Quotes about happiness
happiness laughter joy
Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners. Lord Chesterfield
happiness attitude latin
I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it which the calls of nature obliged him to pass in the necessary-house; but gradually went through all the Latin poets in those moments.
happiness want
When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness. Malcolm Forbes
happiness art laughter
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
happiness hug destructive
A hug's a happy thing while a shrug's so often destructive.
happiness ifs knows
How would you know what happy is if you've never been otherwise.
happiness purpose expansion
Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
happiness flower way
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you. Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others. Do not strain after the needs of life. It is sufficient to be quietly alert and aware of them. In this way life proceeds more naturally and effortlessly. Life is here to Enjoy!
happiness opportunity simple
Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if by renouncing the luxuries of life we can lighten the burdens of others.... surely the simplification of our wants is a thing greatly to be desired! And so, if instead of supposing that we must become hermits and dwellers in caves in order to practice simplicity, we set about simplifying our affairs, each according to his own convictions and opportunity, much good will result and the simple life will at once be established. Mahatma Gandhi
happiness lying fall
Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
happiness passion men
We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor.
happiness believe too-much
I don't believe in happiness anyway... it's too much of an American pastime, this search for happiness. Just forget happiness and enjoy your misery. Frank McCourt
happiness islands yield
Happiness isn't something this island yields easily; the ground is too rocky and the sun too sparse for it to flourish. Maggie Stiefvater
happiness piety
Be happy, but be happy through piety. Madame de Stael
happiness believe destiny
I believe that happiness consists in having a destiny in keeping with our abilities. Our desires are things of the moment, often harmful even to ourselves; but our abilities are permanent, and their demands never cease.
happiness feelings action
The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
happiness sweet nature
Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
happiness spring moderation
Out of moderation a pure happiness springs. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
happiness two people
When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.
happiness men highest
The highest happiness of man ... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable.
happiness cheerful social
The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.
happiness self trying
How can we learn self-knowledge? Never by taking thought but rather by action. Try to do your duty and you'll soon discover what you're like.
happiness character men
One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones of characters and of the most decisive value to man.
happiness giving spirit
Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous.
happiness instruction
Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others.
happiness vexation affair
A state of affairs which leads to daily vexation is not the right state.
happiness men alive
Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.
happiness giving friendly
An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.
happiness perfect way
Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect.
happiness thinking equanimity
The greatest happiness for the thinking person is to have explored the explorable and to venerate in equanimity that which cannotbe explored.
happiness lying sides
Wouldst thou ever roam abroad? See, what is good lies by thy side. Only learn to catch happiness, for happiness is ever by you.
happiness strive happy-person
A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.
happiness quality talent
He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.