Quotes About Happiness

Man would have been too happy, if, limiting himself to the visible objects which interested him, he had employed, to perfect his real sciences, his laws, his morals, his education, one-half the efforts he has put into his researches on the Divinity.

Every man forms, as it were, his god from his own character; to the divinity of one of simple habits, no offering would be more acceptable than the happiness of his creatures. He would be incapable of hating or persecuting others for the love of God.

I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight.

Joy, once lost, is pain

The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.

All love is sweet, given or received...

You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness.

happiness isn't to be pursued, it is to be enjoyed. Like life.

I'd rather be unhappy and know that God is with me, than be happy, comfortable and unsure of God's presence.

But once you cross the Shannon - even though geographically you have only come a short distance - different rules of time apply, and most people still understand the crucial secret of human happiness: that it's better to do a few things slowly, than a lot of things fast.

There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game.

Perfectionism also prevents us from letting in the love of others, no matter how abundant and genuine it is. When we are preoccupied with our deficiencies, we are often untouched by the nurturance others offer us. How tragic that so many of us are convinced we only deserve to be loved when we are happy or excelling.

Scapegoating is often a reenactment of a parent's abusive role. It is blind imitation of a parent who habitually released his frustration by indiscriminately raging. When a fight type parent scapegoats those around him, he enforces a perverse kind of mirroring. He is making sure that when he feels bad, so does everyone else. It is like a bumper sticker I saw the other day: "If Momma ain't happy, Nobody's happy.

When children are asked to "turn the other cheek," "put on a happy face," or "strike back" in situations where they are experiencing daily terror, they do not learn character. On the contrary, they lose self-confidence and a sense of safety necessary to succeed.

For people to be happy in life, two factors are crucial: One is good interpersonal relationships and the second is a feeling of productivity. That feeling feeds motivation.

Happy people make good food and fashion.

Le persone felici cucinano bene e creano cose eleganti. Chi è felice non ha voglia di mangiare carne in scatola e frattaglie tritate. Ha voglia di mettere un vestito che gli doni, non scarpe vecchie e golfoni. Forse lo stato d'animo non influisce sul clima, ma non è detto.

It is enough to remember the fact of the happiness.

Tener malas experiencias a veces es una ayuda, te aclara lo que deberías hacer. Sé que esto parece demasiado optimista, pero es cierto. Quienes sólo han tenido buenas experiencias no son muy interesantes. Puede que estén contentos y sean felices de alguna manera, pero son superficiales. Ahora te parecerá un contratiempo, algo que te complica la vida, pero... es demasiado sencillo vivir sin complicaciones.

There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point.

But then, ephemerality was the summation of most human activities. The trick was to enjoy the time when things were going right.

Nothing corrupts like happiness. It makes us think that since we share this moment, we can also share the past.

There in bed, happiness comes over me. Not like something that belongs to me, but like a wheel of fire rolling through the room and the world.

There's no simple aritmetic for life's distribution of happiness and sorrow, no such thing as a standard share.