Quotes About Happiness

Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual- become clairvoyant. We reach then into reality. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom. It is in the nature of all people to have these experiences; but in our time and under the conditions of our lives, it is only a rare few who are able to continue in the experience and find expression for it.

All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.

The end will be what it will be. The object is intense living, fulfillment; the great happiness in creation.

There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom. If one could but recall (t)his vision by some sort of sign. It was in this hope that the arts were invented. Sign-posts on the way to what may be. Sign-posts toward greater knowledge.

There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom. If one could but recall his vision by some sort of sign. It was in this hope that the arts were invented.

It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.

Sometimes in order to be happy in the present moment you have to be willing to give up all hope for a better past.

Are the choices you are making going to really make you happy NOW or happy eventually?

Some people CHASE happiness. And some people CHOOSE happiness...

Happiness does not have to be deserved, earned, worked for or paid for; it simply has to be accepted.

You can't hold on to a grievance and be happy. Time to make a choice!

Contrary to popular belief, time does not heal, time does not fly, time does not do anything. Time has no consciousness. It does nothing for you. The key to happiness now is what you choose to do with your time right now. Are you, right now, making the most valuable use of your time? This moment is, after all, the time of your life. Your choices are what make each moment.

All the happiness, health, and abundance you experience in life comes directly from your ability to love and be loved. This ability is innate, not acquired.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." David Viscott

All parents want their children to be happy, but so few parents talk about it.

Nothing in the world can make you happy; everything in the world can encourage you to be happy.

True happiness is valuable because, for example, it is a sign of authenticity, and it is a way of knowing you are on purpose.

Happiness is your original nature. It is YOU minus your neurosis.

The doctrine that future happiness depends upon belief is monstrous. It is the infamy of infamies. The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation and experience merits everlasting pain, is too absurd for refutation, and can be relieved only by that unhappy mixture of insanity and ignorance, called 'faith.

He was a worshiper of liberty, a friend of the oppressed. A thousand times I have heard him quote these words: "For Justice all place a temple, and all season, summer." He believed that happiness is the only good, reason the only torch, justice the only worship, humanity the only religion, and love the only priest.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

The believer who is in a healthy state rejoices mainly in God Himself. He is happy because there is a God, and because God, in His person and character, is what He is. All the attributes of God become continual sources of joy to the thoughtful, contemplative believer. —Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in his sermon "The Joy of the Lord.

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. – Isaiah 55:12