Quotes
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone. - Sigmund Freud
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. - John Mason Brown
Happy people see shades of grey, they prioritize problems and turn them into possibilities. They don’t lose sight of the big picture.
Happy people see shades of grey, they prioritize problems and turn them into possibilities. They don’t lose sight of the big picture. - Dan Baker
Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination.
Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination. - Immanuel Kant
I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. - Booker T. Washington
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. - Claire Penn
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. William Cowper
One day’s happiness often predicts the next day’s creativity. Teresa Amabile
One day’s happiness often predicts the next day’s creativity. - Teresa Amabile
There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present. We can be all here. We can give all our attention to the opportunity before us.
There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present. We can be all here. We can give all our attention to the opportunity before us. - Mark Van Doren
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. - Bertolt Brecht
Happiness comes when you focus on seeing the light at the end of every tunnel and being the light for those you love.
Happiness comes when you focus on seeing the light at the end of every tunnel and being the light for those you love. - Karen Salmansohn
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. - Henry Ward Beecher