Quotes About Happiness

Diletante en el más bello sentido de la palabra, al que en el juego sólo en el juego, el diletto, le causa alegría.

Aquí quiere vivir por sí misma, sin estorbos; no ser otra cosa sino la mujer joven, desmesuradamente adulada y adorada, que, en medio de mil superfluas ocupaciones, se olvida de todo, del reino, del esposo, de la corte, del tiempo, y a veces -y éstos son acaso sus minutos más dichosos- hasta de sí misma. Con Trianón, este espíritu desocupado ha encontrado por fin una ocupación, un juego, que se renueva constantemente.

Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere; sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every sense and every pore.

We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappoint us, our models of reality do. It is my model of reality that determines my happiness or disappointments.

Whatever life gives to you, you can respond with joy. Joy is the happiness that does not depend on what happens. It is the grateful response to the opportunity that life offers you at this moment

Life is a luxury, isn't it? there's no use in it--but how delightful!

Now there is hardly anything but magic abroad before seven o'clock in the morning. Only the disciples of magic like getting their feet wet, and being furiously happy on an empty stomach.

What a pleasant life could be had in this world by a handsome, sensible old lady of good fortune, blessed with a sound constitution and a firm will

The splendid rewards of life had marched by without sweeping him into their army of happily fulfilled beings;

not that I ought to grumble. I have money of my own, a luxurious home in excruciating taste, and all the clothes I want. All that is lacking is liberty, an aim to work for, and the conviction that my life is worth living. I am a most fortunate young woman.

A few months ago, at the end of a very stressful period both at work and in her private life, she had sat down and thought about what changes might make her happier.

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

Ultimately, your every desire—the desire for material things, relationships, career success, sexual gratification—is really the desire for the peace you experience for brief moments when you attain the object of your desire.

The little fever of envy, once caught, is the ruin of all happiness.

Some of the happiest moments in life result from rash decisions. You should try it sometime.

But the biggest single obstacle to making personal happiness the foremost goal of marriage was that women needed to marry in order to survive.

happy. I've never seen such a look of peace and love on a woman's face." Augusta's

I bet you to believe me when I say again that we do not need a great house, Sarah. We only need a great love.

I was preparing your dress,Walks the Fire, but my son is impatient. He woke me this morning and said there was to be a feast today...for he would take you as his wife." Prairie Flower interjected, "So you see, Walks the Fire,your heart sings when he is near,and his heart answers the song. You did not believe me, but it is true.

I enjoy being single, but I loved being married.

It turns out that knitting has taught me that good things come in all sizes, and the size doesn't matter, as long as you're happy with what you've got.

have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

Why not laugh again, and let your joy be my monument?