Quotes About Happiness

Bonheur: faire ce que l'on veut et vouloir ce que l'on fait

I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them.

Saracen had finished his barley and was happily chewing at the corner of a sheet that had been spread across a hedge to dry. He had once discovered a tablecloth, and ever since had been optimistic about the effects of dragging cloths off the top of things.

I don't think about "being happy" unless I'm with you, and then I never am. Humans are never happy.

It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before.

Sometimes since I've been in the garden I've looked up through the trees at the sky and I have had a strange feeling of being happy as if something was pushing and drawing in my chest and making me breathe fast. Magic is always pushing and drawing and making things out of nothing. Everything is made out of magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be all around us. In this garden - in all the places.

Your inner joy is nurtured by your awareness of and gratitude for My abiding presence.

La felicidad la pueden experimentar en toda su intensidad sólo los que han vivido grandes altibajos, porque es un juego de contrastes. Los que nadan siempre por el espectro medio de las emociones nunca conocerán la esencia de la vida. Esa es la enseñanza del pozo: a veces hay que tocar fondo para entender la grandeza del cielo.

Thousands of candles can be lit by just one candle, and the life of that candle will not be shorter because of it. Happiness is never diminished by being shared.

He sido una tonta. Estaba tan empeñada en buscar a lo lejos que había olvidado que la felicidad puede estar muy cerca.

Los budistas tienen una fórmula para la felicidad que va en sentido contrario: FELICIDAD = REALIDAD – DESEOS

Es decir, si eres feliz con lo que tienes en tu vida y no deseas nada que no poseas ahora mismo, serás más feliz que alguien que tiene mucho más que tú, pero sigue deseando cosas que no posee.

encuentra la felicidad en lo que ya tiene, mientras que el niño la busca en lo que le falta. ¿Cómo elegir tu camino entre tantas opciones?

Querido Alguien: No sé cómo te llamas ni dónde paseas tu tristeza, pero sé que algún día me encontrarás. Nos miraremos a los ojos y los dos sabremos que hemos llegado. Entonces comprenderás que yo soy tu puerto, tras una larga travesía por mares que habrías preferido no conocer, y yo lloraré de felicidad por haber dado contigo al fin.

But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest.

Life is supposed to be fun. It's not a job or occupation. We're here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.

I think of my life as a series of moments and I've found that the great moments often don't have too much to them. They're not huge, complicated events; they're just magical wee moments when somebody says 'I love you' or 'You're a really good at what you do' or simply 'You're a good person'.

but I had learned over the years that if you're not happy doing what you're doing, then you shouldn't be doing it.

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there.

I don't have many sad days.

Pero hay otra clase de felicidad, la que todos hemos estado anhelando y buscando. Esta segunda clase de felicidad es paz y gozo internos y duraderos que sobreviven a cualquier circunstancia.

America's Declaration of Independence speaks of "the pursuit of happiness," but nowhere in the Bible are we told to pursue this. Happiness is elusive, and we don't find it by seeking it.

God does not discipline us to subdue us but to condition us for a life of usefulness and blessedness. In His wisdom, He knows that an uncontrolled life is an unhappy life, so He puts reins on our wayward souls that they may be directed into the paths of righteousness.

Joy is not gush; Joy is not jolliness. Joy is simply perfect acquiescence in God's will, because the soul delights itself in God Himself.