Quotes About Happiness

For Peter's smile is a most contagious thing.

Peter wore a grin from ear to ear. "You did great!

Father smiled.

You may rejoice to think yourselves secure, You may be grateful for the gift divine, That grace unsought which made your black hearts pure And fits your earthborn souls in Heaven to shine. But is it sweet to look around and view Thousands excluded from that happiness, Which they deserve at least as much as you, Their faults not greater nor their virtues less?

The brightest attractions to the lover too often prove the husband's greatest torments.

It is quite possible to be a good Christian without ceasing to be a happy, merry-hearted man.

Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.

There is, in lovers, a certain infatuation of egotism; they will have a witness of their happiness, cost that witness what it may.

It is often said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. But I suggest that the definition of sanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and being perfectly happy with the result.

The humorous man recognizes that absolute purity, absolute justice, absolute logic and perfection are beyond human achievement and that men have been able to live happily for thousands of years in a state of genial frailty.

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.

I've always thought that the key to a happy life is to have low expectations. That way, you're always pleasantly surprised.

Don't settle for less than you deserve. You are worthy of love, respect, and happiness.

True happiness comes from within, and is not dependent on external circumstances or material possessions.

How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ All the heart and the soul and the senses Forever in joy!

It's a gift, that's all. And when you get a gift, you feel good. Doesn't matter if you haven't got a gift ready to give in return. Something as fine as love from someone as nice as you—well, knowing about it means a lot. It can mean everything.

Why do money and possessions so rarely bring the happiness we expect? Because they often distance us from one another, rather than bringing us closer, emphasizing status gaps, not narrowing them. And, finally, what causes much of life's most agonizing pain? This, too, is related to relationships—those we lose, fail to maintain, or that become one-sided or abusive.

There is a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing you are worthy of happiness. So often we block our blessings because we don't, at our core, feel that we're enough. Even if you've accumulated a house full of nice things and the picture of your life fits inside a beautiful frame, if you have experienced trauma but haven't excavated it, the wounded parts of you will affect everything you've managed to build.

Love, given and felt, is dependent upon the ability to be present, attentive, attuned, and responsive to another human being. This glue of humanity has been essential to the survival of our species—and to the health and happiness of the individual. And this ability is based upon what happened to you, primarily as a young child.

Dr. Perry: Love, given and felt, is dependent upon the ability to be present, attentive, attuned, and responsive to another human being. This glue of humanity has been essential to the survival of our species—and to the health and happiness of the individual. And this ability is based upon what happened to you, primarily as a young child.

There is a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing you are worthy of happiness.

A child raised with love wants to make those around him happy because he sees that his happiness makes them happy.

If you always read books, you'll always be happy.

Satisfaction buries desires