Quotes About Happiness

El tiempo transcurrió, y mi vida tenía un gran vacío, existía temor en mi corazón. Mis metas en la vida eran tener paz y felicidad y creía que podría alcanzarlas a través del éxito y del reconocimiento en el trabajo. Por lo tanto, trabajé muchísimo creyendo que con la adquisición de bienes y la acumulación de dinero sería finalmente feliz.

Anyone who had died young after a happy childhood had won a great victory, since he would be forever spared the discovery of what sort of place the world really is. Others must look forward to death by defeat - their bodies gone, their world destroyed.

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

Hay que sufrir por amor, y disfrutar el amor que daña.

Pois o amor resgata a pobreza, vence o tédio, ilumina o dia e instaura em nossa natureza a imperecível alegria.

Que a felicidade não dependa do tempo, nem da paisagem, nem da sorte, nem do dinheiro. Que ela possa vir com toda simplicidade, de dentro para fora, de cada um para todos. Que as pessoas saibam falar, calar, e acima de tudo ouvir. Que tenham amor ou então sintam falta de não tê-lo. Que tenham ideais e medo de perdê-lo. Que amem ao próximo e respeitem sua dor. Para que tenhamos certeza de que: "Ser feliz sem motivo é a mais autêntica forma de felicidade.

Ser feliz sem motivo é a mais autêntica forma de felicidade.

I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.

La filosofía no fue sólo una disciplina escolar, sino también un arte de vivir, una ascética para la felicidad en tiempos revueltos.

Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.

That is the moral of this story, kids. No matter how many people try to stomp on your happiness, you have the power to do whatever you want with your life.

My thinking-of-kitties smile!

She's the best person in the world to be around when she's happy.

We are a nation founded on a visionary and, at the time, radical idea. That visionary idea is that every human life has potential, and everyone has the right to fulfill his or her potential. That is what the Founders meant when they wrote "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

There's always that peculiar thing that rescues you, the thing that's so hard to name. If I were to locate and then identify all the hellish things we all have to go through in life in order to uncover one minute of happiness, it would take up a lot of space.

If I were to locate and then identify all the hellish things we all have to go through in life in order to uncover one minute of happiness, it would take up a lot of space.

Family time is the best time.

People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.

I thought that any joy in my life had to be paid for with something unpleasant. Perhaps this was a fatal law.

Estaba alegre sin saber el motivo. Veía los colores de todas las cosas con un brillo tan intenso que me daba pena pensar que se apagaría.

Yo pensaba que también podía ser heroico escaparse por gusto, sin más, por amor a la libertad y a la alegría—no a la alegría impuesta oficial y mesurada, sino a la carcajada y a la canción que brotan de una fuente cuyas aguas nadie canaliza.

It's been said that success doesn't lead to happiness; happiness creates success.

The only way to have a great career, says Smith, is to do what you love.

Disney's mission isn't to build theme parks. It's to "create happiness." The Ritz-Carlton isn't in the business of providing beds for heads, but it's in the business of fulfilling the expressed and unexpressed wishes of their guests. Starbucks isn't in the business of coffee as much as it's in the business to inspire and nurture the human spirit.