Quotes About Happiness

The skirt flared wonderfully, and there was the sweet ribbon bow at the waist. It was a dress to be worn by the sort of girl who'd check that no one was looking, then skip down a quiet street instead of walking, just so the fun of it was hers alone.

Sometimes we cannot see or hear or breathe because of our fright that this is all our bodies will know. We're scared by the happy hollow discipline that lines our brains and stomachs if we manage to stop after one biscuit. We need some kind of answer.

Happy voices, smiling faces, golden memories of a summer afternoon, of a world that could still laugh and talk of war as something far away.

His wife, "who only demanded of life that it should amuse her".

Does it not seem strange, hatred and bloodshed and all the horrors of war- and there simply Paradise, sunshine and flowers and peace.

if you're not happy with who you're waking up with most mornings, make a change -- if you want something (or someone) else, go for it.

Happiness is the things you possess divided by the things you expect.

simple life maths: Fewer new shiny things = fewer hours overtime = happier life. So

Danes don't believe that buying more stuff brings you happiness,' Christian told me. 'A bigger car just brings you a bigger tax bill in Denmark. And a bigger house just takes longer to clean.' In an approximation of the late, great Notorious B.I.G.'s profound precept, greater wealth means additional anxieties, or in Danish, according to my new favourite app, Google Translate, the somewhat less catchy 'mere penge, mere problemer'.

Jolly' is about slapping on a smile and making the best of what you've got. It's the fleeting moments of joy, and laughter, and dogs pushing trollies outside Lidl, that all of us can notice and celebrate. Happiness is in the small things. So stay 'jolly'.

I understand that success and happiness should be measured by something other than money. That you can work and work to build up your bank balance and then end up spending it all to outsource your life, buying back your sanity and bribing yourself to keep on going.

Helen Russell

Happy folk, I knew, were proven to earn more, be healthier, hang on to relationships for longer and even smell better.

Maybe I should start my happiness project by trying to be more grateful for what I've got,

That you can work and work to build up your bank balance and then end up spending it all to outsource your life, buying back your sanity and bribing yourself to keep on going. Over a certain basic threshold, it's simple life maths: Fewer new shiny things = fewer hours overtime = happier life.

had a job I'd worked hard for in an industry I'd been toiling in for more than a decade. But once I got the role I'd been striving towards, I realised I wasn't actually any happier – just busier.

Fewer new shiny things = fewer hours overtime = happier life.

You know you're going to get taxed a lot anyway, so you may as well just focus on doing what you love, rather than what's going to land you a massive salary.

When we surround ourselves with quality design, it influences our mood. If our surroundings are nice, we feel cosy and safe. It makes us happier.

looking at something beautiful really can make us happier, by stimulating dopamine in our brains.

el dolor es una ilusión; el júbilo es real. 4 El dolor es dormir; el júbilo, despertar. 5 El dolor es un engaño, y sólo el júbilo es verdad.

Los milagros ocurren naturalmente como expresiones de amor.

Jamás se te puede privar de tu perfecta santidad porque su Fuente va contigo dondequiera que tú vas. 2 Jamás puedes sufrir porque la Fuente de toda dicha va contigo dondequiera que tú vas. 3 Jamás puedes estar solo porque la Fuente de toda vida va contigo dondequiera que tú vas. 4 Nada puede destruir tu paz mental porque Dios va contigo dondequiera que tú vas.

Love changes darkness into light and makes the heart take a wingless flight.