Quotes

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. - Benjamin Disraeli

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. - Lucretius

I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. - Bill Gates

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. - Albert Einstein

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.
That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. - Willa Cather

Happiness is the resultant of the relative strengths of positive and negative feelings rather than an absolute amount of one or the other.
Happiness is the resultant of the relative strengths of positive and negative feelings rather than an absolute amount of one or the other. - Norman Bradburn

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. - Saint Augustine

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. - Dalai Lama

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. - James Oppenheim

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of.
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. - Albert Camus

The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good. - Bertrand Russell