Quotes About Happiness

I don't want you to worry about protecting my feelings or your father's or anybody's. When you were little you always tried to make everyone ahppy. Then it was like one day you just exploded.

Everything is working out, he keeps saying. For the first time, I'm not so sure. I think back to my life sober - working, getting up early to go on bike rides and shit, going to movies. I haven't looked at a newspaper in over two weeks. There could be a new war going on and I'd have no idea. But this is the life I want to live, right? I mean, I'm happier.

And that leaves you with an interesting choice... Do you sacrifice you own happiness and feelings of peace in order to have this relationship, or do you start to get well and choose a real life...?

By the way we also hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal that they have been endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights that among these are life Liberty & the pursuit of Happiness & last but not least that 2+2 makes 4 unless otherwise instructed

Tratemos de ser felices, recomiendo yo, chupando la miserable costilla humana. Extraigamos de ella el líquido renovador, Cada cual de acuerdo con sus inclinaciones personales. ¡Aferrémonos a esta piltrafa divina!

nadie tiene derecho a sonreír en un mundo podrido como éste salvo que tenga pacto con el Diablo

What people discover about themselves during therapy may not lead to peace or to happiness. Indeed, it often doesn't. But it can lead to the possibility of turning what is unbearable into what is bearable, of taking responsibility for yourself and having a degree of control over your own life.

?uvajte se divnih dana. Loše stvari se dešavaju baš u tim divnim danima. Možda je to zbog ?injenice da uvek kada ste sre?ni postajete nesre?ni. ?uvajte se zacrtanih planova. Vaša pažnja je usresre?ena na plan, i to je trenutak kada stvari po?inju da se dešavaju van vašeg vidokruga.

Oh, happiness," said Frieda. "That's not what this is about.

We discovered that if your friend's friend's friend gained weight, you gained weight. We discovered that if your friend's friend's friend stopped smoking, you stopped smoking. And we discovered that if your friend's friend's friend became happy, you became happy.

Ju fler vänner dina vänner har (oavsett deras känslomässiga tillstånd), desto mer sannolikt är det således att du är lycklig.

Att ha en stor social krets kan alltså göra dig lycklig, men om du är lycklig vidgar det inte nödvändigtvis din sociala krets. En position i mitten av nätverket leder till lycka - inte tvärtom. Ditt nätverks struktur och din plats i det har stor betydelse.

I själva verket är det så att den individuella lyckan verkar vara starkt genetiskt betingad, precis som alla andra personlighetsdrag.

Villeneuve was little happier. Acutely aware of the need to redeem himself in the Emperor's eyes,

When a vision comes from the thunder beings of the West, it comes with terror like a thunder storm; but when the storm of vision has passed, the world is greener and happier; for wherever the truth of vision comes upon the world, it is like a rain.

By substituting outer symbols for inner memories, writing threatens to make us shallower thinkers, he says, preventing us from achieving the intellectual depth that leads to wisdom and true happiness.

sharecroppers operate happily in an attention economy while their overseers operate happily in a cash economy.

Because identity and self-esteem are closely tied to work, a poorly paying job may still be better for well-being than no job. In surveys, self-reported happiness drops ten times as much from a loss of a job as from a major loss of income. Long-term jobless men are three times as likely

I absolutely think that happiness is a choice. One of the most potent forces in human psychology is the power of habit. Do something, think something, often enough and it will become the only thing you can do or think. Choose to be unhappy and soon that's all you will be. Live in a swamp and you'll grow webbed feet.

Car si elle n'avait jamais agi ainsi consciemment, elle se rendait bien compte qu'une femme pouvait confondre amour et pitié, et s'attacher à un homme dans l'espoir de le sauver. Ou qu'elle pouvait y voir comme un défi, persuadée qu'elle et elle seule pourrait le secourir, le protéger et le rendre heureux.

Little deeds of kindness, little words of love Help to make the earth happy, like the heaven above. JULIA CARNEY, 1823—1908

The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.

I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy.

Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.