Quotes About Happiness

It was the laughter of birthdays, of money found in an old pocket.

My philosophy is this: Do not live for the day – that would be materialistic – but treasure the day. Most of us live on the skin, on the surface, without realising how wonderful it is simply to be alive at all.

You can never get to a person's mind. You cannot know the different deeds and missions of happiness; you can't tell a screm of pleasure from one of pain. Sometimes, we can barely read pain. Neither a barometer nor a guide, pain can mislead us. Even in the body, the laws of chain reactions can be false. This is why people always want a second opinion.

The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.

If you cannot laugh frequently and genuinely, you have no soul.

Satisfaction is a treasure which does not decay. Proverb

Si no puedes reír con frecuencia y autenticidad, no tienes alma.

The person who has not seen the face of trust - has seen nothing. The person who has not found contentment - has found nothing.

La satisfacción es un tesoro que no decae.

The happiness of the superficial: when a man who has lost his donkey finds it again.

La felicidad de los superficiales: cuando un hombre que ha perdido su asno lo encuentra otra vez.

Chi non abbia visto il volto della fiducia non ha visto nulla. Chi non abbia provato la contentezza non ha trovato nulla.

If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!

Nadie renuncia a algo si no es por algo mejor. Más que luchar contra tus limitaciones, concéntrate en tus habilidades, más que luchar contra el mal, concéntrate en el bien. La felicidad es lo que no tienes, o la revalorización de lo que tienes.

Vengo, mas no sé de dónde. Soy, mas no sé quién. Moriré, mas no sé cuándo. Camino, mas no sé hacia donde. Me sorprende que esté contento y ría.

Laugh and grow strong

Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.

Il sorriso è la causa, non l'effetto, della felicità

We have an innate sensibility for being content,feeling joyful, and living in happiness without conditions. Happiness is a natural condition of existence.

If you dance, you'll feel more joyful. Just thinking isn't going to make you feel better. Think about how joyful you'll feel as you dance. Don't repeat the foolishness of putting off dancing as you debate whether dance will really bring you joy. We feel joy as soon as we dance. Everything is like that.

No matter how much people recognize you, or how popular you are with them, you will be unhappy unless you acknowledge yourself. True recognition does not only come from those around you or the world. It comes when you recognize and love yourself

He taught that everything is transient, that happiness and youth can never last, that all life is suffering, and we are trapped by an endless cycle of birth and rebirth. If you have a good life, your next life will be better. If you do bad things, you will return next as a beggar, or a beast of burden perhaps. But only by giving up all desire can you escape the endless wheel and reach heaven.

Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, it's a place where people go to find something - to find happiness or to realize their dreams. So it has that kind of quality of heroism and heartache, and Australia has that, as well.

Vice? Virtue? It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much life. Aim above morality. As Confucius says, 'Don't simply be good. Make good things happen.