Quotes

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. - Ambrose Bierce

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.
You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. - Tracy Kidder

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. - Helen Keller

It's not possible to experience constant euphoria, but if you're grateful, you can find happiness in everything.
It's not possible to experience constant euphoria, but if you're grateful, you can find happiness in everything. - Pharrell Williams

I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.
I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness. - Nana Mouskouri

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. - William Morris

Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.
Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps. - Sharon Draper

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. - Seneca

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. - Pearl S. Buck

Happiness isn't something you experience, it's something you remember.
Happiness isn't something you experience, it's something you remember. - Oscar Levant

When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness. - Malcolm Forbes