Quotes
Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.
Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it. - William Feather
Happiness and sadness run parallel to each other. When one takes a rest, the other one tends to take up the slack.
Happiness and sadness run parallel to each other. When one takes a rest, the other one tends to take up the slack. - Hazelmarie Elliott
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. - Lady Blessington
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition. - Oliver Goldsmith
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. - John Dewey
It is by being fully involved with every detail of our lives, whether good or bad, that we find happiness, not by trying to look for it directly.
It is by being fully involved with every detail of our lives, whether good or bad, that we find happiness, not by trying to look for it directly. - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be. - Marcel Pagnol
Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. - Daphne Du Maurier
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years. - Bertrand Russell
To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty. - Samuel Butler
The most simple things can bring the most happiness.
The most simple things can bring the most happiness. - Izabella Scorupco
The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.
The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage. - Thucydides