Quotes About Happiness

A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into this world" (John 16:21).

Tears in the corners of my eyes—of pure emotion—joy—happiness … I feel totally unburdened. The load has been lifted off my back, off my mind. I have to do nothing more to prove myself. This is not for others but for me—and to me. Observation Mountain is a beautiful place. A beautiful rare mood. A few precious moments of ecstasy somehow not meant for—or translate-able into—words. Language fails where the tears begin.

that's exactly the good thing about the Injun life--you don't have to stop and think about whether or not you're 'happy'--which in my opinionis a highly overrated human condition invented by white folks

My father always told me, 'Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.'

Dave: ''Will you ever be happy Echo?'' Echo: ''I don't know I haven't tried it yet.'' Dave: ''Let's give it a shot together.'' Echo: ''Let's spread fire instead.

Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.

Mr. Halstead. I'm going to go spread the great news. Dr. Tonganoxie and Dr. Severy and everybody else will be so pleased.

So many people postpone joy until they have achieved.

The minute it doesn't feel good, stop doing it. It's that simple.

Years later, a Columbia business school dean, citing a university study, told me that the single most important predictor of a happy life in adulthood was having a paying job as a teenager. All

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future it is something you design for the present.

Today, we stand as a united country and are much closer to the ideals set forth in our Constitution that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I finally know that joy does not come from avoiding a problem or having someone else deal with it for you. Joy comes from overcoming a problem or simply learning to live with it while being joyful.

There is absolutely nothing that can replace money in the things that money does, but regarding the rest of the things in the world, money is absolutely useless.

In those times when we yearn to have more in our lives, we should dwell on the things we already have. In doing so, we will often find that our lives are already full to overflowing.

It is impossible to experience fear, hate, or defeat when we are laughing.

Happiness is often elusive and fleeting. There are three elements that, when combined, always result in happiness. Like a three-legged stool, they work in tandem. Any two of the three

missing, intangible, undefinable "something" that we only know exists because we don't seem to have it. "Something to do" represents the investment of the most precious commodity that we all have—our time. We all have the same amount of hours and minutes each day. Success and happiness hang in the balance based upon how

Being productive is an essential element of happiness

In order to be truly happy in the largest sense of that word, we must have something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.

To me, life is like an orchard. You pick the fruit when you see it. For years, I bummed around the world looking for happiness. Then I realized happiness isn't something you find. All the happiness in the world is between your own two ears.

The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God never ceases to draw man to himself. Only in God will he find the truth and happiness he never stops searching for" (CCC 27).

Fun is about as good a habit as there is.