Quotes
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. - Nathaniel Hawthorne
There is only one person would could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
There is only one person would could ever make you happy, and that person is you. - David Burns
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind. - Alice Meynell
You are happiest while you are making the greatest contribution.
You are happiest while you are making the greatest contribution. - Robert F. Kennedy
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities. - Aristotle
A happy thought is like a seed that sows positivity for all to reap.
A happy thought is like a seed that sows positivity for all to reap. - Miriam Muhammad
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. - Eleanor Roosevelt
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. - Benjamin Disraeli
To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy… is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.
To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy… is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life. - William Ellery Channing