Quotes About Happiness

Moderately wise a man should be— don't wish for too much wisdom; a man's heart is seldom happy if he is truly wise. Moderately wise a man should be— don't wish for too much wisdom; if you can't see far into the future, you can live free from care.32

There is only one blasphemy, and that is the refusal to experience joy.

Does everybody always have to be on the prowl for love?

Having without having: it's possible, isn't it, that that's worse than not having at all?

We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty and individual liberty requires limited government.

in this life, living, there is no dignity except perhaps in laughter.

I've got nothing to do today but smile.

Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile.

Have a good time" Yesterday it was my birthday. I hung one more year on the line. I should be depressed. My life's a mess. But I'm having a good time. I've been loving and loving and loving. I'm exhausted from loving so well I should go to bed. But a voice in my head says, "Ah, what the hell

So many people are miserable. They need someone to entertain them. Why can't it be me?

Realizing you can't control what people choose to think: You can't make everyone happy—least of all someone who is projecting their own unhappiness onto you. Stop taking responsibility for your loved one's inner world and start taking responsibility for your own.

take your life back Don't delay your own happiness. Grab it right now. There are many things you can do today to take your life back. Take some time off to reflect.

I don't get a sense of American pride. I just get a sense that everyone is here, battling the same thing - that around the world everybody's after the same thing, just some minor piece of happiness each day.

The morning sun brings tender joy With happiness awakes the earth; The dew kissed flowers it's light employ Their petals open in new birth. The birds awake and all mankind Rejoices with songs they sing. God's creatures open heart and mind To Him their praises bring. Should not we, too, give thanks anew Greet joyfully each new born sun; Wash old sins clean with morning dew Give Praise to Him, The Holy One.

real joy is a "severe matter"; it is the happiness of a soul which is "lifted above every circumstance.

He realised that comfortable surroundings, indeed the gilded surroundings of his own life until then, and all the things that went with that, don't tend to produce happiness or fulfilment without some sense of love to go with them.

Not knowing how to rid ourselves of our history, we shall be relieved of it by those happy peoples who have none, or next to none. And those happy peoples will impose their happiness on us.

Mensen kunnen helpen, binnen een rechtstreeks contact, is een van de zaken die ons het meest gelukkig maken. Zorg voor onszelf loopt via zorg voor de ander, bij uitbreiding, via zorg voor de gemeenschap.

Zingeving halen we het beste uit een doel dat we samen met anderen nastreven, en dat maakt ons gelukkig ook. Uit gemeenschappelijke plannen dus.

Il faut, voyez-vous, nous pardonner les choses: De cette façon nous serons bien heureuses Et si notre vie a des instants moroses Du moins nous serons, n'est-ce pas ? deux pleureuses.

They do not seem to believe in their good fortune, And their song mingles with the moonlight.

Ceux qui s'aiment ne se sentent ni ne se voient vieillir ; les vifs plaisirs qui étaient les leurs autrefois sont devenus des souvenirs dont ils sont heureux et fiers ; l'entente avec un être de l'autre sexe, sans la moindre réticence, sans une seule querelle en deux décennies, est à tout âge une félicité.

You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.

[You need] eight hugs a day. You'll be happier and the world will be a better place.