Twain
happiness novelty force
Happiness ain't a thing in itself -it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.
happiness people study subjective
That said, the people who study subjective well-being will tell you that most people are pretty happy.
happiness depression fighting
I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it. Elizabeth Wurtzel
happiness suicidal selfishness
We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness. B. C. Forbes
happiness self way
I do not know of any sure way of making others happy as being so one's self. Arthur Helps
happiness giving-not-receiving
Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Meher Baba
happiness suffering-of-others loving-god
If we suffer in the sufferings of others and feel happy in the happiness of others, we are loving God.
happiness being-happy morning
Don't Worry Be Happy
happiness laughter exercise
Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that. Mary Pickford
happiness grief would-be
If our inward griefs were written on our brows, how many who are envied now would be pitied. It would seem that they had their deadliest foe in their own breast, and their whole happiness would be reduced to mere seeming. Pietro Metastasio
happiness joy road-to-happiness
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent. Pindar
happiness made seems
Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.] Pierre Corneille
happiness happy laughter
Happiness seems made to be shared.
happiness success order
I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now. Peter McWilliams
happiness depression feelings
The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy. Pete Wentz
happiness miracle world
Considering the way the world is, one happy day is almost a miracle. Paulo Coelho
happiness song eye
Join with those who sing songs, tell stories, enjoy life ... because happiness is contagious. Join those who walk with their heads high even when they have tears in their eyes. Avoid those who ... have never shed a tear
happiness success people
A different world cannot be built by indifferent people. Peter Marshall
happiness reading down-and
I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy.' Peter Lynch
happiness effort enormous
No effort is required to define or even attain happiness, but enormous concentration is needed to abandon everything else. Quentin Crisp
happiness pain people
It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy. Polly Toynbee
happiness water challenges
Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.
happiness gdp government
Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress of national happiness annually, just as we monitor money and GDP.
happiness real mean
Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified.
happiness years giving
Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year.
happiness moments
The happier the moment the shorter. Pliny the Elder
happiness true-happiness deserving
True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.